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From the Editors of National Review: "Trump’s Disgraceful Endgame"

NR:

President Trump said the other day that he’d leave office if he loses the vote of the Electoral College on December 14.

This is not the kind of assurance presidents of the United States typically need to make, but it was noteworthy given Trump’s disgraceful conduct since losing his bid for reelection to Joe Biden on November 3. [...]

Almost nothing that the Trump team has alleged has withstood the slightest scrutiny. In particular, it’s hard to find much that is remotely true in the president’s Twitter feed these days. It is full of already-debunked claims and crackpot conspiracy theories about Dominion voting systems. Over the weekend, he repeated the charge that 1.8 million mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania were mailed out, yet 2.6 million were ultimately tallied. In a rather elementary error, this compares the number of mail-ballots requested in the primary to the number of ballots counted in the general. A straight apples-to-apples comparison finds that 1.8 million mail-in ballots were requested in the primary and 1.5 million returned, while 3.1 million ballots were requested in the general and 2.6 million returned.

Flawed and dishonest assertions like this pollute the public discourse and mislead good people who make the mistake of believing things said by the president of the United States.

Republican Congressman Begs Donald Trump to 'Stop The Stupid'

Mitchell is a Michigan Republican.

Oh my God. .@realDonaldTrump Please for the sake of our Nation please drop these arguments without evidence or factual basis. #stopthestupid https://t.co/IMMImXrckV

— Rep. Paul Mitchell (@RepPaulMitchell) November 30, 2020

 

ICU Nursing Pay

COVID pay:

The Stupidity Is The Point

Some people say that cruelty is the point for Trump supporters. I'm beginning to think stupidity is the point--that it really is all a troll, because how the hell can Trump supporters be this damn stupid?

Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous “80,000,000 votes” were not fraudulently or illegally obtained. When you see what happened in Detroit, Atlanta, Philadelphia & Milwaukee, massive voter fraud, he’s got a big unsolvable problem!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2020

Of course, Biden doesn't have to prove a thing. To the extent, if any, that Trump supporters enjoy this kind of thing as trolling, it further lowers my opinion of them, which is already quite low.

A Covid-Quiet Thanksgiving

The GOP Brand: Class Politics, Class Envy, Hypocrisy

Biden’s cabinet picks went to Ivy League schools,have strong resumes,attend all the right conferences & will be polite & orderly caretakers of America’s decline

I support American greatness

And I have no interest in returning to the “normal” that left us dependent on China

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 24, 2020

Trump — UPenn
Pompeo — Harvard Law
Mnuchin — Yale
Esper — Harvard
Barr — Columbia
Ross — Yale + Harvard
Acosta — Harvard
Azar — Dartmouth + Yale Law
Carson — Yale
Chao — Harvard
Navarro — Harvard

What's A Guarantee From Ted Cruz Worth?

Nothing. Remember that, Texas.

"I guarantee you..." pic.twitter.com/HRjKjtrziV

— Bad COVID-19 Takes (@BadCOVID19Takes) November 23, 2020

 

Nearly Three Weeks After The Election, Loser Trump Continues The World's Biggest Tantrum

If you had done your job, America's governors wouldn't have been forced to fend for themselves to find tests in the middle of a pandemic, as we successfully did in Maryland.

Stop golfing and concede. https://t.co/tCXO8etxge

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) November 22, 2020

Trump said the media would stop talking about COVID on November 4th

"On Nov 4 you won't hear about covid anymore."

November 22:

The Fake News is not talking about the fact that “Covid” is running wild all over the World, not just in the U.S. I was at the Virtual G-20 meeting early this morning and the biggest subject was Covid. We will be healing fast, especially with our vaccines!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2020

So the US media didn't stop talking about COVID on November 4th, but at least Trump admits now that COVID is running wild in the US. He's just mad that the US media reports too much about what's happening in the US because let me guess: Americans want to know what's happening in the US.