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Trump Phone Call an Attempt to Overthrow the U.S. Government www.peoplesworld.org January 9, 2021 Trump phone call an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government By John Wojcik n a shocking hour-long Jan. 2 phone call that excerpts of the taped call. Trump told Raffensperger Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia declared that if he did not “find 11,780 votes” for the Trump- was “an attempt to overthrow the government Pence ticket, he was taking “a big risk.” That number of the United States,” President Donald Trump would overturn the Biden-Harris margin in Georgia Idemanded that the Georgia secretary of state recalcu- by just a single vote. late the vote in that state in his favor. Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel can In a statement, President-elect Joe Biden called the be heard on the tape rejecting Trump’s demands, phone call “an assault on American democracy.” saying that the president’s false claims are based Trump demanded that Republican Brad on debunked conspiracy theories and that Biden’s Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, “find” victory in Georgia was fair and accurate. enough votes to overturn his (Trump’s) defeat and to do it “in a hurry.” The Washington Post, NBC, and THIS WEEK: other major news outlets have released tapes of the call, a clearly illegal attempt by the president to trash • Trump phone call an attempt to overthrow the U.S. government democracy and fix the vote. It is behavior consistent • Communist Parties Denounce Morocco’s Attacks on Saharwi Republic with that of authoritarian dictators. • The D.C. terrorist attacks: September 11th and January 6th Trump, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, • Los agricultores de la India continúan sus demandas and several Trump lawyers were all on the illegal call • Dirty Dozen Senate sedition caucus stalling certification of 2020 election ordering that Raffensperger act quickly to overturn the vote before Tuesday, Jan. 5, the date of the READ MORE NEWS AND OPINION DAILY at WWW.PEOPLESWORLD.ORG Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The Secretary of State was patient with Trump’s demands, but pushed back, insisting that Joe Biden Incredibly, GOP allies from all corners are won Georgia and there was no fraud. continuing to support the president’s attempts to Trump threatened the Republican secretary of overturn the election results. state with “criminal consequences” if he refused to Peter Navarro, a top Trump adviser, said on reverse the results of the November election. NBC MSNBC that he expected Vice President Mike Pence continued all day Sunday to release additional to back the 12 GOP senators, led by Ted Cruz of Page 1 Texas, and the 100-plus GOP members of the House history of battling organized crime, said, “The phone who are opposing certification of the election results call is exactly what you would expect from a mob on Jan. 6. “He (Pence) can postpone this whole boss trying to enforce his rule.” In an extraordi- thing (certification) for ten days,” Navarro claimed, She called for a Justice Department investigation nary call, Trump “and Inauguration Day itself can be postponed until on a possible violation of numerous laws, including pressures Georgia a special commission audits the election results.” those against extortion and other forms of illegal secretary of state Republicans opposing congressional certification pressure on government officials. to recalculate the of the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6 say they will In the political arena, it would be entirely vote in his favor - demand the formation of such a commission. Pence, appropriate for Congress to impeach Trump— who will preside over the joint congressional session again—for this action, regardless of what sparking calls for in his role as president of the Senate, has said he will the Republican-controlled Senate would do. a second welcome the GOP challenges. Impeachment is a political act entirely in the hands impeachment. Besides Meadows, also on the phone with Trump, of the House and there have to be consequences as he made his demands, was right-wing lawyer for a president assaulting the constitution and Cleta Mitchell, who has emerged in the news for the democracy itself. first time on the issue of the election. Prior to the The phone call made to Raffensperger on Saturday call, Mitchell has had no known involvement with is more serious than the one to the Ukrainian Trump or his attempts to overturn the vote. president for which Trump was impeached last year. Trump’s tone and arm-twisting threats on the In that case, Trump was illegally trying to influence call were reminiscent of mafia boss behavior. Joyce an election; this time, he is plotting to actually Vance, former Alabama U.S. Attorney who has a