Eric Metaxas Promotes Donald Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Destabilize Election

On his Facebook page, author and Trump die hard Eric Metaxas is promoting Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to get Republican legislators not to certify the election results in states where Joe Biden won.

OKAY, THIS SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER STILL! ALL EMAIL ADDRESSES AND A SAMPLE LETTER YOU CAN USE! PLEASE DO THIS AND PLEASE SHARE!
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Dear Friends!
I just did an interview with Dick Morris which is posted here, but the MOST important part of it is so important that I will stop at nothing to get this message out. It’s all at the bottom and I’ve made it as easy as possible for you, with all the email addresses and a SAMPLE LETTER.
Dick has DAILY been on the phone with the president, and BOTH of them are convinced that if the votes are counted accurately the president won this election. This is not partisan politics, this is about preserving our form of government. If we cannot trust that our votes are being counted accurately, we have lost the republic!
So here is what Dick and President Trump are asking EVERYONE to do, and what I personally am asking you to do.
Every American must please write an email — or an actual letter if you like — to each Republican Legislative Leaders (their email info etc. is ALL listed below for you) in GA, PA, WI, MI, and AZ, asking them to INSIST — which is their Constitutional Duty as you will see below — that ALL signatures in their states are verified.
I am begging you, dear fellow Americans, to do this one thing for your republic, because our republic depends on it. People have often asked me what can I do to KEEP THE REPUBLIC. You can do this now. Will you?
Please please do this duty now and tell everyone you know to do it. It is not asking very much considering the stakes.
God bless you.
Eric’s Signature
Eric Metaxas

Republican observers have been involved all along. In Georgia, the Secretary of State is a Republican. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the 2020 election was the most secure in history. Metaxas has no proof of irregularities; he is a blind follower.

Metaxas wants his followers to send legislators in each of the battleground states the following email:

Here is the SAMPLE LETTER you might wish to use! You can cut and past it exactly as it is or you can personalize it with the name of the person to whom you are addressing it, etc.
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Dear GOP State Legislative Leader:
Because the U.S. Constitution (Art II Sec 1) provides “that each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress” I am boldly asking you to do your solemn duty toward protecting integrity in this vitally important election by NOT certifying any electors UNTIL your state audits the election results with a full recount, with Republican observers no more than three feet away, and with full verification of signatures and the dates on which the ballots were received.
Our nation now critically depends on you doing your duty to insure that “we the people” are convinced everything has been done to the utmost level of integrity, lest the nation’s citizens lose trust in their most important institutions, and we lose the republic forever. You have a charge to keep and I ask you firmly and humbly please to do your duty in keeping it.
God bless you.
Your Name Here
END LETTER
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OKAY? I hope that helps you get this done! Please do this today or tomorrow! And please tell EVERYONE you know to do the same. It is a small thing to ask when you realize what is at stake, and no matter how this election goes you will know you’ve done all you could. I just did it to every name on the list. Now it’s your turn!
God bless you.

Eric Metaxas

The ongoing legal effort to find fraud has been unsuccessful. This strategy involves getting Republicans to find enough Democratic votes to disqualify to make Trump the winner.

A more ominous aspect of this strategy was sounded by Trump (and John MacArthur) lawyer Jenna Ellis:

Can you imagine the chaos which would result if the legislator appointed Trump electors after Biden won the state? What a brazen power grab Ellis anticipates here. Millions of Michigan voters would be disenfranchised if she gets her way.

The votes have been counted. A “huge win for Donald Trump” would be a huge loss for our Republic. I continue to believe these efforts will fail, but it is stunning to see them being conducted in broad daylight.

On the subject of countering myths about voter fraud, this U.S. government website on cybersecurity is a gem. 

106 thoughts on “Eric Metaxas Promotes Donald Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Destabilize Election”

  1. So there we are … The Electors from all five of the closest ‘battleground’ states have now cast their votes for Biden-Harris. It’s over (the Dem majority in the US House – and, of course, honourable GOP US Representatives – and the likes of Senators Romney, Collins and Sasse will ensure that the 117th Congress will uphold today’s result on 6th January).

