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applegrove

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Tue Dec 22, 2020, 10:50 PM Dec 2020

Trump Orchestrates Final Loyalty Test

Trump Orchestrates Final Loyalty Test

December 22, 2020 at 8:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 93 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/12/22/trump-orchestrates-final-loyalty-test/

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“President Trump is plotting a final stand in Congress on Jan. 6, casting it as the ultimate loyalty test in his quest to remain in power and shutting out anyone who won’t get in line,” Politico reports.

“Trump has been strategizing in recent days with a band of his fiercest congressional supporters about the effort, which will involve lodging objections during the typically pro forma congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.”

“It’s a gambit that even Republican leaders and those around Trump concede is doomed to fail… But that’s not the only point… The objections will also force Republicans in Congress to go on record voting to affirm Biden’s victory — acknowledging the outcome and likely inflaming Trump’s diehard supporters, a crucial GOP faction that has joined the president in denying the election results.”

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Trump Orchestrates Final Loyalty Test (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2020 OP
He really is trying to split the party isn't he. applegrove Dec 2020 #1
To me not really split it, just rename it, The Trump Party. dem4decades Dec 2020 #4
He's making them do it publicly underpants Dec 2020 #2
What a goddamned joke -- the idea of being loyal to that fat piece of shit Blue Owl Dec 2020 #3
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