Trump Tells Fox News He Had ‘Every Right’ to Meddle With 2020 Election

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tells-fox-news-he-had-every-right-to-meddle-with-2020-election?ref=home?ref=home

32 Comments

  1. The Nazi party were also adamant that they had every right to shut down democracy after the Reichstag fire.

  2. Didntlikedefaultname on

    Unless he’s actually held accountable, he’s right. It’s disgusting, but right now it seems the justice system more or less supports his position. Let’s hope that changes

  3. armchairmegalomaniac on

    This election isn’t about Republicans or Democrats. This election is to decide whether Americans wish to continue having a democracy with free elections and accountability of public officials or whether they want an authoritarian, fascist leadership to take over and kill our 250 year old democracy.

    Put aside any policy dispute you have with Kamala Harris or any qualms you might have about her personality or temperament or whatever, this election is about far more profound things.

    This is an emergency, the dam is a moment away from breaking and the water will flood the entire country.

  4. radicalindependence on

    Trump thinks Harris treated Mike Pence horribly. Did he forget he sent an angry mom (*edit mob, but the original is too funny to take out) to have Mike Pence killed and refused to call in the National Guard for support?

    > Trump also brazenly said that the way Vice President Kamala Harris “treated Mike Pence was horrible,” referencing the viral moment from the 2020 vice presidential debate in which Harris tells Pence, “I’m speaking” as he interrupted her.

  5. If he indeed does, so does every other candidate and the current administration.

    Just another day of baiting the face-eating leopards.

  6. themorningmosca on

    Webster dictionary is coming out guns blazing this year…
    **Meddle (v.)**
    /ˈmɛd(ə)l/

    1. **Political maneuvering**: The act of selectively challenging the legitimacy of election results only in jurisdictions where one has suffered defeat, typically employing extralegal or covert strategies to overturn or manipulate outcomes. This includes leveraging intermediaries, akin to a mob boss, to exert pressure on officials, employing intimidation tactics such as coercing governors not to certify results or instructing subordinates, like a Vice President, to undermine electoral processes. Additionally, may involve orchestrating administrative sabotage, such as dismantling crucial infrastructure (e.g., mail sorting machines) in pivotal battleground areas, through allies placed in key governmental positions, rather than pursuing open, lawful contestation in public forums or courts.

    *”Despite numerous court rulings, he continued to meddle, urging allies to find a way to overturn the results outside the bounds of the law.”*

  7. “AND if I did do it, it wasn’t wrong” right on cue. I hate how someone so transparent can be such a successful liar. We literally know every lie before he says it and just wait for him to say it. Then we either act surprised or just accept as something thst can’t be helped.

  8. Meddle is such a weasel word.

    > “you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you have every right to do it“

    It’s not “meddling”. It’s confessing to what he was indicted for.

  9. Leader of the party that wails about election interference says it’s his right to interfere with elections. (not /s unfortunately)

    The cognitive dissonance is strong in him.

  10. Let’s do a poll and ask Republicans if it’s ok for President Biden or VP Harris to “meddle” in the election, or ask state legislatures to switch electors to them. Pretty sure they would not think it’s ok

  11. In the interview Trump likened his shooting to the mass shooting in Las Vegas back in 2017. Saying that if his shooter wasn’t killed right away it would have been like Vegas, but said “these crowds were larger”.

    This is beyond words, in a normal world a comment like this would get him in trouble, but people are so desensitized to the BS that he spews. Every time he opens his mouth shit like this comes out.

  12. astrozombie2012 on

    So he literally admitted to why he was doing? Can Biden please send Federal agents to arrest him now? Throw him in fucking Gitmo with the rest of the terrorists and be done with him.

  13. Specific-Frosting730 on

    This is not news. He told us years ago he can anything he wants and get away with it.

  14. A Narcissist’s Prayer

    That didn’t happen.

    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

    And if it is, that’s not my fault.

    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

    And if I did…

    You deserved it. <———– we are here now

  15. This is exactly why the constitution was written, the founders of this country for saw a man who would be king.

  16. “I am, at best, confessing to a crime, and at worst saying that Biden and Harris are allowed to meddle so I don’t win.”

    What a fking dumbass.

  17. WaffleWarrior1979 on

    Every day is closer to the day that we will never have to deal with this dickhead again

  18. Lanolin_The_Sheep on

    This is the sort of thing that like should permanently and formally disqualify you from all state and federal positions for life.