Trump told us exactly what he did

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Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, this week. Though billed as an economic speech, Trump predictably wandered from topic to topic, leaving a trail of lies, distortions and incoherent rants.

We have come to accept Trump’s rambling as normal. We expect him to make up facts and defame his political opponents. Most importantly, we know that he will lie about elections and make false claims of election fraud.

But this normalization comes at a steep price for democracy. When we accept that the president lies, we cheapen the value of truth. When we accept his attacks on Democratic leaders and opposition figures, we destigmatize and thus enable the weaponization of government.

After ranting about California’s system of tallying ballots, Trump proceeded to falsely claim that the Los Angeles mayoral election was rigged against the Republican candidate. Never mind the fact that Los Angeles is overwhelmingly Democratic. In Trump’s telling, a Republican reality TV personality should have won.



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"I called up the very powerful and very good U.S. attorney in California, and I said, ‘Do me a favor. Take a look, they are trying to steal that election, too.’ I guess they called up. They said, ‘This is the U.S. Attorney calling.’

So, over the next week, he was definitely going to lose, but the U.S. attorney called, ‘We want to check your votes.’ About an hour after the call, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Hilton has won.’ Had I not made that call, Steve Hilton would right now be watching the election from home."

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trump-told-us-exactly-what-he-did/

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Folks we are in trouble for the midterms