Every time someone ‘betrays’ him, he blows. It doesn’t matter if it’s former Vice President, Mike Pence, refusing to decline to honor Electoral College votes that didn’t conform to Trump’s wishes, or obscure Michigan GOP elected officials who didn’t find that for which Trump’s searching.
Speaking of …
Former President Donald Trump took aim at two Republican Michigan lawmakers in a statement issued Thursday after a report led by Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, debunked several false claims surrounding the results of the 2020 election.
Trump’s email hit the inboxes of his supporters one day after a Michigan Senate committee unveiled a report Wednesday morning that found no evidence of systematic voter fraud in the 2020 general election.
In the statement, Trump called the report – which used hours of public testimony and “countless” documents to conclude the 2020 general election was free from fraud – a “cover up.”
“Michigan State Senators Mike Shirkey and Ed McBroom are doing everything possible to stop Voter Audits in order to hide the truth about November 3rd,” the former president wrote.
The report also suggested Attorney General Dana Nessel look into individuals who used fake claims to raise money “for their own ends,” to be investigated.
Trump used the recommendation to accuse the Republican-led committee of wanting to “investigate the Patriots,” who he claims are fighting to expose what he maintains was “a very possibly Rigged Election.” [m-live]
It’s rather fascinating that the Michigan GOP, at least in the persons of the 3 (out of 4) members of the committee, announced they had confirmed the success of the Michigan election effort, or, if you’re the former President, the failure to find fraud.
This has earned them the easily forecast expulsion from Trump’s affections. Old Faithful, he is.
Obviously, the opinions of three Republicans doesn’t represent the Michigan GOP as a whole, but it does indicate that those motivated to find fraud failed to do so – which reassures me that there was little enough fraud to find in the first place, although I hardly needed such reassurance.
It also suggests that, at least in Michigan, local Republicans faced with realities on the ground will admit to them, regardless of political pressures, and that suggests they still understand that reality beats fantasies hands down. Look for this to play out in other localities, perhaps even Arizona, while Trump will try to head off any more admissions in some way dreadful and, yet, amusing.
It’ll be interesting to see if the Michigan GOP splits asunder the pressure of reality v fantasy.
