Trump and the GOP knew he had lost the election, and yet they still tried every trick to steal it. They and their rightwing media allies lied to their base over and over to the point that most republicans still think that a totally legitimate election was stolen. They don't care about democracy, they only care about winning and power. And yet virtually none of them have paid any price for their treasonous behavior and the violation of their oaths of office. Consequences must exist to deter future violators!!

Wisconsin Trump tapes from Associated Press confirm the 'big lie' https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/wisconsin-trump-tapes-associated-press-confirm-big-lie-rcna69094

#TrumpLies
#GOPLies
#TheBigLie
#GOPHatesDemocracy
#GOPInsurrectionists

"They knew right from the start.

The Trump campaign knew it had lost Wisconsin to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. But new audiotapes first published by the Associated Press confirm Trump operatives decided to ignore reality and instead “fan the flame” by spreading false allegations of fraud.

Yet more evidence, as if we even needed more evidence.

Those fraud allegations were repeatedly debunked and discredited, even as Donald Trump repeatedly demanded that the Wisconsin election be overturned, demanded costly recounts and then sued (and lost) multiple times in court. No evidence of significant fraud was ever found.

The audio tapes obtained by the AP show that on Nov. 5, 2020, two days after the election, Trump operatives acknowledged that Biden had won the Badger State by about 21,000 votes. Yet more evidence, as if we even needed more evidence.

On the tapes, the head of Trump’s Wisconsin campaign, Andrew Iverson, is heard saying:

“Here’s the drill: Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need (inaudible) help with. Just be on standby in case there’s any stunts we need to pull.”

No one on the conference call suggested that Trump had actually won, or that the election had been stolen."

The MAGA, fascistic, democracy-hating, no-nothing, conspiracy-loving, insurrectionists are now in control of the house of representatives thanks to McCarthy and his benefactors who want to destroy democracy so they can have their serfs back. They want to make democracy look ineffective and chaotic so people will support them as they drown it in the bathtub. And the media, owned mostly by the wealthy, is poised to give them a free pass to do it.

Our media is determined to learn nothing from the Trump era
https://read.letterhead.email/standing-room-only/letter/10043

#GOPFascists
#MediaBothSiderism
#GOPInsurrectionists
#MAGAIdiots
#GOPHatesDemocracy
#TheyWantTheirSerfsBack

"Without the “will he or won’t he” tension behind Kevin McCarthy’s bid for Speakership driving attention, I fear the media attention on the MAGA grip on the GOP majority in the House has started to wane. But man, it really shouldn’t, because the steady drumbeat of committee appointments makes it clear that there is no real separation between MAGA and the GOP, and that Republicans are wholly the party of fascist insurrection now.

The debate over how seriously to take the committee assignments given to The Talented Mr. George Santos is, I feel, somewhat missing the point. It doesn’t matter if his committees are powerful. What matters is McCarthy is fully committed to empowering every fascist and grifter in the party, because he sincerely believes that is their road to power.

That’s why the House Oversight Committee is now a train wreck of the most devoted conspiracy theorists and insurrectionists in the GOP, such Reps. Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert. McCarthy isn’t even trying to be subtle or spin this as something it’s not. He wants everyone to know that the plan is to turn Congress into a full-time propaganda outlet against democracy and in favor of fascistic corruption. He’s rubbing our noses in it.

Alas, the mainstream media has learned nothing from the 2016 election and the role they played in demonizing Hillary Clinton while generally letting Trump off the hook for his very real crimes. Bothsiderism is a deep addiction. They are letting it justify pretending there’s an equivalence to Biden immediately turning over misfiled documents and Trump deliberately stealing documents, and then conspiring to hide the stolen goods.

That’s why I have no faith the media can resist covering the Oversight hearings on fake controversies. The one silver lining is that McCarthy empowered such clowns that it’s unlikely even the soft focus coverage afforded them on CNN will conceal the malicious lying and nuttiness. Certainly, the Biden White House thinks that’s the case, and seems less worried than amused by all this."

@stopgopfox My District in Georgia flipped Blue in 2020. So #briankemp gerrymandered it & now we have a doofus GQP. #GOPInsurrectionists #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

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Frantic wheelin’ & dealin’ 🍿 🍿 🍿
#SpeakeroftheHouse #SpeakerBid #QevinMcCarthy #GymJordan #GOPdisarray #GOPseditionCaucus #GOPInsurrectionists

@NewsBreaking I got a copy of their “counter”. “It was antifa, but they were patriots exercising their freedom of speech, but it was the FBI, but the ppl arrested are political prisoners, but it’s b/c Nancy didn’t ask for troops, but they were just tourists”. Who falls for this crap #GOPInsurrectionists

New Petition Pressures US House Members Not to Seat #GOPInsurrectionists in 2023 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/new-petition-pressures-us-house-members-not-seat-gop-insurrectionists-2023 New Petition Pressures US House Members Not to Seat #GOPInsurrectionists in 2023
The petition argues that Republican Seditious Reps. Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene "are ineligible to hold future public office" under the #14thAmendment