And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

My cousin-in-law: "It’s a Coup D’Twat."

More amusing than anything else but (Roy is a GOP rep)

! Rep. @chiproytx has challenged the seating of all House members from Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia and other states being challenged by Trump.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 3, 2021

What Roy is doing here is showing that Republicans, perhaps unanimously, support seating all of the House members who appeared on the same ballots as Joe Biden in the states other Republicans plan to challenge on Wednesday.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 3, 2021

Rep. Chip Roy is challenging the seating of the delegations from AZ PA MI WI NV and GA, basically saying if the presidential election in those states was rigged as the president contends, then so are the elections of the House delegation.

They are now taking a recorded vote.

— Kristin Wilson (@kristin__wilson) January 3, 2021

"Coup d'Twat" is great, mad props

Tonight I am arguing with people on Facebook, a thing I said I’d never do. Because they are so. fucking. stupid.

Rep Chip Roy

President Trump sounded really good (strong, clear voice; no static) on the “recording” - he cares about #ElectionIntegrity, as all Americans do. Thank you, Mr. President!

— Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) January 3, 2021

Clear voice no static can’t lose

everybody knows static-voice is a major tell

And Erick Erickson is already on the, “the real criminal is whomever leaked the call” line tonight. Not linking to him, because fuck that guy.

TBF, he isn't saying that, just noting gripes from GA GOP types. The one complaint he quoted basically just asked if the SOS couldn't've waited a day!

True, but that’s clearly the line of thinking he’s teeing up for others to run with, it’s in the replies a lot.

So fucking infuriating that the tens of millions of idiots supporting Trumps attempted coup are the same people who insisted over and over that he would never break the law to get himself elected

that AZ GOP tweet is the joke from 30 rock where liz lemon can't think of anything nice to say about Jenna's movie and starts talking about how cool the trees were

“recording”

ok that account is a parody, right?

I mean I see the blue check but someone is clearly having a laugh

All too real. Kelli Ward is out of her mind.

Clear voice no static can’t lose

― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Sunday, 3 January 2021 23:44 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Oh yes

I have the feeling that this is only the tip of the iceberg of what Trump’s been up to lately. He wouldn’t only be trying to flip Georgia at this point, and I think he implies as much in the recording. This call is just the one that got recorded and released. I’m sure there have been plenty of others.

this is what he does all day long for four years

Josh Marshall's comparison to the Zelensky phone call is otm, and both are an illustration of Trump's utter indifference — and seeming unawareness — that what he's doing is fundamentally wrong. I think he really thinks this is totally fine, this is how things are done. It's how he's done business all his life: threats, wheedling, pleading, complaining, strong-arming. I'm sure lots of people he's done business with have been on the receiving end of those calls.

xpost he's invited multiple state legislators to the White House and called several of them and he was doing that a month ago. he's definitely been doing this non-stop for months.

be prepared for a world of butthurt, his followers are all convinced the votes are gonna change on 1/6, so the whining and empty rhetoric will hit fever pitch. probably good we're mostly all staying in, cos I don't look forward to hearing people whine outside of coffee shops, playing beat up acoustic guitars and singing "Stop the Steal"

Playing musical instruments doesn't seem to be this demo's forte?

What Trump is doing right now is very clearly a felony, right?

xpost I didn't say 'well'. after all, look at this pic:

https://i.imgur.com/MxLTQ3c.jpg

Looool

microtonal...very cool

jute whyte

It must be exhausting for Trump followers to keep track of who to hate today.

Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona is just as bad as Kemp of Georgia.

He is covering up major voter fraud.

Sending an illegal vote count to Congress.

Not calling a Special Session for a vote on who won the state.

Ducey is a Democrat.

We will all remember.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) January 4, 2021

So from this I assume there was a Ducey phone call too. Wonder if we'll get tape of that one.

Trump probably called him "Dookie" multiple times.

well, he *did* have the time to listen to him whine

this part jumps out to me from the GA call transcript:

Trump: There’s only two answers, dishonesty or incompetence. There’s just no way. Look. There’s no way.

only because i've thought the same of him, so, so, so many times.

the name that is repeatedly censored - BEEEEEEEEEP - in the full hour audio recording. who is it?

trump, to Ryan Germany, about 40 minutes in:

"Why don’t you want to find this, Ryan? What’s wrong with you? I heard your lawyer is very difficult, actually, but I’m sure you’re a good lawyer. You have a nice last name."

????

Nunes and Jordan getting the medal of freedom when what they deserve is to drown in a septic tank

Trump has spent the holidays golfing, calling state election officials, watching TV, and putzing around on Twitter. Maybe he'll get around to that vaccine rollout now that he's rested and ready.

the name that is repeatedly censored - BEEEEEEEEEP - in the full hour audio recording. who is it?

Stacy Abrams.

trump, to Ryan Germany, about 40 minutes in:

"Why don’t you want to find this, Ryan? What’s wrong with you? I heard your lawyer is very difficult, actually, but I’m sure you’re a good lawyer. You have a nice last name."

????

https://static.dw.com/image/16023671_401.jpg

Trump is proud of his German ancestry (because it's one of the only things he actually knows about himself)

Also re your pic, the only book he has read even part of since high school is a collected volume of Hitler's speeches.

Meanwhile his Scottish ancestry is a source of considerable embarrassment... to Scottish people.

I guess (?) it’s mildly heartening that Tom Cotton reads the 2024 calculus that it will be better for him to oppose this than support it.

(While still propagating vote-fraud bullshit, of course.)

President @realDonaldTrump has filed two lawsuits - federal and state - against @GaSecofState. The telephone conference call @GaSecofState secretly recorded was a “confidential settlement discussion” of that litigation, which is still pending.

— David Shafer (@DavidShafer) January 3, 2021

https://www.rawstory.com/did-trump-record-raffensperger-call/

I mean...it certainly sounded to me like the recording was made in the same room as Trump. I assumed it was one of his people who leaked the tape, but how many of his people does he really surround himself with while making felonious calls?

I'm surprised Trump's not said it was a fake recording tbh

This is from 51mins 40secs in to the call. Donald Trump farts then says, “excuse me”. pic.twitter.com/P4d0Y6gUpW

— Evan Rowe (@rowebocop) January 4, 2021

Nowadays we call that "releasing the kraken."

The uncontrollable flatulence of these gnarled fossils is just about the only thing that makes them relatably human.