This guy knew him well:
He was right. And the non-peaceful transfer of power is still going strong in the Republican Party. The “fraudit” in Arizona predictably found that there were problems so now they want to send MAGA thugs door to door to interrogate people about who they voted for. (So much for the secret ballot…)
I have been worried that the Democrats would not be able to get their vote out in the midterms without having Trump on the ballot. But he won’t go away so that fear may be overblown.
The Republican establishment is increasingly worried about it:
CNN’s Manu Raju asked South Dakota Republican Senator] John Thune on Tuesday about the former president’s claim that the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was a “lovefest.”
“That’s not what any of us here experienced,” he responded.
He continued, “Trying to rehash and revisit and re-litigate the past election is not a winning strategy for trying to get the majorities back in 2022.”
Raju asked the South Dakota senator if Trump’s claims of widespread fraud will hurt the party’s chances in the 2022 midterms.
“I mean, he’s gonna keep saying it. There’s not anything we can do about it,” Thune said.
He added, “But like I said, anytime you’re talking about the past, you’re not talking about the future. And I think the future is where we’re gonna live.”
Trump will never let it go. And his followers absolutely love to wallow in their grievance as well.