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9/19/2024

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Almost immediately after the election in 2020, before all the votes were totaled, at least 100 people—the Supervisor of Elections and the Governor of each of the fifty states—all declared that the election was the most secure and accurate of any election in U.S. history. Again, at least one hundred people, Republicans, Democrats, maybe even some Independents, all declared that the election was the most secure and accurate ever.
Then, after the counts were announced, one man—ONE man--the Loser declared that there was election fraud based solely on the fact that he lost. He insisted that if there had been no election fraud, he would have won; that he could not have lost unless there was election fraud.
Even before the election he declared that , “…the only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged,” Trump told the group of supporters …” He was setting up his challenge even before the election.
He had no other evidence…no evidence at all, since his childish conclusion that he could not have lost an honest election is not evidence of election tampering.
At no time, ever, has Donald Trump or his lawyers presented any evidence of election “rigging.”
He was challenged on that at the debate. He declared, as he has many times before, that he had lots of evidence, but no judge ever looked at the evidence. Sixty different court hearings, many of them in front of judges appointed by Trump, yet none of them looked at any evidence. There’s a good reason for that. Judges can’t look at something that does not exist!
In over sixty court hearings no one has ever produced any evidence that there was the kind of election fraud that could have influenced the vote to the degree Trump insisted. Even his own Attorney General, William Barr, told Trump there was no indication of the massive fraud it would have taken to skew the vote. During the many total recounts of state’s ballots, most or all of them conducted by Republicans very little voter fraud was discovered, and most of those favored Trump.
His continued insistence of election rigging is a lie.
Here’s another piece of evidence that there was no election interference:
If you’ve voted, you know that all the votes are on the same ballot. If you vote for President, you’ll also vote for Senator, Congressman, and various state and local offices. All on the same ballot.
This means that if, as Trump and his henchmen insist, ballots were thrown out, votes for all those offices must have also been thrown out. Some of the more rabid Republicans have said that the Democrats have stolen the election and plan on stealing the one coming up.
If the Democrats stole the election, why did the Democrats lose ten seats in Congress in that election, and the Republicans gain sixteen seats? Five seats were vacant plus one was held by a Libertarian. All six went to the Republicans.
It is absolutely impossible that those seats were won by the Republicans if the Democrats stole the election.
The obvious fact is that thousands or millions of Republicans voted the party ticket, except for the Presidency, where they voted for Biden.
Kamala Harris was right when she told Trump that he was fired by 81 million people.
That pretty much wraps up the message I’ve wanted to convey. I have a few more points to bring up, but that will be next time.
For this time, please remember that in these last three postings I’ve presented facts, not opinions.
 

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Labor Day Labors

9/2/2024

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First, I want to point out the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Quote: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. The Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits federal officers from accepting foreign emoluments without congressional consent.
It’s important to understand that vocabulary in the 1770s was different that it is now. However, the italicized portion is pretty clear, and the last two words are key. No person holding any office may accept any emolument of any kind from a foreign state.
Emoluments are defined as payment for product, labor or service. Service is the key in this case, because that includes staying at a hotel. When you stay at a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, or even paying for a portion of land for camping, you’re paying for a service. So, every time that an ambassador, consul, attorney, secretary, or other employee of a foreign power paid Trump Enterprises for staying at a room in his hotels or playing at his golf club, some of that money went to Donald Trump and Trump, thereby, was in violation of the Constitution. And he knew that very well. How do we know that the fee for that stay wasn’t enhanced by, say half a million dollars in exchange for political favors, or maybe military information?
We don’t.
In September, 2016, I’d predicted that Trump would drop out of the election because the Emoluments clause of the Constitution would require him to divest himself of his income properties—hotels, golf courses, etc. At the time I had not accounted for the fact that Trump did not care about what the Constitution demanded.  He turned the administration of those properties over to his children or family, but he did not remove himself from the profit-taking of all income from those properties.
There is also a Domestic Emoluments Clause, also known as the Presidential Emoluments Clause,  which states that the President will get paid for his service, but will not receive any other Emolument from the United States, or any individual state. But the Trump properties charged the Secret Service (The U.S.) for staying at the properties. That was a willful violation of this Emoluments Clause.
Another violation of the Constitution was on June 1, 2020, when Trump ordered the dispersal of a crowd of peaceful protestors outside the White House so he could walk over to St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo op, thus violating the First Amendment’s provision for freedom of Assembly.
Donald Trump, like every  President before him, or since, took an oath to defend the Constitution. A person can’t defend it if he’s violating it.
Yet, millions of people in this country are willing to forgive or ignore those violations, or refuse to believe them because their favored news sources don’t mention them.
Lastly, for now, in December of 2022, Donald Trump, still insisting on the Big Lie Of his election loss, declared that, quote, “… Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” 
I have said in the past, vocally and in writing, that if you support Donald Trump, you cannot support the Constitution, and if you support the Constitution, you cannot support Donald Trump. This quote, plus his violations of the Constitution as listed above, are the reasons I insist this is the case.
Next time, I’ll point out a few things about his Big Lie concerning his election loss. In the meantime, please read.
 

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