  2. So there we are … The Electors from all five of the closest ‘battleground’ states have now cast their votes for Biden-Harris. It’s over (the Dem majority in the US House – and, of course, honourable GOP US Representatives – and the likes of Senators Romney, Collins and Sasse will ensure that the 117th Congress will uphold today’s result on 6th January).

    1. It’s over, but if this sort of brazen attempt by Trump and his worshippers to hijack an election and gaslight the populace becomes the new normal for the Republican Party (and about 2/3 of its House members signed onto the lawsuits with their bizarre conspiracy theories), U.S. politics for the foreseeable future will be in a very dark place.

      1. I agree that there is a genuine ongoing threat to democracy. As for Trump’s hangers-on: I think part of it is that aspect of human nature that makes one want to see ‘what one can get away with’ (“Maybe we might just be able to steal this election – let’s have a go at least.”); there are also plenty who genuinely share Trump’s delusions, of course.

        Fortunately Trump is relatively old and, largely thanks to his own behaviour, somewhat discredited. But he is still a huge political force and will certainly continue to make plenty of trouble where he can. His followers are a mixed bunch, I reckon: some very powerful and/or persuasive; others rather pathetic in a way …

      2. By the way, Trump thinks it is all about him, and in a very real sense he is right. Can we see Mitch M pulling off what Trump has gotten away with? And would Ted C lead a red rally anything like as effectively as Trump? And what about Kevin M, that emblem of creativity and charisma? (Nah – just kidding!) Trump, like Hitler and others before him, has a kind of magnetism that many simply cannot resist. Even those of us who loathe his behaviour have a certain fascination …

        It really is so much about Trump. Perhaps he is the abusive father / husband that too many people dysfunctionally long for? (And maybe this is why he is so popular among those of certain religious persuasions who are drawn to the idea of an arbitrary, irrational and psychopathic god?)

        The bad news is (as you suggest) that the essential problem is not going to go away just because of yesterday’s election (although what happened is an important milestone in the struggle); the good news is that, like the rest of us, Trump will not live forever.

  3. It appears that, as his hopes of stealing the election wane, Trump is embarking on an orgy of execution. How typical of such a vile, dishonest, dirty old man!

  4. Do you guys always vote at 4:30 in the morning the day after the election in rented vehicles?

  5. Trump as of this writing is history.
    Not even the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) can save him.

  6. Well, it does now appear that Metaxas & Co. were spouting hot air. Not that many of us seriously doubted that …

    Logistically, the Elections of November 3rd were a triumph under difficult circumstances. The United States deserves great respect for her achievement in this regard.

  7. Well, it does now appear that Metaxas & Co. were spouting hot air. Not that many of us seriously doubted that …

    Logistically, the Elections of November 3rd were a triumph under difficult circumstances. The United States deserves great respect for her achievement in this regard.

    1. Careful, that sort of comment will get you kicked off of social media.
      Unless you are a star of the alt-right like Steve Bannon or DT Jr., in which case they’ll look the other way.

      1. He could probably teach them a thing or two. There are few individuals quite so despicable even within the Religious Right which includes all sorts of persons of bad character, but Metaxas stands out for his advocacy of brutality and willingness to adopt tenets of fascism which he has always had.

    1. In case you haven’t noticed, Christians are deeply madly in love with Dictatorship. As long as the Dictator is their guy. “HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON! AND HIS KINGDOM SHALL HAVE NO END!”

      During my time in-country I heard so many radio sermons gushing over how when Christ returns He Shall Rule with a Rod of Iron – NO DISSENT WILL BE ALLOWED!!!!! (Add Dobson going on about how “We must start practicing for the roles and jobs Christ will give us in His Kingdom” and you get “and He Will Make Us His Enforcers!”)

      The Rapture Ready crowd where God is always one Divine Temper Tantrum away from destroying the world. (Any minute now… Any minute now… Any minute now…)

      The Pious Piper gushing over how God’s only goal (or reason for existence) is to Glorify Himself (no matter what the collateral damage).

