"Fellow Americans, I have the sad but essential duty to you, to my oath of office, to the Constitution, and to our great nation, to say tonight that the President of the United States is a liar.

None of his allegations are fact. They are, rather, completely made up, fictions, lies, confabulations, however you would care to describe these accusations.

There was no fraud in the 2020 election. The Senators from the great state of Georgia, the state whose votes President Trump himself attempted to commit the crime of election fraud and extortion over, were elected fairly and serve legitimately.

The President of the United States either knows this and is lying to you; or he does not know this and is therefore mentally unfit to serve.

The Democratic Party will not allow any intimidation from any group aimed at American voters at their polling places. We hope President Trump does not plan to commit this crime.

The Democratic Party will not idly stand by while the Trump Administration attempts to steal your voting machines and erase your votes. We hope President Trump does not plan to commit this crime.

In this year of celebration for our 250-year-old democracy, the Democratic Party pledges to hold this Administration and the Supreme Court to the letter and the spirit of all our election laws.

For the land of the free, and the home of the brave.

Thank you. Good-night, and God bless America."

I might even say that this was an attempted coup. Because, essentially, it is.

the response of Republicans as well. It’s time they stop being complicit in this insanity. Enough already. Going along with this is the real Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s pathological to see this as just normal political theater.

I’m not optimistic, though.

Only the Senate can police its elections and only the Senate can expel a seated member.

This is well-settled law. End of discussion.

He also had zero authority to incite an insurrection attack against Congress.

Didn't stop him, did it?

He incited a bunch of idiots to riot.

He can't "incite" the Senate to treat a seated member as somehow no longer a senator. It takes 2/3 vote to expel.

his own interpretations of existing rules.

He pushes the envelope until he meets strong resistance.

That is a FACT. Fearmongering about this is not helpful. It's NOT going to happen.

Oh, and the DOJ is already 0-15 in lawsuits about turning over state voter data. They're never going to win any of those cases. More fearmongering about something with zero chance of happening.

until he gets strong enough pushback to stop him. Stating that fact about his behavior is not fear mongering.

I do not think that he,would expect to unseat a Senator. But it would not surprise me if he tried to claim that the votes of certain Senators on his SAVE Act are not valid as a way to try to get it passed.

It also would not surprise me if he used the fraudulent election claim to justify meddling in the midterms at the polls or afterward to try to invalidate the results.

I do not believe that he is giving a pre-announced speech solely for the purpose of continued whining about his loss in 2020. He is vindictive to the core. He is singling out Georgia where he tried to intimidate Republicans into changing the vote outcome and failed. He punishes or harasses those he considers disloyal.

He wants to justify the SAVE Act requirements for voter ID.

than a string of meaningless buzzwords stitched together into something that only vaguely resembles English. By the time it's over, even his closest allies will be left wondering what, exactly, he just said, and what they're supposed to do about it. To me, this feels less like a serious attempt to aaffect change than just another performance for his own benefit: a stage, a microphone, and an audience while he talks mostly to himself. His claims will be unsupported, his language muddled, and his "message" little more than a collection of bumperstickers designed to fire up the faithful for an hour. Then, as with so many speeches of his, the excitement fades, little changes, and the whole exercise disappears without any measurable consequence.

That's just my guess though, but I think as guesses go, it's got a better chance than heads or tails.

there's no telling what they will try to pull. Nor will they stop trying. Whether they'll succeed or not remains to be seen.

This evening, Lawrence et al covered it at great lengths on MSNOW. So they're not sleeping this.

I just happen to think the best defense is awareness, diligence, and a strong immediate response. That, and as one of their guests pointed, an overwhelmingly undisputable VOTER TURNOUT.

Regardless, this kind of thing isn't something to just yawn about.

and swift, strong pushback.

I saw Nicole's segment on it. Did not see Lawrence so I will look for it.