Donald Trump landed Thursday evening, without the slightest proof, victim of a vast electoral fraud, claiming to be the winner of theUS presidential election. The results increasingly favorable to his Democratic opponent Joe Biden.
Isolated within his own party in his crusade against a « vol » of the poll of which he would be the victim, the 45th President of the United States, tired, almost dejected, gave the spectacle of a leader trying to clumsily cling to power at the twilight of his mandate.
The president’s lieutenants and family have launched a disinformation campaign to persuade their troops that massive cheating was taking place, especially in states like Pennsylvania who are governed by Democrats. But a certain fatalism seemed to gain the Republican camp.
Karl Rove, former eminence grise of George W. Bush, noted on his blog what “Stealing hundreds of thousands of votes would mean a plot on the scale of a James Bond movie. It’s impossible “.
“Where are the Republicans? “
Proof of Donald Trump’s extreme loneliness, his two sons deplored the total lack of support from the party’s leaders. “Where are the Republicans? Be brave, fight against this fraud ”, launched Eric Trump, without eliciting the slightest noticeable reaction within the Grand Old Party.
William Cogswell, a local Republican elected official from Arizona, expressed his embarrassment on Twitter after the Donald Trump press conference. He says he has ” shame “ and be “Embarrassed” by what he has just heard from the president.
As a Republican who just won in a Blue district, I am embarrassed and ashamed by what I just heard from POTUS.
— William Cogswell (@CogswellWilliam) November 6, 2020
Mitt Romney, an openly anti-Trump Mormon Church political figure, said on his Twitter account that “The counting of each vote is at the heart of democracy”.
– Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) November 6, 2020
Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake told him that« ano republican should accept the president’s words ” before adding: “Unacceptable. Point bar. “
“There is no excuse for the president’s comments tonight that undermine our democratic process”, tweeted Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a frequent critic of Trump. “No election or person is more important than our democracy. “
There is no defense for the President’s comments tonight undermining our Democratic process. America is counting the votes, and we must respect the results as we always have before. No election or person is more important than our Democracy. https://t.co/BOO2iaTsEf
— Larry Hogan (@LarryHogan) November 6, 2020
Without naming the current White House tenant, Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger tweeted: “If you have legitimate concerns about fraud, present EVIDENCE and take them to court. STOP spreading misinformation ”. Then he added: “It’s getting crazy”.
The most violent charge against Donald Trump came from a local representative in Texas. For Will Hurd that« a sitting president, undermines our political system, and challenges the legality of the voices of countless Americans without proof, is not only dangerous and bad, but it also shakes the very foundations on which this nation was built. Every American should have their vote counted. “
“America is more than a one-man show”
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on both sides in the US presidential election to exercise restraint until the results are available, adding that the situation was fueling tensions.
“Anyone who continues to fuel the fire in a situation like this is acting irresponsibly”, said the head of German diplomacy in an interview with the Funke group newspapers published on Friday. “America is more than a one-man show”, he added, with unusually straightforward rhetoric.
“Now is the time to keep a cool head until an independently established result is available”, said Maas, who was commenting for the first time on the US presidential election between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
“Reasonable losers are more important for the functioning of a democracy than radiant winners”, he continued.
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