      No wonder they mistake Donald Trump for Jesus Christ.

      1. Not only evangelicals, but conservative Catholics. There’s a daily call-in show on Relevant Radio (Catholic radio) where listeners can call and submit their prayer requests. It’s usually for someone who’s sick or struggling in some way, but over the last two weeks, a bunch of people have been calling in to pray that Trump would prevail in his fight to overturn the election.

        That left me wondering how much of our democracy would conservative Catholics be willing to dismantle in order to get a blanket ban on abortion. I believe the answer would be, all of it, in many cases.

        1. I’m more interested in their response when god doesn’t grant their request.

          Sadly, I suspect too few of them are going to think “Maybe I should re-evaluate my support for Trump.” Or if they will say the pope isn’t catholic because he congratulated Biden (and that inconvenient comment about gay relationships)?

  8. Trump’s firing of CISA Director Krebs shows just how desperate and frightened he (Trump) now is.

    Interestingly, the more Trump talks about the polls having been rigged, the greater freedom Electors could claim for voting according to their consciences (and, in those states where it applies, paying the requisite fine – which is the kind of money your average elector would ‘leave under the plate’) on 14 December. I believe this would hurt, not help, Trump. If anything, the presumptive President-elect would IMO increase his lead in the Electoral College (there are, I suspect, more than a few GOP hacks who would be quite happy to see Trump taken down several pegs, especially now than he is, in places like Wayne County, a Certified Loser).

    (We must remember that, once it was clear that Clinton had lost the Electoral College in 2016, there were electors pledged to her who voted for someone else. Even two Trump-pledged electors could not bring themselves to ‘do the deed’, and there could be more of those this time round, especially after the current pre-Christmas Pantomime directed from the golf course … I mean, White House.)

    1. I don’t think the firings Trump is doing is because he is “desperate and frightened.” I think it shows he is petty and insecure. These people are going to be replaced by Biden in a couple of months anyway. The firings are nothing more than a petty act of revenge against those that were more loyal to the country than to him.

      Re: faithless electors. while there may be some who choose NOT to vote for Trump even though they should it is unlikely. The electors are chosen by each party from among the “party faithful”. Whichever party wins the state (with a couple of exceptions) sends their electors to vote. That is why “faithless electors” are rare.

        1. Remember we’re not talking about a grown-up.
          We’re talking about a three-year-old toddler who has never heard the word “NO” in his life.

          1. But perhaps the real point right now is this: the democratic system is majestically rolling on, and it will succeed. That is the good news in the current unprecedented situation. Trump’s ultimate powerlessness is now on display.

          2. Oh I think the “system” is doing pretty well. Trump is getting nowhere and making a fool of himself. It is true that his deceitful squawking is most unedifying, but he is not winning over anyone: those who were in thrall to Trump remain so, while pretty much everyone else will be pleased to see him out of office. His current campaign is changing nothing, except perhaps fuelling a small widening (in Biden’s favour) of the gap in the favourability ratings of Trump and his successor.

          3. I’m not so confident in the system. If the election were closer, and if Trump had competent lawyers instead of the current clowns and crazies (interesting that Jenna Ellis is both pushing the current Trump conspiracies and representing John MacArthur’s church as it flouts public health rules), we might well be headed for serious crisis.
            And, the phony fraud claims are probably going to push Republican-controlled states like Georgia and Wisconsin to adopt laws that go even farther than they have already gone in making it harder to vote, disproportionately disenfranchising the poor and people of color.

          4. I agree that a closer result might have caused problems. Fortunately, Biden’s victory is clear and, for the GOP, pretending otherwise is probably counterproductive (and, judging by current favourability ratings, people are very much more impressed with Biden than they are with Trump).

            Recent efforts to improve enfranchisement in GA seemed to have borne fruit. I doubt whether unspecified and unproven claims of fraud will influence one way or another efforts to exclude African Americans and others from voting. IMO, state legislators (and others) who are so inclined will try to do this regardless of Trump’s oral farting.

