{"id":44087,"date":"2020-12-28T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T12:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=44087"},"modified":"2020-12-28T08:58:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T12:58:04","slug":"trump-demolishes-traitor-mitch-mcconnell-along-with-the-many-other-treasonous-rinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=44087","title":{"rendered":"Trump Demolishes Traitor Mitch McConnell along with the Many Other Treasonous RINOs."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump Rips McConnell, GOP Senators for &#8216;Not Fighting&#8217; for Him Amid \u2018Biggest Scam in US History\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by\u00a0Lilia Dergacheva<br \/>\nSputnik<\/p>\n<div class=\"b-article__lead\">\n<p>After the Electoral College vote on 14 December, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the first time addressed Joe Biden as &#8220;president-elect&#8221;, congratulating him on the win and lauding him as \u201cno stranger to the Senate\u201d. A number of other top GOP members followed suit, triggering Trump\u2019s disdain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"b-article__text\">\n<p>Incumbent US President Donald Trump has taken aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top-ranking Republicans, accusing them of failing the GOP\u2019s fight against the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump insists was \u201crigged and stolen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As only a 6 January joint session on Capitol Hill separates Trump from vacating the White House, in the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration, Donald Trump suggested that Senate Republicans had done \u201cnothing\u201d to counter the alleged voter fraud, which had been &#8220;proved at a level never seen before&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He further drew parallels with the reactions of Democrats, were they to face a similar situation:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrat Senators would consider it an act of war, and fight to the death&#8221;, Trump tweeted his disappointment. &#8220;Mitch &amp; the Republicans do NOTHING, just want to let it pass. NO FIGHT!&#8221; he proceeded in his emotional tweets on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ria-tweet\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1342817496924086278&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fus%2F202012271081579858-trump-rips-mcconnell-gop-senators-for-not-fighting-for-him-amid-biggest-scam-in-us-history%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SputnikInt&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1342817496924086278\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In follow-up posts, the incumbent head of state also called out the Justice Department and FBI, accusing them of turning a blind eye to \u201cthe biggest SCAM in our nation\u2019s history, despite overwhelming evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should be ashamed. History will remember. Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th\u201d, POTUS said.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General William Barr, who led the DOJ, notably spent his final day in the role on Wednesday, having earlier announced his intention to step down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ria-tweet\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1342821189077622792&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fus%2F202012271081579858-trump-rips-mcconnell-gop-senators-for-not-fighting-for-him-amid-biggest-scam-in-us-history%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SputnikInt&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1342821189077622792\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Calling for Republican Senators to finally \u201cstep up and fight for the presidency\u201d, like the Democrats would do \u201cif they had actually won\u201d, Trump cited \u201cirrefutable\u201d proof of the purported fraud, including \u201cmassive late night mail-in ballot drops in swing states\u201d featuring Biden\u2019s name, stuffed ballot boxes, double voters, dead voters, etc. He also retweeted a video from 24 December initially posted by his team that featured a compilation of CCTV records from polling stations and people\u2019s accounts of voter fraud, such as discrepancies between sent-out ballot papers and the number of those received by electoral commissions, etc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ria-tweet\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1341948764068704256&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fus%2F202012271081579858-trump-rips-mcconnell-gop-senators-for-not-fighting-for-him-amid-biggest-scam-in-us-history%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SputnikInt&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1341948764068704256\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s tweets on Saturday all had a disclaimer attached to them saying &#8220;This claim about election fraud is disputed&#8221; &#8211; something that POTUS\u2019 team has deemed as blatant censorship.<\/p>\n<p>Also, on Saturday, Trump defended his legal team after reports that potential sanctions against them were being pursued by Dana Nessel, Michigan&#8217;s attorney general, after the Trump campaign disputed the swing state\u2019s election results, which were in the Democratic candidate\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"marker-quote1\"><p>&#8220;These lawyers are true patriots who are fighting for the truth and, obviously, getting very close&#8221;, Trump wrote. &#8220;AG should be sanctioned. Fight on!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Electoral College Gathers to Cast Official Votes<\/h2>\n<p>After the Electoral College vote on 14 December,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us-elections-2020-news\/202012141081452919-what-to-expect-as-electoral-college-rubber-stamps-results-of-2020-us-presidential-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which confirmed 306 votes for Biden and 232 for Trump<\/a>, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell referred to Biden as &#8220;president-elect&#8221; for the first time, suggesting he was ready to accept the Democrat becoming the nation\u2019s chief executive in less than a month.<\/p>\n<p>A few other Republicans quickly followed in his footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At some point, you have to face the music&#8221;, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota told the Associated Press on Monday. &#8220;Once the Electoral College settles the issue today, it\u2019s time for everybody to move on&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his team\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/202012051081368848-us-court-reportedly-greenlights-diverting-36-bln-in-pentagon-funding-for-trump-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have been legally challenging the results of the election in key battleground states<\/a>\u00a0since the preliminary results started to come in.<\/p>\n<p>Despite most of the court cases being rejected due to \u201clack of evidence\u201d, a<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/202012131081448315-us-president-trump-says-supreme-court-chickened-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nd the Supreme Court also blocking the Republicans\u2019 efforts<\/a>, Trump has so far refused to concede, continuing to claim \u201cmassive election fraud\u201d and asserting that the only thing he is after is a fair count of legal ballots. However, he recently instructed White House officials to get ready for the upcoming transition of power.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/202012271081579858-trump-rips-mcconnell-gop-senators-for-not-fighting-for-him-amid-biggest-scam-in-us-history\/\">https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/us\/202012271081579858-trump-rips-mcconnell-gop-senators-for-not-fighting-for-him-amid-biggest-scam-in-us-history\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Rips McConnell, GOP Senators for &#8216;Not Fighting&#8217; for Him Amid \u2018Biggest Scam in US History\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}