{"id":43190,"date":"2019-11-05T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43190"},"modified":"2019-11-05T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:18:49","slug":"holy-creep-trump-admits-to-using-the-u-s-military-budget-to-bribe-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43190","title":{"rendered":"HOLY CREEP! Trump Admits to Using the U.S. Military Budget to Bribe Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The degree to which Donald Trump lacks any hint of self-awareness is mind boggling. He shamelessly boasts about having record-breaking support among Republicans when <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43162\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">that support is actually in decline<\/a><\/strong>. He demands that the whistleblower testify while, in the same breath, insists that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43185\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nobody should testify<\/a><\/strong>. He pretends that he&#8217;s not worried about being impeached, but <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43134\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">can&#8217;t stop talking &#8211; or tweeting &#8211; about it<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-prison.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Prison\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43192\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3077343918947049\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, as Trump is being shredded by an avalanche of evidence that he extorted Ukrainian President Zelensky in order to get dirt on Joe Biden, Trump is simultaneously engaging in a another flagrant case of bribery. This one centers around the off-year elections that are now being held in several states. Trump has been consumed with campaigning in the past few weeks, focusing on those states. Both his tweets and his cult rallies have been centered around the election calendar. But in a disturbing Tuesday tweet Trump literally confessed to a bribery scheme to get votes:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virginia, with all of the massive amount of defense and other work I brought to you, and with everything planned, go out and vote Republican today. I know the Dems are saying that they have your vote locked up, but that would mean a long slide down. VOTE REPUBLICAN TODAY!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1191687950360358913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most brazen admissions of criminal electioneering ever. It begins with Trump reminding the people of Virgina of his <em>&#8220;genorosity&#8221;<\/em> with federal dollars. That, of course, isn&#8217;t true. Trump has even diverted military funds to building his vanity border wall, which won&#8217;t help Virginia in the slightest. And then Trump holds the promise of future spending in the state over their heads. He is plainly trying to frighten Virginia voters with threats that federal allocations will dry up if they don&#8217;t vote for him. And we know that Trump is not shy about abusing his power to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-threatens-withdraw-aid-california-wildfires-1469873\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">punish<\/a><\/strong> those he doesn&#8217;t deem sufficietly worshipful.<\/p>\n<p>This tweet cannot be interpreted as anything other than a bribe. He is trying to appeal to Virginians who are reliant on federal funds for jobs and the economic boost that military facilities bring to localities. That is illegal on its face. It is also a breach of national security as it directs the allocations of military funding based on Trump&#8217;s political whims, rather than the needs of the nation&#8217;s armed forces. In that respect, Trump is violating his oath of office to <em>&#8220;preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For Trump to openly admit to this criminal activity is both shocking and predictable. His capacity for breaking the law and bragging about it is unheard of in American politics. And the saddest part of it all is that he so often gets away with it. As the current impeachment inquiry progresses, hopefully Trump will finally be held accountable for at least a few of his crimes. Were there any realistic administration of justice, Trump would never get out of prison.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The degree to which Donald Trump lacks any hint of self-awareness is mind boggling. He shamelessly boasts about having record-breaking support among Republicans when that support is actually in decline. He demands that the whistleblower testify while, in the same breath, insists that nobody should testify. He pretends that he&#8217;s not worried about being impeached, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,1201,1200,13],"tags":[554,1140],"class_list":["post-43190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-justice","category-politics","category-scandalous","tag-donald-trump","tag-election"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-prison.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-beC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51612,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51612","url_meta":{"origin":43190,"position":0},"title":"WHUT? 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