{"id":45212,"date":"2020-05-09T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T18:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45212"},"modified":"2020-07-10T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:09:30","slug":"in-deranged-tweets-trump-says-that-all-california-votes-must-not-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45212","title":{"rendered":"In Deranged Tweets Trump Says that All California Votes &#8216;Must Not Count&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The evidence of Donald Trump&#8217;s mental infirmity continues to pile up. On a daily basis he openly exhibits an unbridled rage at those he fears. He proclaims that he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44828\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has the <em>&#8220;total authority&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/strong> of the tyrants he admires. With paranoid fervor he regards <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44514\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">every critic as a <em>&#8220;hater&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/strong> who is out to get him. He ignores the suffering and death caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) while <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45125\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">focusing furiously on his abysmal polling<\/a><\/strong>. And he <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45201\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">refuses to accept responsibility<\/a><\/strong> for any of his actions, while vainly shifting blame to others.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-constitution.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Constitution\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42072\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3523153707699399\" 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>The psychoses of Trump could fill a textbook on sociopaths and narcissists. The latest example of the severity of his psychological degradation was displayed in another Twitter outburst on Saturday morning. This one was boiling over with fear and desperation as he lashed out incoherently at Americans who happen to live in California.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So in California, the Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State. They are trying to steal another election. It\u2019s all rigged out there. These votes must not count. SCAM!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1259147372984180736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, what on Earth is he ranting about? Californians have had access to mail-in voting for years. The only new twist is that Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed an executive order sending ballots to all registered voters in the state. They are not obligated to use them, but they have the choice. And that freedom, that makes voting easier for everyone, is what Trump believes is a <em>&#8220;SCAM!&#8221;<\/em> Consequently, in his diseased mind, all the votes of American citizens in California <em>&#8220;must not count.&#8221;<\/em> What sort of madness produces this disgustingly undemocratic &#8211; and un-American &#8211; idiocy?<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s tweet also makes the bizarre assertion that a voting booth was just opened <em>&#8220;in the most Democrat area in the State.&#8221;<\/em> Does anyone know what he&#8217;s even talking about anymore? There are voting booths in every district. Does he think that predominantly Democratic districts shouldn&#8217;t have them? Is the prospect of Democrats voting the basis for his complaint that <em>&#8220;It\u2019s all rigged out there&#8221;<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1259200118714183680\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">another tweet<\/a><\/strong>, Trump elaborated on his curious remarks about new voting booths. Apparently he thinks that voting in California is <em>&#8220;supposed to be mail in ballots only.&#8221;<\/em> He is wrong, of course. And he&#8217;s demonstrating how pitiful he is at comprehending what&#8217;s going on around him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued to address the matter of mail-in voting in his very next tweet, which promoted a Republican candidate. Except in that tweet Trump <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1259149331761954822\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">completely reversed himself<\/a><\/strong> himself noting that in this special election there is mail-in voting and offering this reminder to his cult followers: <em>&#8220;Mail in ballots, &#038; check that they are counted!&#8221;<\/em> Really? So for Republicans mail-in voting isn&#8217;t a scam and those votes should be counted? And a couple of tweets later Trump declares that the whole <em>&#8220;CA25 is a Rigged Election.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The question of mail-in voting is a touchy subject for Trump and all Republicans. They have always had a mortal fear of expanding the electorate. Trump recently <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45044\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said the quiet part out loud<\/a><\/strong> with a rant about mail-in voting wherein he whined that <em>\u201cThey had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you\u2019d never have a Republican elected in this country again.\u201d<\/em> Trump is afraid because he knows that the more people who vote, the less likely it is that he will be reelected. Republicans at large have the same fear.<\/p>\n<p>This fear is what is driving <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45044\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s assault on the U.S. Postal Service<\/a><\/strong>. His hostility to this agency, that is explicitly authorized by the Constitution, is rooted in his jealousy of and contempt for Jeff Bezos, a real billionaire and the owner of Amazon and the Washington Post. In a rancid screed last month Trump called the Postal Service <em>\u201ca joke,\u201d<\/em> and threatened to withhold funding if they didn&#8217;t quadruple their rates. That, of course, would put an enormous burden on every business, as well as every American wanting to wish their grandmas a happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s nauseating attack on democracy must not be ignored or normalized. He needs to be called out for this obvious grasping of totalitarian rule. This week Trump <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-taps-top-republican-fundraiser-to-lead-us-postal-service-2020-5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">appointed a new postmaster general<\/a><\/strong> who just happens to be a major Trump ally and donor. That confirms that he is serious about sabotaging the Post Office for his own nefarious political advantage. And we, the people, must not allow him to get away with it.<\/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 evidence of Donald Trump&#8217;s mental infirmity continues to pile up. On a daily basis he openly exhibits an unbridled rage at those he fears. He proclaims that he has the &#8220;total authority&#8221; of the tyrants he admires. With paranoid fervor he regards every critic as a &#8220;hater&#8221; who is out to get him. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,1140,1400,1307,1401,301,1039,241],"class_list":["post-45212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-postal-service","tag-republicans","tag-voting-rights","tag-washington-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-constitution.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bLe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57887,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57887","url_meta":{"origin":45212,"position":0},"title":"Trump Posts His &#8216;Proof&#8217; of Election Fraud in Georgia that Actually Proves Election Integrity","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/30\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The last presidential election was nearly three years ago. 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