          5. people are very much more impressed with Biden than they are with Trump

            Biden comes across as a grown-up, that’s why.

            Unfortunately, Trump has become GOD come in the flesh, not man.

          6. “Trump has become GOD come in the flesh, not man.”

            Fortunately not as far as the AG is concerned! 😉

          7. I agree also that there is no room for complacency (President Obama has rightly said that it will take some time to undo the damage of the last four or so years). I was very worried about how this election and its aftermath would play out, but it does seem that, finally, as judges of both political persuasions throw out cases and the public starts to tire of the shenanigans, Trump & Co are not going to get their way this time, and are diminishing their own credibility by trying to do so.

            The antics of some ‘fundamentalist’ catholics and evangelicals are a matter of concern, of course, and those of us who believe that religion should not be an instrument of political control need to keep up our campaign against attempts at ‘religious totalitarianism’, calling out the lies and hypocrisy (which is not that hard to do when people like Metaxas all-too-obviously dance to Trumpy’s tunes).

            “The system” is very far from perfect, to be sure, but it does seem that Trump, who has gotten away with far too much, has now met his match and the clear outcome of the election will be honoured.

          8. if Trump had competent lawyers instead of the current clowns and
            crazies (interesting that Jenna Ellis is both pushing the current Trump
            conspiracies and representing John MacArthur’s church as it flouts
            public health rules)

            That’s what happens with Trump Tower Corporate Culture, where The Great One HAS to be the Smartest Man in the entire organization, if not the world.

          9. If the system was “doing pretty well” Trump wouldn’t have been in office in the 1st place. That is why more and more people are calling for the abolition of the EC.

          10. There are good reasons why the EC was set up, though it may well be time to abolish or reform it, or at least give a clearer framework for how it should operate (e.g. all states follow the ME / NE model, which would almost certainly have given a better ‘match’ in 2016 between the national popular vote and the EC votes).

            By “the system”, I really meant the current process whereby baseless claims of fraud are being dealt with.

          11. It is long past the time to eliminate the EC. The problem is that neither party has wanted too do so, because it allows them to only focus on a few key “swing states” rather than the country as a whole.

          12. Perhaps the only concern with ‘elimination’ would be the ‘swamping’ of ‘small’ states. How about the ME / NE approach? I think NE brought it in quite recently so that candidates would take more of an interest in them (and the EV that Biden picked up there would have prevented Trump reaching 270 if T, and not B, had won AZ, GA and WI).

            Just back to the notion that what is happening now is potentially useful … Since the 2016 GOP primaries, Trump has managed to outwit efforts of various kinds to deal with him. Now, finally, he has found an ‘opponent’ he will not be able to beat: the will of people as expressed through “the system”. What he is doing now is of course reprehensible (should we be surprised?!), but his stupidity, dishonesty and – most importantly – weakness are now fully on display, and my hope is that some of his more wavering supporters will decide that he no longer ‘worth the candle’. (He scored 47% in the national popular vote in November, but his favourability rating is now down below 43% – a useful adjustment as we look forward to seeing the back of him. Perhaps he might even be so good as to work on shedding some more support over the next few weeks! And, come 20 January, he will be gone from the White House – of that there is surely no doubt.)

          13. The ME/NE approach has at least 2 problems if adopted nationwide:
            1) Not many of the districts would actually be competitive. Populations within states have sorted such that urban districts inevitably go to Democrats and rural districts to Republicans. Instead of a handful of “swing states”, you’d have maybe 50 (out of 435) “swing districts”. Lots of voters would still have effectively zero influence.
            2) Because of the way the most strongly Democratic constituencies are packed into cities (exacerbated by gerrymandering by Republican state legislatures), Republicans have a built-in advantage in Congressional districts (although maybe not as strong as in the Senate). For example, had the rule you suggest been in effect for all states, Trump would have still been elected in 2016 despite losing the popular vote by 3 million or whatever.

