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orleans

(37,634 posts)
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:41 PM 12 hrs ago

"GOP senators encourage Trump not to talk about 2020 election fraud tonight



Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana are encouraging Trump to focus on affordability instead of election fraud in his speech tonight.

"He’s got the microphone tonight, and it’s up to him as to how he wants to use it. If he wants to inspire folks or if he wants to inflame folks, and we’ll see which direction he goes,” Murkowski said.

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Cassidy said that Americans’ priority is affordability, not election fraud. The “more productive” conversation, he said, would be to focus on offering “an objective plan of how do we actually address your kitchen table issue? How do you pay your bills?”

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Asked if he has any doubt that Georgia Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were duly elected in 2020, Cassidy said unequivocally “no.”

“No. It’s been investigated,” Cassidy said.

“That’s obviously great speculation that would, that would certainly sow confusion and doubt and probably a lot of anger at this point in time,” Murkowski added.



posted 3 hrs ago
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-congress-iran-blanche-doj-ice-2026-maine-senate-live-updates-rcna587765

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"GOP senators encourage Trump not to talk about 2020 election fraud tonight (Original Post) orleans 12 hrs ago OP
Might as well tell him not to breathe... Wounded Bear 12 hrs ago #1
but i do like that idea. i think everyone should tell him that! orleans 12 hrs ago #4
hmmmmm insppire? or inflame? rampartd 12 hrs ago #2
I hope his speech... BH liberal 12 hrs ago #3
Good luck with that... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #5
I hope he sweats, farts, babbles, spits, and drools. BlueKota 11 hrs ago #6
Ah yes, "Affordability" durablend 11 hrs ago #7
I'm always amazed that anyone, even the MAGAs, believe anything CharleyDog 11 hrs ago #8
blah blah blah. get back to me mopinko 11 hrs ago #9
Whichever evil DUer made up the word "affordability," Qutzupalotl 10 hrs ago #10

rampartd

(5,980 posts)
2. hmmmmm insppire? or inflame?
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:44 PM
12 hrs ago

maybe if i bet "inspire" one more time its bound to come up sooner or later.

2naSalit

(105,387 posts)
5. Good luck with that...
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 02:55 PM
12 hrs ago

You fucking shitneck enablers.

I hope he makes you all cringe so hard that it sucks your insides out.

BlueKota

(5,637 posts)
6. I hope he sweats, farts, babbles, spits, and drools.
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:27 PM
11 hrs ago

Then pees and poops on the floor, live on National TV.

durablend

(9,555 posts)
7. Ah yes, "Affordability"
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:29 PM
11 hrs ago

That thing he says doesn't exist.

Meanwhile as I was sitting at Sheetz earlier they raised gas prices another 10 cents

CharleyDog

(841 posts)
8. I'm always amazed that anyone, even the MAGAs, believe anything
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 03:30 PM
11 hrs ago

this guy, the President of the United States, says.

OK, I get cult behavior, yet, why does our press treat this seriously. "Our president is unwell, very unwell" can't be said enough, or often enough.

Qutzupalotl

(15,909 posts)
10. Whichever evil DUer made up the word "affordability,"
Thu Jul 16, 2026, 04:33 PM
10 hrs ago

congratulations, comrade! We got TWO Republican senators to use it in a sentence! MUAHAHAHA!

Wait until they find out it’s not in the dictionary, just like the word “gullible.”

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