Tag: Assault on Democracy
There Is Indeed Bipartisan Agreement on One Thing
80%
A new Axios-Ipsos poll finds that 80% of Americans — both Republicans and Democrats — say America is falling apart.
Three-Quarters of American Voters Say Democracy Is Under Threat
74%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 74% of voters say democracy in the United States is under threat, while just 21% of voters say that democracy in the United States is alive and well.A majority of voters, 56%, say they hold President Trump responsible for the storming of the U.S. Capitol, while 42% say they do not hold him responsible. A slight majority, 52% to 45%, say President Trump should be removed from office.
A Capitol Crime
Trump takes his extremes further and further,
Like his 19th phone call to Georgia’s Raffensperger.
With cretinous conspiracies
And hairebrained heresies,
He pursues one cynical goal — U.S. democracy’s murder.
Fox Poll: Half Say Trump Is Weakening the Country
52%
A new Fox News poll finds 52% of American voters said that they believe President Trump is weakening American democracy as he presses forward with lawsuits challenging the election results.
Trump Telethon Has Raised $207 Million Since Nov. 3
$207 million
“President Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee raised more than $207.5 million in the weeks after Election Day, his campaign announced Thursday, revealing how his unsupported claims of voting fraud have created a financial windfall that can finance his future political ambitions,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Max Boot Adds to the List – Five Trump Atrocities against Democracy in One Week
Amy Siskind tracks the crimes committed by Trump, his family and his administration on a weekly basis at her site, “The Weekly List.” Now Max Boot, one of the thousands (millions?) of Republicans who have left the party in disgust since Trump was elected, has an op-ed up at the Washington Post in which he lists five criminal outrages committed by the so-called president in just the past week.
