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Donald Trump Archive

Archives for January 2021

Politics
“Our democracy would enter a death spiral”: Mitch McConnell urges Republicans to back the election results“Our democracy would enter a death spiral”: Mitch McConnell urges Republicans to back the election results
Politics

McConnell makes his sharpest break with Trump yet.

By Li Zhou
Politics
Trump turns once and for all against Republicans who won’t help him steal the electionTrump turns once and for all against Republicans who won’t help him steal the election
Politics

Speaking to protesters from the White House, Trump said, “We have to primary the hell out of the ones that don’t fight.”

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
The 14 Republican senators objecting to the Electoral College’s certificationThe 14 Republican senators objecting to the Electoral College’s certification
Politics

2024 fault lines appear as Republican senators voice objections and support for the January 6 Electoral College certification.

By Jerusalem Demsas
The Senate Republican divide over certifying the presidential election, explained
Explainers

Elections in 2022 and 2024 hang over Senate Republicans’ certification vote.

By Li Zhou
Politics
Trump supporters’ last-ditch downtown DC election protests got off to a bleak startTrump supporters’ last-ditch downtown DC election protests got off to a bleak start
Politics

They began with a speaker encouraging people to spread Covid-19. Really.

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
Trump’s last rally as president was supposed to be about the Georgia runoffs. It wasn’t.Trump’s last rally as president was supposed to be about the Georgia runoffs. It wasn’t.
Politics

Surprise! It ended up being about himself.

By Aaron Rupar
Politics
4 criminal laws that Trump may have violated in his Georgia election call4 criminal laws that Trump may have violated in his Georgia election call
Politics

It is a felony to try to “find” 11,780 fake votes.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Trump’s call with Georgia’s secretary of state is a subversion of democracyTrump’s call with Georgia’s secretary of state is a subversion of democracy
Politics

Trump told the Georgia official: “I just want to find 11,780 votes.”

By Cameron Peters

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