Former President Donald Trump on Saturday proposed “repealing” the US Constitution in order to amend the results of the 2020 presidential election.
“So, now that it’s been revealed that massive and widespread fraud and deception are working closely with big tech companies, the DNC, and the Democratic Party, we’re going to scrap the results of the 2020 presidential election to make sure that the right Declare a winner? New election?” Trump wrote to True Social, the social media company he founded after being banned on Twitter.
He continued, “A massive fraud of this kind and scale would allow the termination of all rules, regulations and provisions, even those found in the Constitution. , did not want or tolerate false and fraudulent elections. ”
There are some things to unpack here.
The statement followed the release of a so-called “Twitter file” by Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday. Journalist Matt Taibi cites an internal Twitter document regarding the handling of the social media company for the New York Post’s October 2020 article about the contents of a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, the son of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden. has been granted access to.
Taibbi published his findings on Twitter itself, more or less confirming what many already knew. So, someone at Twitter suppressed story sharing, and someone at Twitter came up with a retroactive justification for doing so.
Some intelligence agencies at the time erroneously suggested that the story was a Russian misinformation, and was uncritically reported by many media outlets at the time. Hunter Biden’s laptop contained various photos and emails, but these were at least embarrassing and show that Hunter used his last name for a lucrative career.
In the weeks leading up to the November 3, 2020 election, Trump and his supporters have extensively used the suppression of New York Post articles to sway the articles themselves and major tech companies and mainstream media. amplified both their claims that Against Trump. The issue was also raised during the presidential debate on October 22, 2020.
It wasn’t good enough. Trump lost his November 2020 election, with Biden winning 51.3% of the popular vote and he had 306 electoral votes, while Trump won 46.8% of the popular vote and she had 232 electoral votes. Got votes. Would things have been different if Twitter had allowed New York Post stories to be shared like any other story? Who knows.
But here’s what we do know.
The frankly underwhelming “Twitter file” does not justify a constitutional suspension. Such thinking is beyond the obvious.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Trump and his allies claimed rampant election fraud despite failing to prove this in action in key places. Rejected, Rejected, or Rejected. The state audited and verified the results.
Trump tried to rig an election in Georgia by asking Republican Secretary of State Brad Ravensperger to “find” his vote, but was denied, much to the president’s ire.
Trump also hatched a plan with disgraced Chapman law professor John Eastman to destroy the electoral votes, which fell through after Vice President Mike Pence refused to agree to it.
And of course Trump sat on the sidelines and said nothing, but his supporters stormed the Capitol and assaulted police officers as the electoral votes were tallied.
As outlined in the Constitution, the electoral votes were counted and Joe Biden, like him or not, was sworn in as duly elected President of the United States.
