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Republicans are preparing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney as chair of the House GOP conference. They’re doing this because former President Donald Trump insists his defeat in last year’s election was “fraudulent,” and Cheney refuses to accept that lie. In choosing Trump over Cheney, the party isn’t just choosing lies over truth. It’s choosing servility over patriotism. While pretending to stand for “America First,” Trump has been working steadily to fracture, weaken, and discredit the United States.
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As president, Trump consistently sided with foreign dictators against his domestic political opponents. On Jan. 6, he carried his treachery as far as he could, sending a mob to the Capitol in an explicit attempt to stop Congress from certifying his electoral defeat. The coup attempt failed, and Trump left office on Jan. 20. But since then, in more than a dozen interviews, speeches, and written statements, he has continued to tell his followers, falsely, that the 20
Everything Donald Trump Has Said Since Leaving Office
On 4/8/21 at 12:29 PM EDT
Whether it s President Joe Biden s infrastructure plan, Georgia s new voting law, or the allegations against Congressman Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump has not hesitated to offer an opinion. Since leaving office, the former president has continued to issue statements and participate in interviews to offer his take on the current state of the nation while also criticizing those who opposed him.
The following is a rundown of his public comments since January 20:
On His Future Plans and Support of Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas Governor
On January 23, just three days after President Joe Biden s inauguration, Trump issued his first public comments in response to being asked about his plans for life after leaving the White House.
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Court watchers say these signals can be read as an open call for lawsuits that would tee up the legal issues for the 6-3 conservative majority court to decide.
“Justices have long used public statements or published opinions to invite litigation or legislative reform,” said Robert Tsai, a constitutional law professor at Boston University. “It reminds us that they are part of the political community and that the modern Supreme Court is not simply a neutral institution but one that participates in determining the nation’s values.”
It’s unclear the degree to which politics or public opinion may have motivated the conservative trio to publicly state their interest in legal issues underlying these hot-button topics, and they did not explicitly say how they would rule in potential disputes.