            That said, a straight plurality of the popular vote, as is being put forward in the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” that many states have signed onto, is also problematic. It could lead to a situation where Trump gets 40%, a liberal Democrat gets 39%, and a moderate anti-Trump independent gets 20%, but Trump gets the win despite being the last choice of 59% of voters. The right way to do things, treating every voter equally, would be to use the national popular vote but with a runoff if nobody gets 50% (or maybe a more complex formula that would not need a runoff if the top 2 people were 49-40 or something). But that would require a Constitutional amendment, so it has no chance of happening anytime soon.

            By the way, I hear the concern about “swamping” of small states, and I don’t think that is relevant in this century. Unlike when the Constitution was written, state is just not a significant part of the identity of many Americans.

          14. The ME/NE approach has at least 2 problems if adopted nationwide:
            1) Not many of the districts would actually be competitive. Populations within states have sorted such that urban districts inevitably go to Democrats and rural districts to Republicans. Instead of a handful of “swing states”, you’d have maybe 50 (out of 435) “swing districts”. Lots of voters would still have effectively zero influence.
            2) Because of the way the most strongly Democratic constituencies are packed into cities (exacerbated by gerrymandering by Republican state legislatures), Republicans have a built-in advantage in Congressional districts (although maybe not as strong as in the Senate). For example, had the rule you suggest been in effect for all states, Trump would have still been elected in 2016 despite losing the popular vote by 3 million or whatever.

            That said, a straight plurality of the popular vote, as is being put forward in the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” that many states have signed onto, is also problematic. It could lead to a situation where Trump gets 40%, a liberal Democrat gets 39%, and a moderate anti-Trump independent gets 20%, but Trump gets the win despite being the last choice of 59% of voters. The right way to do things, treating every voter equally, would be to use the national popular vote but with a runoff if nobody gets 50% (or maybe a more complex formula that would not need a runoff if the top 2 people were 49-40 or something). But that would require a Constitutional amendment, so it has no chance of happening anytime soon.

            By the way, I hear the concern about “swamping” of small states, and I don’t think that is relevant in this century. Unlike when the Constitution was written, state is just not a significant part of the identity of many Americans.

          15. All fair points! The French approach (a run-off requiring an absolute majority for victory) might well be the best way. That said, the concept of the States, rather than Union, electing the President is part of the nation’s history and the move to a straightforward national election would be a major change constitutionally.

            I suspect that ‘state identity’ is probably a generational thing.

          16. National run-offs for Pres. aren’t likely to be a good idea. In most elections, there has been a problem getting people to go out to vote even once, expecting to go twice isn’t very likely. Although, there have been very few elections in the last century where 3rd party candidates garnered enough votes to have mattered.

          17. “In a democracy where only one percent of the people actually vote, half a percent is a majority. And a hate group’s True Believers can easily number that half percent.”
            GURPS Cyberpunk sourcebook (from memory)

    2. Remember WHO has the Nuclear Launch Codes at the top of the Chain of Command.

      “IF I CAN’T GET MY WAY, THEN NOBODY CAN!!! I’LL SHOW YOU!!! I’LL SHOW YOU!!! I’LL SHOW YOU!!!”

      1. Well, I think it is highly unlikely that even Trumpy would be quite so mad as to set off some nukes. Besides, as has probably happened in the past (maybe with Nixon when he had had ‘a few too many’?), the military would have an appropriate approach to hand when it comes to dealing with any inappropriate orders.

        I still believe that the June 2nd Memorandum is highly significant and something we should all take to our comfort in these unprecedented times.

  9. Trump’s firing of CISA Director Krebs shows just how desperate and frightened he (Trump) now is.

    Interestingly, the more Trump talks about the polls having been rigged, the greater freedom Electors could claim for voting according to their consciences (and, in those states where it applies, paying the requisite fine – which is the kind of money your average elector would ‘leave under the plate’) on 14 December. I believe this would hurt, not help, Trump. If anything, the presumptive President-elect would IMO increase his lead in the Electoral College (there are, I suspect, more than a few GOP hacks who would be quite happy to see Trump taken down several pegs, especially now than he is, in places like Dwayne County, a Certified Loser).

