Former President Donald Trump has been obsessed with the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden in both the electoral and popular vote, and according to CNN, “a cadre of aides and advisers” cannot get him to move on. Also concerning them is the former president’s fixation with debunked widespread voter fraud theories and ballot audits. Over the last few weeks, those close to the twice-impeached one-term president have tried to get him to stop obsessing with the audits and move forward.
“Several former advisers and allies still close to the 45th President said he is under mounting pressure to concentrate on promoting GOP policy priorities and defining his successor, rather than re-litigating his failed reelection campaign,” the report states.
According to the outlet, Trump isn’t taking their advice, and instead, he’s listening to a “crowd of characters both on television and in his wider circle who have encouraged him to keep his focus on the 2020 election.”
“The behind-the-scenes effort, which has included Graham, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Fox News host Sean Hannity, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and other outside advisers, has shifted into full gear amid mounting fears that Trump is alienating certain voters and forcing Republican candidates to adopt the wrong foil in a critical election cycle,” the report states.
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One former Trump official said that the ex-president is so obsessed with his unsuccessful quest for reelection that he has been moving himself toward irrelevance.
“It’s like a slow leak of a balloon that is now laying on the floor,” the former official said.
“Lately, Trump’s obsession with 2020 has also led him to indulge unhinged and false notions about being “reinstated” as commander-in-chief, according to three people familiar with these conversations, one of whom said he has been constantly watching the conspiracy-laden TV channel One America News and intensely following an ongoing Republican-demanded audit of votes in Arizona’s Maricopa County,” the outlet reports.
One individual close to Trump said that it might be wise to limit his public appearances for now.
“No, I don’t think it’s wise to let him spend the next 17 months talking about how our elections are rigged ahead of a midterm election where turnout is going to determine how well Republicans perform. We all saw what happened in Georgia,” the source said referring to claims that the former president inadvertently kept Republican voters from turning out to the polls in two January Senate runoff contests by repeatedly telling Georgia voters that his 2020 presidential loss in their state was the result of widespread voter fraud.
“It’s totally possible this rally tour is going to backfire in exactly the same way if he continues to beat the drum on this one issue,” the person added.
You can read the full report here.
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