Donald Trump finally stopped trying to deny that he attempted a coup. The day after he promised to pardon participants in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Trump openly lamented that then-Vice President Mike Pence didn’t “overturn the election.”
In his statement, Trump blundered into his confession by saying, “If the Vice President had 'absolutely no right' to change the Presidential Election results in the Senate, despite fraud and many other irregularities,” Trump said in the statement, “how come the Democrats and RINO Republicans, like Wacky Susan Collins, are desperately trying to pass legislation that will not allow the Vice President to change the results of the election?”
”Actually, what they are saying, is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away,” he continued. “Unfortunately, he didn't exercise that power, he could have overturned the Election!”
Trump’s weekend of blasting out that yes, he really did try to overturn the election and supported violence to do so came as evidence continues to emerge that the coup attempt was widespread through the Republican Party and took multiple forms. False electoral certificates created in several states to give congressional Republicans and Pence cover for claiming that the results of the election were disputed are getting more attention, with federal prosecutors investigating.
But Trump’s efforts to overturn the election—to do so knowing that he did not have the votes—have been out in the open for well over a year at this point.
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