    (We must remember that, once it was clear that Clinton has lost the Electoral College in 2016, there were electors pledged to her who voted for someone else. Even two Trump-pledged electors could not bring themselves to ‘do the deed’, and there could be more of those time round, especially after the current pre-Christmas Pantomime directed from the golf course … I mean, White House.)

  10. Sort of sounds like Hillary Clinton’s claim since 2016 that the election was stolen from her which she continues spew. As you all are aware, she told Joe Biden not to concede, so it does sound somewhat mutual. I’m not speaking as to Metaxas’ claims, just thought it might be good to remember that this attempt at destablization has been going on since 2016. Let the courts sort it out. There is a legal way to determine how much fraud has been involved (probably not enough to swing the current results) and missed ballots (not saying that was intentional – it would be wrong to attempt to judge the intent). Then we live with the decision.

    1. What in the sam-hill are you talking about?

      “Hillary Clinton congratulated Donald Trump on his win in the middle of the night after election day on Nov. 8, 2016. She formally conceded before noon on Nov. 9. That was a show of grace and patriotism, putting country before self, even when she knew that she would win the popular vote despite losing the electoral college.”
      https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-11-11/hillary-clinton-showed-donald-trump-how-to-concede

      I recommend you ignore the lies spewing from tRump and his buffoonish minions. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d18c3c6ca33d526b5a52754efe16499d954fedcc82527fb29f54cf497a0189f6.jpg

    2. What lawsuits did Hillary Clinton file in regards to the 2016 election?

      Since he won, why would Joe Biden concede? So why would Clinton need to advise him not to concede?

    3. garbage – Clinton conceded within 48 hours. Nobody argues that Trump didn’t win the Electoral College in 2016. And there is a difference between AFTER THE FACT investigating if there was interference vs making baseless claims and specious lawsuits to hold up an existing election and peaceful transition like a tinpot traitorous dictator (which is exactly what Trump is acting like). And, that investigation was to see if there was external INFLUENCE (via social media, document dumps, etc…) – not actual physical vote count fraud and manipulation. If Trump had not been making baseless claims months before the election, there would be no reason to question this election

      1. Those “baseless claims months before the election” were the pre-Grooming of his Base.
        Of whom the CHRISTIANS are the most fanatical.

      1. If it advances The Righteous Cause, It Is TRVTH.

        “A lie repeated often enough, becomes the Truth.”
        “Effective Propagands consists of Simplification and Repetition”
        — both Reichsminister Josef Goebbels

      2. For U.S. White Nationalist Evangelicals, false witness is not only acceptable, but preferable behavior.

        1. “The winner is never asked whether he has won fairly; only that he has Won.”
          — Adolf Hitler, cult leader

        1. What Clinton is saying isn’t even close to what Metaxas (and Trump) is saying. Clinton never claimed she lost because of fraudulent votes or rigged voting machines, which is what Trump is claiming.

          1. Clinton tells Biden not to concede under any circumstances – https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hillary-clinton-says-biden-should-not-concede-2020-election-under-n1238156

            Clinton claims election was stolen and Trump is illegitimate president -0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president/2019/09/26/29195d5a-e099-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

            Also Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, etc., claimed that Trump was an illegitimate president because he stole the election – you can do the research for their statements.

            Add to that Hilary Clinton & company’s attempt to influence the 2016 election with the fake Steele dossier and millions of dollars spent, FBI involvement and Mueller’s report that debunked it. Bought & paid for by Clinton’s campaign and the DNC in an attempt to influence the 2016 election and still spews that.

            Don’t forget Pelosi praising the unionists who stormed the Wisconsin Capitol in 2011 and calling it an “impressive show of democracy in action.”

            For the record, I do not agree with what Trump did. It was wrong and shouldn’t have been done. I’m not a fan nor follower of Metaxas. What I am saying is that I think we need to be fair and recognize that others need to be called out as well. It doesn’t make what Trump did right – let’s just be fair and honest.