overturn one. Communist Parties Denounce Morocco’s Attacks on Saharwi Republic By Emile Schepers number of communist and workers’ to the protest. The Spanish communists remind parties from around the world have us that this action, in the waning moments of denounced the arrangement whereby Trump’s presidency, is only the latest such move the U. S. will recognize Moroccan sov- by the current U.S. administration — moves which Aereignty over the Western Sahara in exchange have included the transfer of the U.S. embassy for the Kingdom of Morocco normalizing its ties from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Emboldened by with Israel. When Spain decided to give up this Israeli rule over the Golan Heights and the illegal the Trump admin- colony in 1975, Morocco moved to invade it, de- settlements. “Once again President Trump, like istration, Morocco spite the expressed wishes of the people of West- Morocco, ignores and disobeys the authority of escalates attacks ern Sahara for independence. Since 1991 a cease the U. N.” and Security Council and Decoloniza- fire between Morocco and the Polisario Front has tion decisions, as well as international law. on the Western been in force. But a move in recent months by the The South African Communist Party (SACP) ex- Sahara, Africa’s Moroccan government to intensify economic ex- pressed once more its solidarity with the people of last colony. ploitation of the part of Western Sahara is leading the Western Sahara. The SACP also called for the to the danger of a major armed clash. African Union to “reject the imperialist machina- The Communist Party of Israel, or Maki, pointed tion on our continent, and assert its democratic out that the deal also entails the U. S. selling 4 role . on African affairs. It is clear that the advanced aerial drones to Morocco, and that it is Trump administration’s proclamation involves a violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions. other imperialist objectives, not to mention con- The Israeli communists recalled that the Kingdom tinued colonial oppression of the people of West- of Morocco has had a long relationship with the ern Sahara, occupation of their land, exploitation Israeli government, which included Israeli help of their resources, the apartheid oppression of the in the “disappearance” of Moroccan leftist leader Palestinian people, and occupation of their land Mehdi Ben Barka in 1967. by the apartheid Israeli regime.” The Communist Party of Spain added its voice www.peoplesworld.org Page 2 The D.C. terrorist attacks: September 11th and January 6th By Laurent Ross been so shocked by what I saw on that channel. n Sept. 11, 2001, I was a political ap- I saw our capital city under terrorist attack for a pointee of D.C. Mayor Anthony Wil- second time. But this time the terrorists were my liams, running a $17 million scholarship fellow Americans, a group of raging idiots who have program. My office was just blocks from fallen hook, line, and sinker for their con artist pres- Othe Capitol, and I had a great view of the dome from ident’s raving lunacy of how he had won the U.S. my 10th story window. A member of my leadership presidential election. This time the ringleader was team, Ken Howard, came into my office to tell me the very President of the U. S. He gave the terrorists that a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. a pep talk before they began their march. I dismissed him, being quite busy at the moment Anyone who participated in this insurrection and thinking that I didn’t have time to worry about against the U. S., anyone who entered the Capitol Our Congress was a small private plane colliding with New York’s tall- grounds or the building itself, should be tried and est building. Little did I know how close my own imprisoned. And the first person who should be attacked by ter- life came to ending that very day. If United Airlines tried and punished is Trump. Trump’s cabinet needs rorists a second Flight 93 had not been brought down by its brave to meet and use the 25th Amendment to remove him time. But this time passengers in Shanksville, Pa., I might not have from office. We need to put this man on trial. the terrorists..., a been alive this evening, writing this missive. And let’s not forget the other domestic instigators, group of raging Ironically, it was the very same Ken Howard, who those fascist members of Congress who decided to idiots who have STILL works in the same scholarship office some go along with Trump’s con and cause problems in three mayors later, who kept texting me through- order to delay the certification of Joe Biden’s Elec- fallen hook, line, out the afternoon. And again, I ignored him. When toral College win. They should be denounced by and sinker for Ken texted me that the Capitol had been breached, their fellow congressmen.
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