Trump insists he doesn’t want to ‘terminate’ Constitution
The Hill,
by
Brett Samuels
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
12/5/2022 11:48:11 PM
Former President Trump on Monday insisted he does not want to “terminate” the Constitution, responding to broad backlash after he said over the weekend its rules and laws should be disregarded so he can return to the White House.(Snip)“The Fake News is actually trying to convince the American People that I said I wanted to ‘terminate’ the Constitution. This is simply more DISINFORMATION & LIES, just like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of their other HOAXES & SCAMS,” Trump wrote Monday afternoon, saying he meant that “steps must be immediately taken to RIGHT THE WRONG.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
john56 12/5/2022 11:57:34 PM (No. 1349973)
That's part of the bumpy ride on the Trump train.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Citoyen 12/6/2022 12:14:19 AM (No. 1349979)
President Trump needs to think clearly before he tweets. His comment about the Constitution fed his enemies, the media and craven Republicans. Instead of talking about how the Democrats and FBI told Twitter to cancel the Hunter Biden laptop revelations they all got to self-righteously rail against a bigger man than they can ever hope to be.
Huge distraction and one that wearies Trump's supporters and alienates those whom he needs to attract.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Californian 12/6/2022 12:17:37 AM (No. 1349981)
2, it doesn't matter what he says. It's happened -many- times before that they completely rewrite simple plain statements into a pure 180 of what he really said.
If Trump said 2+2=4, the headlines would read, "Trump can't add to 5".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Catherine 12/6/2022 12:23:58 AM (No. 1349985)
# 2 - and if Trump cured cancer, headlines the next day would say Trump is crippling cancer hospitals and destroying pharmaceutical companies making chemo. No matter what he says, it is twisted and contorted to the worst possible thing.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
chumley 12/6/2022 12:29:46 AM (No. 1349989)
I am really having a hard time maintaining enthusiasm for him, which I did have in abundance. He does not seem to learn from his mistakes. I will support him if he is the nominee, but I really hope they find someone who is a bit more...measured.
It is never right to limit The Constitution. Not for any reason. Its been so limited now it means almost nothing. If he is going to be the savior of the republic he better stow that talk.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 12/6/2022 12:45:14 AM (No. 1349997)
5, the moment the left stole the election we lost the constitution.
It was an administrative coup. They installed a senile fool as puppet.
Which constitution were you worried about losing? The one they murdered in 2020?
Do you realize there are people still in prison who did nothing more than tour through a building, take selfies and leave? Uncharged and locked up, abused, beaten, starved, denied medical card and all Constitutional rights you so adore?
The constitution was already murdered. The goal now is to restore it. Some fluffy moderate Jeb! is not going to do that.
Trump 24 to restore the Constitution
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
beancounter 12/6/2022 12:57:39 AM (No. 1350001)
Everybody’s making good points. On the one hand, Trump tweets or says what he means and usually the media twist it. He needs an editor to clean up his comments a little so he doesn’t give ammo to the enemy.
On the other hand, the media were totally fine with the Democrats and RINO’s trashing the Constitution (e.g. DACA, warrantless searches of American citizens, eviction moratorium, student loans, censoring speech) and actually aided them in doing it.
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By merely broaching the subject he gave the entire leftist cabal fresh grist to feed the voters over the next 2 years. Add this to the "insurrection" hysteria and the cuts will start becoming effective.
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The only thing worse than violating the Constitution is to undermine it and then use it as a shield to protect your corruption. That’s probably what he should have said…
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
judy 12/6/2022 2:55:34 AM (No. 1350012)
I wish they cared as much about the comments coming from the current WH as they do trying to destroy Trump. I guess they love open borders, high gas prices, high inflation, war, government corruption & horrible foreign relations…we no longer have fair elections , a media or a JD.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 12/6/2022 2:59:17 AM (No. 1350015)
45 merely pointed out that the Constitution does NOT state that stolen elections are valid and can be fixed. Improper "Presidential Elections" CAN be voided by Congress. Unfortunately, Congress and the then sitting VP, Mr. Pence, were members in full standing of the Uniparty, and deemed such actions as unnecessary and allowed the election shenanigans to stand. Josef Stalin endorsed the actions of Pence etal, from his cell in hell. Americans are now suffering from their inaction.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
lakerman1 12/6/2022 5:29:33 AM (No. 1350051)
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich pointed out a Trump flaw.