          2. Re: the Clinton quote, you left out some very important context (i.e. the next clause in her statement):

            “because I think this is going to drag out, and eventually I do believe he will win if we don’t give an inch,”

            Did Clinton file any lawsuits claiming the election was rigged? Did Clinton repeatedly lie about fraudulent votes? Did Clinton lie and to stir up an insurrection where 6 people died?

            What past politicians have done is nothing compared to what Trump has done. Trying to equate Clinton’s ire at losing and feeling cheated to Trump’s deliberate attempts to subvert the will of the people (the majority of whom also voted for Clinton to win in 2016) is dishonest at best.

          3. Noone died in the Act 10 protest, and contemporary WI lawmakers of both parties made clear that they believed there was no malicious damage. The WI Legislature continue to operate for much of the time during the protest. Noone was arrested for carrying deadly weapons.

    4. Clinton did concede pretty quickly and Trump himself, during his inaugural speech, praised President Obama for facilitating a smooth transition.

      I accept that Biden is still the PRESUMPTIVE President-elect (the formal Election has not yet happened, and the 117th Congress needs to meet and certify the result), but the grounds for making that presumption appear very strong indeed (and getting stronger by the day as legal petitions are dismissed and bipartisan certification of ballots proceeds), and, given just how challenging things are right now, the Transition needs to get properly under way.

    5. The courts have sorted it out. Trump and Co presented no credible evidence, and the courts ‘sorted’ the issue on that very sound basis. Furthermore, several leading Republicans have publically made clear that the election results reliably reflect the Will of the People.

      Clinton’s claims related to what many might regard as ‘political dirty tricks’, rather than fraudulent election practices and processes. And I think it is the view of many Americans that Comey’s ‘timely’ announcement on the business of the email server probably swung the election Trump’s way. Let us not forget that Trump’s margins of victory were very small in those key swing states.

      If it is the case that one of the main parties is generally disadvantaged by ‘electoral processes and practices’, then it is almost certainly the Democratic Party.

  11. Bonhoeffer is probably saying (With a facepalm) in heaven “Why the hell did this guy write a book about me?”

      1. The easiest solution is to eliminate the arsonists before they set fire to things, preferably permanently.

      2. The easiest solution is to eliminate the arsonists before they set fire to things, preferably permanently.

  12. The political spirit is not the Holy Spirit. So many Christian leaders pivot to the world system of politics to advance Gods Kingdom obscuring the testimony of Jesus which is the Spirit of prophecy. Satan is actively deluding many who profess Christ with a love of the world system. Jesus weeps. Scripture declares if anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him. We are called to be alive to God in Christ Jesus. Not politics. Satan is the author of division chaos distractions confusion and the father of lies.

    1. Has anybody else heard of an interpretation of Revelation where The Beast symbolizes a corrupt political system, The False Prophet a corrupt religious system, and the Whore of Babylon a corrupt economic system, all in a three-way marriage of convenience? Until a dead lamb faces them down, speaks Words of Truth, and all three melt away as if they had never been?

    2. The state is a human construct – with all that that implies. We have to engage with politics, but always remember what truly matters.

      I was very pleased when the Pope said a couple of years that (and I quote) “states should be secular”. He went on to say something along the lines of the role the religion being to nourish the soul, at both an individual and a communal level. In the church I attend there are different political viewpoints, but I think we understand that ‘what we are really about’ as Christians (and indeed human beings) transcends particular political views or affiliations.

      One of the great things about democracy is that it allows for discussion and disagreement; and when people truly engage in discussion, what emerges is often better than what any one person (or political group) could come up with …

      1. I was very pleased when the Pope said a couple of years that (and I quote) “states should be secular”.

        Sounds a lot like Gould’s idea of “non-overlapping Magisteria” in the scientific community.

        Remember the Popes were able to gain more actual influence when they relinquished their de jure political power (from the time of Constantine) and transitioned into a de facto conscience of the political powers.

        1. If you are suggesting that Francis is clever, then I think you are right! He is, after all, a Jesuit …

  13. This guy is nothing but a thief; and, a con artist. Someone who will do, and say anything just to keep the cash flowing.

