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TexasTowelie

(112,456 posts)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 09:31 AM Jan 2021

Trump's Last Stand

DALTON, GA—President Trump’s final rally as chief executive, at the Dalton Regional Airport in Northern Georgia served two purposes. Officially, Trump was here to stump for Republicans in Tuesday’s Senate runoffs. But this rally was also a way for Trump supporters to travel back in time, to a day when the coronavirus wasn’t infecting one out ten people in this small town, to a moment before Trump lost his bid for re-election.

The Victory Rally, as it was called, was held the night before Georgia’s Election Day, and two months after Trump’s general election loss, simultaneously premature and too late. But in Trump’s eyes and in the eyes of some of the attendees of this rally, it’s not too late for Trump.

“There’s no way we lost Georgia,” were Trump’s first words. “I had two elections and I won both of them.” When Trump first mentioned the Republicans who will be on the ballot on Tuesday, the crowd responded with its first chant of the speech, “Fight for Trump.”

Trump stood onstage under floodlights on the airport tarmac, where Marine One cinematically landed behind four enormous American flags. But looming larger than his aircraft was the shadow of Trump’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, complaining about the election results. On the call, Trump pleaded with Raffensperger to find him 11,780 votes. There are now calls for a federal investigation and an official complaint to the Georgia Board of Elections.

Read more: https://prospect.org/politics/trump-last-stand-georgia-election-rally/
(American Prospect)

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Trump's Last Stand (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
He will fail again AmericanCanuck Jan 2021 #1
I think the proud boys should finally show their resolve for trump's stolen election. dubyadiprecession Jan 2021 #2
They'll stop at the first Golden Corral they see along the way LastDemocratInSC Jan 2021 #4
I think that Cracker Barrel is more appropriate TexasTowelie Jan 2021 #5
It views the presidency the way Gollum viewed his 'precious' anamnua Jan 2021 #3
Clusters last stand lame54 Jan 2021 #6

dubyadiprecession

(5,722 posts)
2. I think the proud boys should finally show their resolve for trump's stolen election.
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 09:43 AM
Jan 2021

By driving heavily armed to the nearest military base, with guns ablazing in the air!

Show the government you have balls, fellas! Don’t let them continually treat you like a bunch of powerless chumps!

TexasTowelie

(112,456 posts)
5. I think that Cracker Barrel is more appropriate
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:15 PM
Jan 2021

and the name is more descriptive of the clientele. BTW, I am a white male.

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