'Sometimes he (Trump) speaks in sentences when he should speak in paragraphs.'
What DJT said about a dishonst election is correct. There has to be a way to correct it.
The simplest way to correct it would to give the second place candidate the win.
Another way would be to hold a second election, limiting the candidates to those who ran in the first election.
And although the Constitution does not provide a way, a way must be found.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 12/6/2022 5:50:50 AM (No. 1350058)
President Trump needs to stop vomiting his entire brain out in public before carefully thinking about his words! It matters and he spends way too much time cleaning up messes his mouth made! It distracts from the message about fighting the evil doers in the Communist democRATic party! I’m getting tired of the same old show!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
spacer 12/6/2022 6:30:48 AM (No. 1350082)
I would put the United States Constitution, the complete U S government to include the military AND my family in the strong capable hands of President Donald John Trump over ANY other person in the nation. Thank you President Trump for your sacrifice and duty to America. On to 2024 MAGA
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Msquared112 12/6/2022 6:41:51 AM (No. 1350086)
Trump has become emotionally and verbally incontinent. As he ages, and because he was so royally screwed in 2020, he is losing any semblance of measured commentary. I don’t like seeing this. I love what Trump did for America during his presidency. His irreverence was refreshing, but he has become a liability. Heretofore loyal, intelligent Republicans are abandoning him. If he cannot reign it in, at least to keep his base, what’s the point? Ego?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
jinx 12/6/2022 6:49:15 AM (No. 1350091)
It's called Gaslighting 101. The Democrats haven't made anything stick to Trump but they keep trying. They are desperate to keep him out of the WH.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Rinktum 12/6/2022 6:54:53 AM (No. 1350095)
For those of you growing weary of President Trump’s statements, might I suggest to you that you make a list of his accomplishments, both pros and con’s and read through it periodically. Also, please climb into the Wayback machine and think on some of the things that democrats have said about our Constitution. That should put this tempest in a teacup in perspective. I hate unforced errors as much as anyone but I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt because I have experienced what he accomplished when he was in office. It was a monumental undertaking against all odds and he managed through sheer force of will and love of this country to have an unbelievably successful presidency despite being attacked on a daily basis by the unhinged lying democrats, their media lapdogs and some Republicans too.
Also, I can’t understand why people are looking for a replacement for President Trump when we know he can get the job done and he will not cave to special interests or because he fears media attacks. If Republicans weren’t so contrary and arrogant, they would rally to support him but we have found out that those self-righteous fools like to play the losing game on the table while President Trump wants to stop all the games and get to work for the country and the American people. I can’t understand why they would reject a known and proven winner for someone you hope will come through for the country. Apparently, their first and foremost criteria is that they will support someone they can control. Well, Americans have had enough of corrupt lying politicians who promise everything and deliver nothing. Personally, I prefer a man who is not cowed by the braying of the political class.
Let’s be clear, anyone who believes that Donald John Trump believes the Constitution should be ignored or abolished is not being truthful. To say something so absurd is disingenuous and these individuals know it. He was the guy in the trenches fighting everyday for its preservation and adherence. Come on! We have an illegitimate fool sitting in the White House actually dismantling our founding documents in real time. How about turning your eyes on him? Geez Louise, get a grip. Buy a clue. Attack the enemy. We have had enough political cowardice and corruption to last a lifetime.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
NamVet70 12/6/2022 7:16:39 AM (No. 1350109)
As stated, Trump was pointing out that the Biden regime was subverting the constitution. Trump did not say he wanted to violate the constitution. He was pointing out that we are not currently living under a constitutional government. The current regime is free to act unconstitutionally and depends on the lower courts and the DOJ to prevent any application of law contrary to their wishes. This big flap is a propaganda campaign by the never-Trump people.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
broken01 12/6/2022 7:33:59 AM (No. 1350118)
I salute you #17 as you said exactly what I was thinking and put in a way far better than I ever could. I would like to say I do not like what is being done to the country that I swore to serve, protect and defend for 2 decades. To borrow a superhero term, we have forces of evil that have taken over our government, the media, Hollywood and academia. They must be defeated at all costs period. We had a gentleman in the WH for four years did all he could to preserve our Constitution against an array of enemies that would make a lesser man give up. Bottom line he NEVER got the benefit of the doubt from those enemies, so he'll always get it from me.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Penelope27 12/6/2022 7:52:22 AM (No. 1350128)
Hasn’t it been the left trying to convince us that the Constitution is a “living” document, constantly evolving? And when that didn’t work, they said it was outdated (I.E. the Founding Fathers did not know about the internet).
