Ex-president in Arizona warns appeal courts to ‘step up and straighten things out’ and insists he committed no crimes

Ex-president in Arizona warns appeal courts to ‘step up and straighten things out’ and insists he committed no crimes

In his first campaign rally after being convicted of 34 felonies, former president Donald Trump recalled how he just went through a “rigged” trial with a “highly conflicted” judge despite there being “no crime”.

The court cases Trump faces have become a mainstay of his campaigning throughout the last year, where he frequently tells his followers that the charges are a form of election interference and designed to tamp down the Maga movement.

“Those appellate courts have to step up and straighten things out, or we’re not going to have a country any longer,” he said.

Trump spoke at a Turning Point Action event in sweltering Phoenix, at Dream City church, a megachurch where he and Turning Point have held rallies in the past. The extreme heat led to some waiting outside for the venue to open to need medical attention for heatstroke.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    54·
    6 months ago

    Ugh. It’s always “rigged.” The election was rigged. The trial was rigged.

    Get a fucking thesaurus if you’re going to keep lying about it for fuck’s sake!

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        13·
        6 months ago

        While I do think that was him undeniably being racist, I think it was more an issue of, “hey, if I say someone who rigs is a rigger, it sounds like-” long after he started using the word “rigged.” Because I don’t think he’s smart enough to come up with that sort of dog whistle the other way around.

        • Wrench@lemmy.world
          4·
          5 months ago

          Well, he did love to use the hard N before this all while on set of the Apprentice, so I wouldn’t put him past making the connection on his own and steering it there.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 months ago

            I’m suggesting he made the connection after the fact rather than used the word ‘rigged’ because of that.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
      2·
      5 months ago

      Yeah and it’s so annoying some people don’t want to realize how awful he is when he pulls this crap. Like they take his word as gospel, the dude who lies about the colour of the sky.

      I get that they don’t want to be wrong but maybe the lesson is, we have to teach people it’s okay to accept we’re wrong and to change our ways. Digging into a bad hole is as bad as being bombed into one.