Echoing his baseless allegations of massive voter fraud, Donald Trump did confirm on Saturday on his Pravda social network that “fraud of this kind and this magnitude allows all rules, regulations and articles to be repealed, including those of the Constitution” .
Words that were immediately condemned by the White House. “The Constitution of the United States is a sacred document that has ensured for 200 years that freedom and the rule of law reign in our beautiful country,” Executive Branch spokesman Andrew Bates said Saturday.
“The attack on the Constitution and everything 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. »
Released in his camp
On Sunday, elected representatives of both parties were offended by the words of the former president, who also recently announced that he intends to run in the 2024 presidential election.
“Last week he dined with anti-Semites. Now he calls for an end to constitutional democracy in America,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer tweeted about a dinner at Donald Trump’s Florida residence attended by white supremacist Nick Fuentes and notorious Holocaust denier. Donald Trump is “out of control and a danger to our democracy. Everyone should condemn this attack on our democracy,” he added.
Asked about Trump’s remarks on Fox News, former Vice President Mike Pence, who nonetheless distanced himself from the American billionaire after the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, refrained from condemning them.
“Candidates who focused on the past, especially those who focused on questioning the last election, didn’t fare well in last month’s midterms,” he said, simply calling back.