The Democrats, as a movement have literally been calling to get rid of the Constitution for decades.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
tootall 12/6/2022 7:55:47 AM (No. 1350130)
President Trump needs to start tweeting on Twitter again. Otherwise, he will let the media and his opponents define him and parse every little word he says.
Truth Social doesn't have the reach ... not even close. And I have to download to my windows laptop twice and gave up.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
The Remnants 12/6/2022 7:59:10 AM (No. 1350133)
Trump loves this country and the Constitution. Those who make this charge hate both.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Right Time 12/6/2022 8:26:30 AM (No. 1350150)
This is just like when Trump (DID NOT) praise the "racist" Proud Boys at Charlottesville.
PURE BEE-ESS.
Heck, even when Trump has a written transcript of what he actually said (as in the "Ukraine quid-pro-quo Fake Impeachment Claim"), the Dems and LeftMedia will lie and totally invent things to allege Trump said/did,
But Pedo Joe can say the most outrageous things with no media blowback,
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Marzipan4 12/6/2022 8:44:31 AM (No. 1350160)
Wow! From daily wire to here, everyone ran with breitbarts poorly written headline. What trump said , paraphrased, (go read it for yourselves) was that the revealed. Twitters show that their actions are to terminate the constitution. We’ve become a society of lemmings.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
felixcat 12/6/2022 8:49:57 AM (No. 1350164)
I am sick of listening to pundits like Joe Concha, James Rosen, etc. who are so quick to credit Trump and his comments with the worst intentions BUT never mock or ridicule the insane, gibberish from a senile, corrupt old man with a thing for girls, i.e., Joe Biden.
Trump is correct that other not certifying the electors (hello Mike Pence), there is nothing in the Constitution to remedy a stolen election. I guess our Founding Fathers figured that we would always have Vice Presidents with some backbone, but apparently not.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
bpl40 12/6/2022 8:57:03 AM (No. 1350169)
Of course he doesn't. Any more than he was colluding with Putin when he publicly asked Russia to look for Hillary's missing e-mails. This whole business is utterly nonsensical and a deliberate Media red herring. This is nothing but another attempt to distract from his achievements which are considerable. For 2024 he should get training/support from a communications expert who (as Churchill said) can take the English language and send it to war.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
nerdowell 12/6/2022 9:00:20 AM (No. 1350171)
When exactly did the dems start worrying about preserving the constitution?
If we could convince (delude) ourselves into believing that they're sincere, this story would have a silver lining.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Sully 12/6/2022 9:05:28 AM (No. 1350176)
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Trump has for years claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him and that Hunter Biden colluded with his father over his business dealings, though there is no proof of either.
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Even after Twitter generates so much heat on Hunter it burns the coating off of every cat5 cable across the entire world wide web, you're gonna say there is no proof...
Come now...Why are we even reading this cr@p.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
athina 12/6/2022 9:16:18 AM (No. 1350188)
He was talking about how to remedy the stolen election. But he speaks without thinking about his words and that simply won’t work anymore.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Kafka2 12/6/2022 9:18:32 AM (No. 1350190)
President Trump reminds me more and more of Captain Ahab in the book “Moby Dick.” Ahab’s obsession with getting retribution for the whale, Moby Dick, taking his leg (it was bit off) on an earlier voyage ultimately results in the destruction of his ship and the deaths of Ahab and his crew, except for one who survives to tell the tale.
I wonder if President Trump’s obsession with the loss of the election will ultimately result in the destruction of the Republican Party.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 12/6/2022 9:36:46 AM (No. 1350207)
Someday, someone will 'terminate' the constitution. Most likely they will have a 'D' after their name. Afterall, most of our government is well on their way there. That includes Republicans, btw. Especially the RINOs. They have 'legalized' voter fraud. Do that, and what is the point in having a constitution that says how to run elections?
