The US political class strongly condemned a call the day before by former President Donald Trump to abandon the US Constitution to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden.
Reiterating his allegations of massive fraud by the scrutiny, Donald Trump affirmed the same media sur son réseau Truth Social qu’une “fraude de ce genre et de cette envergure permet l’abrogation de toutes les règles, réglementations et articles, y compris ceux de the Constitution”.
Words that were immediately condemned by the White House. “The Constitution of the United States is a sacrosanct document that has ensured for 200 years that freedom and the rule of law prevail in our beautiful country,” executive branch spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement on Saturday.
“Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our country and must be condemned,” he added. “You can’t just love America when you win.”
It is “out of control and a danger to our democracy”
“Last week he was dining with anti-Semites. Now he is calling for the end of constitutional democracy in the United States,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said of a dinner at Donald Trump’s Florida residence attended by Nick Fuentes , a notorious white supremacist. and Holocaust denier.
Donald Trump “is out of control and a danger to our democracy. Everyone must condemn this attack on our democracy,” added Chuck Schumer.
Asked about Donald Trump’s statements on Fox News, former Vice President Mike Pence, who, however, has distanced himself from the American billionaire since the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, refrained from condemning them.
“Candidates who focused on the past, particularly those who focused on challenging the last election, did not do well in the midterms” last month, he said.
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, the very conservative John Bolton, took umbrage at his former boss’s suggestion. “All true conservatives should oppose his campaign for the 2024 presidential election,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
