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As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
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As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
From CNN's Sunlen Serfaty, Devan Cole and Alex Rogers
President Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani both mistakenly made calls to Republican Sen. Mike Lee as deadly riots were unfolding at the US Capitol earlier this week, a spokesperson for the senator confirmed to CNN — calls that were intended for another GOP senator the White House was frantically trying to convince to delay the counting of Electoral College votes.
Lee's spokesperson said the two calls from Trump and his attorney were intended for Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a newly elected Republican from Alabama.
The effort by the White House to get Tuberville to delay certification of the votes provides insight into the President's thinking and priorities as a mob of his supports lay siege on the iconic building.
As the President worked to convince Tuberville to delay the process, he and other top White House officials did little to check in on Vice President Mike Pence while he and members of his family were inside the Capitol when the rioters stormed it, a source close to the vice president told CNN.
Trump first called the personal cell phone of Lee, a Republican from Utah, shortly after 2 p.m. ET. At that time the senators had been evacuated from the Senate floor and were in a temporary holding room huddling in place, as a pro-Trump mob began breaching the Capitol.
Lee picked up the phone and Trump identified himself, and it became clear he was looking for Tuberville and had been given the wrong number. Lee, keeping the President on hold, went to find his colleague and handed him his phone, telling him the President was on the line and had been trying to reach him.
Tuberville spoke with Trump for less than 10 minutes, with the President trying to convince him to make additional objections to the Electoral College vote in a futile effort to block Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win, according to a source familiar with the call. The call was cut off because senators were asked to move to a secure location.
CNN has reached out to Tuberville's office for comment.
The second call to Lee came in at 7 p.m. ET from Giuliani. Lee did not answer the call so it went to voicemail. Lee's office confirmed to CNN that the voicemail was intended for Tuberville and that the message left from Giuliani was very similar to one another unnamed GOP senator received. The transcript of that call was published by the news blog emptywheel.
"Sen. Tuberville? Or I should say Coach Tuberville. This is Rudy Giuliani, the President's lawyer," he said according to the transcript.
"I'm calling you because I want to discuss with you how they're trying to rush this hearing and how we need you, our Republican friends, to try to just slow it down so we can get these legislatures to get more information to you," Giuliani said, referring to unfounded claims of voter fraud in the presidential election.
"I know they're reconvening at 8 tonight, but it ... the only strategy we can follow is to object to numerous states and raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow — ideally until the end of tomorrow."
Tuberville was unaware that Giuliani had tried to reach him until it was publicly reported, according to the source.
Tuberville was likely seen by Trump and Giuliani as someone who could help further their cause on Wednesday, as the Republican senator was among a group of six GOP senators who voted to sustain an objection raised against Arizona's electoral votes, which failed 93-6.
CNN reported on Wednesday that even after Congress was reconvening that night following the riot, Trump was still urging senators to push ahead with the protest on the certification of Biden as president, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
So, during the attempted sedition with the domestic terrorists that he riled up and instigated, he was calling up Senators who were under cover, fearing for their lives, to try and overturn a fair election.
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Re: As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
He is a sick, unstable man.
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As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
This is really disturbing. You know it's bad when Lindsey Graham is going against
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| Posted 1/8/21 2:14 AM |
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This is really disturbing. You know it's bad when Lindsey Graham is going against
It is disturbing and I agree that if LG is disagreeing, then there is something really wrong.
What’s even more disturbing is the people going along with Trump still.
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Re: As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
And yet today, he’s still our president. And there might not be time to remove him, even if lawmakers try.
We need to redo this whole system. It’s a joke. The next bad guy won’t be as incompetent. The only thing working for us is that Trump is bad at being a bad guy. But Ivanka is super smart. I worry about her the most. She was handed a playbook on how and what to do.
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Re: As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
Posted by queensgal
And yet today, he’s still our president. And there might not be time to remove him, even if lawmakers try.
We need to redo this whole system. It’s a joke. The next bad guy won’t be as incompetent. The only thing working for us is that Trump is bad at being a bad guy. But Ivanka is super smart. I worry about her the most. She was handed a playbook on how and what to do.
He could've been removed Thursday had Pence stepped up and did his job. Invoking the 25th is quick and easy but instead, Pence went into hiding. If Trump pulls anything in the next week and half, blood will be on Pence's hands. Why he and the Cabinet aren't stepping up to do the necessary thing here is mind boggling. Trump is a clear and present danger to this country.
