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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-christie-donald-trump-crowd-size_n_64aba41de4b0e87d6555533a#
Chris Christie Spills The Reason For 'Absurd' Trump Crowd Size Claims

Chris Christie pushed back against claims that “tens of thousands” of people show up at Donald Trump’s rallies, adding that the claims are “all about” the former president’s ego on Sunday.
The former New Jersey governor and ex Trump ally, in an interview with Fox News’ Shannon Bream, called into question the “absurd” estimated number of people at the former president’s rallies.

“Tens of thousands don’t show up anymore, that’s another one of the big lies that happen. Look, all you have to do is look at the pictures,” Christie said.

Christie went on to reflect on how Trump “droned on for an hour and a half” at a recent Iowa campaign stop, adding that his claims about a deal with China was a lie and declaring that he spent “the rest of the time” discussing his indictment.

“This is not somebody who’s fighting for the American people and their future. This is all about his ego.”

Christie, who has taken aim at Trump several times on the campaign trail, added that the former president cares “the most” about undoing his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-santos-civil-rights-pioneer-claim_n_64abaea1e4b07252cc129b79#
Rep. George Santos Likens Himself To Civil Rights Pioneer And… Just Wow

Serial liar Rep. George Santos (R-N. Y.) raised eyebrows when he likened himself to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

Santos, appearing on conservative talk show host Mike Crispi’s podcast, railed against the criticism he has received since his congressional victory last year when it emerged he’d fabricated multiple stories about his life. Santos also faces federal fraud and money laundering charges, which he denies.

“They come for me, I go right back for them because I think for far too long they’ve gotten away with going along to get along. So no, it’s not going to stay that way anymore,” Santos ranted. “I’m gonna call them out. You want to call me a liar. I’ll call you a sellout.”

Santos then reprised his spat with Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in February told Santos he didn’t belong in the chamber, and certainly not in a front row position.

“I mean Mitt Romney, the man goes to the State of the Union of the United States wearing a Ukraine lapel pin, tells me, a Latino gay man, that I shouldn’t sit in the front and that I should be in the back,” Santos scoffed.

“Well, guess what? Rosa Parks wouldn’t sit in the back and neither am I going to sit in the back,” he added. “That’s just the reality of how it works.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/republicans-are-suddenly-afraid-democracy/616685/
Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy

“We’re not a democracy,” Republican Senator Mike Lee tweeted in the middle of Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate. He was reacting to something he’d heard onstage there, in his home state of Utah. Another tweet: “The word ‘democracy’ appears nowhere in the Constitution, perhaps because our form of government is not a democracy. It’s a constitutional republic. To me it matters. It should matter to anyone who worries about the excessive accumulation of power in the hands of the few.” Hours after the debate Lee was still worrying the thought: “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic] are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”

Why did Lee choose this moment—less than four weeks before an election in which his party seems likely to suffer defeat—to make the familiar, even pedantic, point that we live in a republic rather than a pure democracy? Why did he insist on the point so vehemently that he neglected to mention that power in the American system ultimately lies with the people, which means that our system could also be called a representative democracy? Did he mean rank as in “foul,” “rancid,” or “outright”? If the last, does that mean the tyranny of the majority leading to perverse rule by “the few”? What did this short, misleading course in Civics 101 have to do with anything?

My guess is that Lee wasn’t just being pedantic. Worried about an election in which the people can express their will, Lee was laying the groundwork to contest the results or block an elected majority from governing.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sc-crowd-50-000-230550142.html
Trump in SC: Tens of thousands pack Pickens. More than 50 treated for heat-related illness

Former President Donald Trump didn't have to do much convincing to impress a hometown crowd of mostly Trump supporters in Pickens Saturday.

Nearly 75 percent of Pickens County voters selected Trump over current President Joe Biden in 2020.

"I love it," Kenny Stoll, a self-described blue-collar iron worker from Summerville, S. C., said of Trump's remarks. "I don't think he lies to the people. He's true to his word and he don't back down. He fights for what's right."

Trump headlined the Pickens Independence Day Spectacular, and supporters came as early as Friday to Pickens in hopes of being among the first on Saturday to see the former president, who is leading in the polls among GOP presidential candidates.

Supporters traveled from as far away as Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Indiana and Florida to attend the rally.

Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half, and people began leaving before he finished due to the extreme heat.

More than 50 people treated for heat-related illness