Pence on the Fence
Presiding when Congress certifies electors,
Mike Pence will be “Democracy’s Protector.”
If he delivers for Trump,
He’ll get over the hump,
If not, he’ll be proclaimed a Trump defector.
Tag: Trump the Sore Loser
Trump Won’t Be Allowed Into Scotland to Play Golf
“Coming to play golf is not what I would consider to be an essential purpose.”
— Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, said President Trump will not be allowed to visit the country to play golf during Joe Biden’s inauguration, as reports indicated he was planning, the Independent reports. Given the global pandemic, Sturgeon stressed it is currently illegal to travel in or out of the country without a valid reason.
Trump Even Threatens Pence
“And I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you. I hope that our great Vice President comes through for us, he’s a great guy. Of course, if he doesn’t come through, I won’t like him quite as much ….”
— President Trump, at a rally in Georgia, on Mike Pence overseeing the electoral vote tally in the U.S. Senate.
Why Raffensperger Released the Call
“If President Trump wouldn’t have tweeted out anything and would’ve stayed silent, we would’ve stayed silent as well. If you’re going to put out stuff that we don’t believe is true, then we will respond in kind.”
— Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) told WATL that he considered his phone call with President Trump to be a “private conversation” and would not have shared details of it if the president had not sent a false tweet about it.
They’re Either Traitors or Patriots
“We invited each of the 12 senators involved in plotting this disgraceful effort to come on the show this morning, to try to defend and explain their position. Each of them declined or failed to respond. It all recalls what Ulysses Grant once wrote in 1861: ‘There are but two parties now, traitors and patriots.’ How would you describe the parties today?”
— Jake Tapper, on CNN.
Business Leaders Call on Congress to Certify Election
200
Almost 200 of the country’s top business leaders urged Congress to certify the electoral results for President-elect Joe Biden in a letter Monday, arguing that “attempts to thwart or delay this process run counter to the essential tenets of our democracy,” the Washington Post reports.
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.
Trump’s Georgia Rally Likely to Be a Super-Spreader Event
20,000
Organizers are anticipating as many as 20,000 people at President Trump’s rally for Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue on Monday, the eve of the U.S. Senate runoffs, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. In the run-up to November’s election, Trump crisscrossed the nation, holding mass rallies — sometimes in spite of objections from local authorities — and in defiance of guidance from his coronavirus task force.
Not Through — Coup!
After the election we thought Trump was through.
Now we’re worried about how much damage he will do.
Yes, he’s meeting behind closed doors
With whackjobs, cranks and conspirators,
Not doing his day job — just planning out his coup.
