Trump cultists

The Hill reports: “I would not rule it out,” Chris Christie said on the Hugh Hewitt Show on Monday when asked if he would rule out a presidential run against Trump if he decided to run in four years. Christie ran against Trump in the 2016 Republican primary in 2016, but later dropped out of the race and endorsed him. …

Newt Gingrich writes for the Washington Examiner: I have no interest in legitimizing the father of a son who Chinese Communist Party members boast about buying. Nor do I have any interest in pretending that the current result is legitimate or honorable. It is simply the final stroke of a four-year establishment-media power grab. It has been perpetrated by people …

Yahoo News reports: After conceding that Biden will take office and predicting he will either die or resign before too long, Robertson said “it would be a mistake” for Trump to run again in 2024. “My money would be on Nikki Haley,” he added. “I think she’d make a tremendous candidate for the Republican Party.” Robertson then offered a sober …

NBC News reports: Federal prosecutors have discussed making a legal request for Rudy Giuliani’s electronic communications, two sources familiar with the probe tell NBC News, a sign that the investigation into President Donald Trump’s personal attorney remains active and may soon be ramping up. Prosecutors for the Southern District of New York have been in communication with Justice Department officials …

The Washington Post reports: Turning Point on Friday night held its annual winter gala at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. The party was attended by hundreds of students, organizers and GOP notables such as South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem, Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Mike Lindell, otherwise known as the “MyPillow Guy.” Then on …

Axios reports: President Trump, in his final days, is turning bitterly on virtually every person around him, griping about anyone who refuses to indulge conspiracy theories or hopeless bids to overturn the election, several top officials tell Axios. Targets of his outrage include Vice President Pence, chief of staff Mark Meadows, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Secretary of State Pompeo …

Business Insider reports: “Let me say definitively that Sidney Powell is not part of our legal team, she hasn’t been for five weeks,” Giuliani said in an appearance on the right-wing cable channel Newsmax. “She is not a special counsel for the president, she does not speak for the president, nor does she speak for the administration. She speaks for …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEBASTIAN GORKA (HOST): Mike Lindell, why are you fighting the legal battle for election transparency? You’re “Mr. My Pillow ” — what’s going on? MIKE LINDELL (GUEST): Well, I believe in this president, but — and I’ll tell you what, nobody realizes something, but a miracle we had on election night. At 11:15, you know, …

Most of them will likely believe it’s real: Thousands of Trump supporters are planning a virtual “second inauguration” for President Trump on Jan. 20, the same day of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. More than 60,000 people have indicated on Facebook that they plan to attend the event being billed as “Donald J. Trump 2nd Presidential Inauguration Ceremony.” “Disclaimer: We are …

OPB Politics reports: The Oregon State Police declared an unlawful assembly as a growing number of protesters pushed their way through the Capitol doors chanting, “let us in” and “arrest Kate Brown.” Police officers donned gas masks as they squared off with protesters, some of whom carried firearms and bear spray, and many of whom were not wearing masks. Among …

Via press release from Newsmax: Since election day, various guests, attorneys and elected officials have appeared on Newsmax TV and offered opinions and claims about Smartmatic and Dominion Systems, both companies that offer voting software in the U.S. Newsmax would like to clarify its news coverage and note it has not reported as true certain claims made about these companies. …

Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: Last week, Atlanta megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin attended the White House Christmas party, a mostly maskless gathering of people who still haven’t figured out we’re in the middle of a pandemic. He even bragged about it on Instagram, celebrating the occasion with his daughter. Well, you’ll never believe what happened next. According to …

Reuters reports: Pennsylvania Republicans are considering ending absentee voting rules they backed a year ago. Georgia’s Senate Republicans say they want to “fix” the state’s election system with new restrictions. Republicans in Wisconsin want to change early-voting procedures. And new rules have been floated in Texas. “This appears to be laying the groundwork for what may be a more massive …

Media Matters has the transcript: MOLLIE HEMINGWAY (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): Right, and President Trump tweeted last night I believe that that was fake news. So you have it from the horse’s mouth that that was not — that he has no intention of declaring martial law or of anything else crazy that the media are putting out there, using anonymous …

The Hill reports: National Republicans are desperate to avoid a floor fight in Congress over the certification of the Electoral College vote next month, believing it would be horrible politics to continue waging what most recognize to be a hopeless battle to overturn the outcome of the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has intervened, asking his members not …

The Daily Beast reports: With a month to go until Inauguration Day, Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and a personal friend and diehard MAGA supporter of Donald Trump, says he’s poured more than $1 million of his own money into bankrolling efforts to nullify Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential race. He’s launched his own private “investigations and due …

Law & Crime reports: Attorney L. Lin Wood filed a pro se lawsuit in Georgia federal court on Friday with an apparent typo that raised legal eyebrows online. Just before his signature block on the final page of the lawsuit is the following verification section [emphasis added]: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746, I declare and verify under plenty of perjury …

The Washington Post reports: Something surprising happened Friday night on Lou Dobbs’s top-rated show on the Fox Business Network. Dobbs introduced a segment that calmly debunked several accusations of fraud that Rudolph W. Giuliani and other Trump supporters have lobbed against the election technology company Smartmatic. The segment, it turns out, was in response to a 20-page legal demand letter …

Media Matters has the transcript: According to the CDC’s panel, another group — those officially classified as “non-healthcare essential workers” — should get the vaccine first. Why is that? “Racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately represented in many essential industries.” In other words it’s entirely racial. They’re making the decision based on race. Kathleen Dooling’s presentation concluded that doling …

Law & Crime reports: Sidney Powell and her “Kraken” associates on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, asserting that the certification of election results in four states Donald Trump lost was unconstitutional. The latest “Kraken” filing included some head-scratching errors, procedural mistakes, and falsehoods that legal commentators were quick to comment …