As for the rest of the Trumps, even Ivanka, I think they will slowly fade away. I don't think this family will bounce back so easily from the nightmare of their father's corrupt and treasonous presidency, particularly when it comes to any aspirations they may have to run for public office.
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| Posted 1/8/21 1:13 PM |
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As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
And people still support him. He doesn't even give a shit about members of his own party.
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| Posted 1/8/21 1:16 PM |
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Re: As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by queensgal
And yet today, he’s still our president. And there might not be time to remove him, even if lawmakers try.
We need to redo this whole system. It’s a joke. The next bad guy won’t be as incompetent. The only thing working for us is that Trump is bad at being a bad guy. But Ivanka is super smart. I worry about her the most. She was handed a playbook on how and what to do.
He could've been removed Thursday had Pence stepped up and did his job. Invoking the 25th is quick and easy but instead, Pence went into hiding. If Trump pulls anything in the next week and half, blood will be on Pence's hands. Why he and the Cabinet aren't stepping up to do the necessary thing here is mind boggling. Trump is a clear and present danger to this country.
As for the rest of the Trumps, even Ivanka, I think they will slowly fade away. I don't think this family will bounce back so easily from the nightmare of their father's corrupt and treasonous presidency, particularly when it comes to any aspirations they may have to run for public office.
Well I believe that if anymore damage is done in the next 2 weeks we can say good bye to the Republican party and the political careers of many of its members.
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| Posted 1/8/21 1:20 PM |
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Re: As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
Posted by RainyDay
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by queensgal
And yet today, he’s still our president. And there might not be time to remove him, even if lawmakers try.
We need to redo this whole system. It’s a joke. The next bad guy won’t be as incompetent. The only thing working for us is that Trump is bad at being a bad guy. But Ivanka is super smart. I worry about her the most. She was handed a playbook on how and what to do.
He could've been removed Thursday had Pence stepped up and did his job. Invoking the 25th is quick and easy but instead, Pence went into hiding. If Trump pulls anything in the next week and half, blood will be on Pence's hands. Why he and the Cabinet aren't stepping up to do the necessary thing here is mind boggling. Trump is a clear and present danger to this country.
As for the rest of the Trumps, even Ivanka, I think they will slowly fade away. I don't think this family will bounce back so easily from the nightmare of their father's corrupt and treasonous presidency, particularly when it comes to any aspirations they may have to run for public office.
Well I believe that if anymore damage is done in the next 2 weeks we can say good bye to the Republican party and the political careers of many of its members.
And good riddance. They are complicit.
If they weren't, we wouldn't have had 127 reps contesting the election results on the basis of falsehoods.
If Trump was really a rogue actor and they were all as repulsed as they should have been by everything he's done they would have primaried him.
They own him.
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Re: As riot raged at Capitol, Trump tried to call senators to overturn election
Posted by JennP
Posted by RainyDay
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by queensgal
And yet today, he’s still our president. And there might not be time to remove him, even if lawmakers try.
We need to redo this whole system. It’s a joke. The next bad guy won’t be as incompetent. The only thing working for us is that Trump is bad at being a bad guy. But Ivanka is super smart. I worry about her the most. She was handed a playbook on how and what to do.
He could've been removed Thursday had Pence stepped up and did his job. Invoking the 25th is quick and easy but instead, Pence went into hiding. If Trump pulls anything in the next week and half, blood will be on Pence's hands. Why he and the Cabinet aren't stepping up to do the necessary thing here is mind boggling. Trump is a clear and present danger to this country.
As for the rest of the Trumps, even Ivanka, I think they will slowly fade away. I don't think this family will bounce back so easily from the nightmare of their father's corrupt and treasonous presidency, particularly when it comes to any aspirations they may have to run for public office.
Well I believe that if anymore damage is done in the next 2 weeks we can say good bye to the Republican party and the political careers of many of its members.
And good riddance. They are complicit.
If they weren't, we wouldn't have had 127 reps contesting the election results on the basis of falsehoods.
If Trump was really a rogue actor and they were all as repulsed as they should have been by everything he's done they would have primaried him.
They own him.
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Posted by Mrs213
This is really disturbing. You know it's bad when Lindsey Graham is going against
He actually just attacked Twitter though for banning Trump so he is not fully pulled away from him.
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| Posted 1/8/21 10:17 PM |
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