Trump was right in what he said. The media is trying to say Trump suggested terminating the constitution, but the media and our government are already doing it. That was Trump's real message.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Birddog 12/6/2022 9:47:21 AM (No. 1350219)
“If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools...”
Much of Trumps life is covered in Kipling's "If"...as is mine.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Trapper 12/6/2022 9:59:02 AM (No. 1350226)
Trump said: “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
President Trump's words were clear. Terminate articles in the Constitution. He can clarify his intention today, which I accept, but the controversy is one of his own making, just like the dustup that resulted from his peoples' failure to adequately screen out Kanye's "guest" who turned out to be just a plant by that never-Trumper with a Greek name to make Trump look bad.
These are unforced errors and they have to stop. Telling ourselve make-believe excuses because we don't want to crtiticize our candidate is how elections are lost. Fix this stuff. Do it now.
Trump 2024
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
janjan 12/6/2022 10:03:01 AM (No. 1350234)
Trump, more than anyone else on the planet, needs to think carefully about what he’s saying and apply a filter. Not saying this is fair. It just is what it is.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
keep_right 12/6/2022 10:17:20 AM (No. 1350251)
If you're seriously going to run to be president again, you can't do this kind of thing. STOP making it so hard for those that voted for you in the past to defend you. Get yourself a talented and trustworthy PR team to put out your statements for you. FPDJT has been a master of his own communication in the past, but he's not flawless. This was a blunder. If you want to be the leader of the free world again, act like it and use some self control to stop making mistakes like this.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Gina 12/6/2022 10:55:30 AM (No. 1350278)
I didn't believe he hated the constitution for a minute. I knew it just another attack from the Uni party.
With every attack I know it's even more important to support Trump. They know he'll actually do something when in office.
MAGA Trump 2024
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Zigrid 12/6/2022 11:13:28 AM (No. 1350292)
Don't assume you speak for all President Trump supporters...poster #2...a true President Trump supporter knows exactly what he's talking about...and WE support him with whatever decision he makes....instead of following his lead...to many rinos are working overtime to turn US against President Trump...let Trump be Trump...he's a master at the "art of the deal"...if you can't stand the heat...then get off the Trump train...WE're going all the way to the White House....
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Geoman 12/6/2022 11:33:06 AM (No. 1350307)
Pardon my interruption of Trump virtue signaling but Trump did not allege that his Truth Social account was hacked or that those words attributed to him were not actually his. What he wrote was: "A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.” The use of the word, "articles" before the qualifier, "even those found in the Constitution," cannot be interpreted to mean newspaper or magazine articles that are allowed to be terminated. Our entire Constitution is based on its 7 Articles; whereas rules and regulations are administrative tools proscribed by public laws. Placing "termination," articles," and "Constitution" in sequence within a single sentence does not require being twisted to take on a nefarious meaning. Especially when additionally calling for being "declared the rightful winner." Declared by whom, under what Constitutional process? The Constitution cannot make every provision for every possible problem. Massive election fraud in the late 1700s, centuries before the digital age would have been as foreign to our founders as making provisions in case the president elect was abducted by space aliens. Were I in his shoes, I'm sure I would have acted far more petulantly and would still be be acting even worse out of anger and a sense of being robbed but I am simply a citizen voter not a wronged former president. I was taken aback at Trump's own words, not the words of someone trying to smear him.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/6/2022 11:56:00 AM (No. 1350337)
Whoever created that extreme stretch was obviously desperate to smear Donald Trump on a new charge because the ten thousand other "gotchas" have failed completely. Naturally the media grabbed that ball and ran with it despite all of the egg already on their faces.
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Comments:
President Trump says what he means and means what he says. To imply that this patriotic American wants to “terminate” the Constitution is dishonest and reprehensible. President Trump’s statement (12/1/22) pointed out that machinations of Democrats disregarded/violated the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the United States of America, to win the 2020 election and now that this has been exposed, he is asking Americans what should be done about it—declare the rightful winner, or have a new election. That decision will set a precedent for future elections—tolerate stolen elections or justice served.