  14. “This is not partisan politics”

    No it is delusional politics. the question I have is does Metaxas know there is no significant fraud, or has he gone so far that he actually believes the nonsense Trump is spewing?

    “If the state board follows suit, the Republican state legislator will select the electors”

    Even if the state legislators were stupid enough to try this, the MI Supreme Court is unlikely to let it happen.

    And it is moot at this point, because Wayne County unanimously certified election results Tue night.

    1. “He has eaten the Nazi cake, and digested it. The jackboots will march again.”
      — Harlan Ellison non-SF short story about neo-Nazis

    2. And it is moot at this point, because Wayne County unanimously certified election results Tue night.

      Have the Turner Diaries cosplayers turned out in the streets with MAGA hats, Tacticool Gear, and blinged-out AR-15s yet? (Like the ones who were going to LARP “Turner Diaries: Day of the Rope” with their state Governor?)

    3. Apparently, the 2 Republican canvassers have rescinded their votes to certify, however it is after the certification deadline, so doesn’t look like it will have any effect. Trump might try to use this in another lawsuit, but I doubt that will go anywhere (just like all his other lawsuits).

    4. Apparently, the 2 Republican canvassers have rescinded their votes to certify, however it is after the certification deadline, so doesn’t look like it will have any effect. Trump might try to use this in another lawsuit, but I doubt that will go anywhere (just like all his other lawsuits).

  15. Never forget:
    TO THREE OUT OF FOUR AMERICAN CHRISTIANS (down from four out of five in 2016), TRUMP IS GOD.

      1. I disagree strongly. It’s three out of four White Evangelicals (and Rad Trad Catholics).

      2. Trump is certainly ‘playing God’ now by authorizing a series of judicial killings. This is nothing other than deadly dick-swinging by dishonest, dirty old man.

        The Supreme Court has spoken now: the Rule of Law has defeated Tin-pot Trump. He has gotten away with so much, but now has finally run into the ground, and the vultures (aka. creditors) are beginning to circle. I wish this revolting man no harm, but it will be good to see justice be done …

  16. It should be noted that the Wayne County Board of Canvassers has now unanimously certified its results. Reality continues to prevail, against unexpectedly strong opposition. That doesn’t change the point of the post, though.

    Metaxas’ conversion is now almost complete. He has abandoned any pretense of sanity and thrown his allegiance to a profane and obscene movement of self-obsessed greedheads and phony prophets. It is a hugely ironic spectacle: The champion of Dietrich Boenhoffer pledging his troth to the fascist Trump.

    There are few things as enjoyable as seeing petards hoisted en masse. All that’s left of the Titanic is a thrusting stern succumbing to gravity, with a few damned clinging to the hull.

    1. And these same Christians would point the finger and smugly say about others “GOD Shall Send Them Strong Delusion, That They Shall Believe a Lie. Tsk. Tsk.”

      (I heard that verse during my time in-country, back when Late Great Planet Earth was SCRIPTURE. Usually in the context of explaining everyone in the world flocking to take The Mark of The Beast, nobody noticing anything out of the ordinary while all the plagues/vials/scrolls of Revelation went down exactly as-Written.)

        1. It was the 67th Book of the Bible (superseding all the others) in its day.
          I remember “Bible Studies” without a single Bible in sight, only LGPE.

          And the damage was permanent. Hal Lindsay plus Jack Chick is a very destructive combination.

          1. I’ve noticed many quote things from that book but are certain it is from scripture. It truly is the 67th book as you say for so many. Anyone remember barcodes as the mark? Emotional manipulation to sociopathic extremes, thy name is preacher.

        2. The problem with End Times books is that they have an expiration date, so to speak. When you read a book written before you were born, referring to a date (again, before you were born) as the God-Spoken End of Time, it gets hard to believe.

    2. the only difference with the Titanic, is that in this case there were enough lifeboats for everyone, but they chose to stay on board the Trump boat Trumpanic? as it went down.

      1. U.S. White Nationalist Evangelicals have cemented themselves before the world and in the history books to authoritarian theocracy, the polar opposite of Jesus.

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