Former President Trump blasted the Supreme Court for refusing to hear his campaign’s election challenges, saying on Tuesday that the high court lacked the “courage” it needed to overturn the 2020 election results.
In an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, Trump repeated his claims that the election had been stolen from him because states moved to allow expanded access to mail balloting due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump lost scores of court challenges and his own Justice Department disputed the idea that there was widespread fraud in the election. However, the former president on Tuesday unloaded on the courts for refusing to throw out Democratic votes in states that changed their election laws to expand access to voting.
“The Democrats used COVID to do things they can’t believe they got away with, that they didn’t get their legislatures approve, and our courts and the Supreme Court didn’t have the courage to overturn elections that should have been overturned because you’re talking about decisive amounts, hundreds of thousands and even millions of votes,” Trump said.
The former president singled out the Supreme Court, which refused to hear several of Trump’s challenges because his campaign didn’t have standing.
Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices in his four years in office, giving the high court a 6-3 balance in favor of conservatives.
“The Supreme Court didn’t rule on the facts, it ruled on standing,” Trump said. “The Supreme Court should be ashamed of itself.”
The former president also fumed at Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), blaming him for the party’s Senate runoff losses in Georgia, which cost Republicans a majority in the upper chamber.
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Trump: Supreme Court should be "ashamed" for not overturning election https://t.co/uBC6rl8k61 pic.twitter.com/wnn5h2N6Ji
— The Hill (@thehill) March 17, 2021
I’d say the SCOTUS justices were smart, not cowardly, for not even hearing those cases. I’m reasonably sure the justices knew what Trump wanted to do and they wanted no part of it. Two of the justices said they would have wanted to hear one of the cases, but it’s doubtful they would have granted the relief sought.
Trump thought that if he packed the Court with “his” Justices and judges in the lower courts, they would be loyal to him and grant whatever he wanted. He was wrong.
He should also know that if he is ever prosecuted on the federal level, loses and ultimately appeals to SCOTUS, the justices will remember remarks like these and they will be even less inclined to throw out any conviction. It isn’t wise to trash the judges and justices who are deciding your case.
Every single sitting politician and public official who coddled this aspiring authoritarian's blatant attempt at a coup should be removed from office.
We are cursed and shamed by their continued presence and blessed only by their incompetence. So far. https://t.co/ppGLFeqn8m
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) March 17, 2021
One of the constant and pernicious elements of Trumpism is the notion that agreement with him is a matter of courage and disagreement is weakness. It’s an omnipresent theme in MAGA-land. https://t.co/U61bbwsj7H
— David French (@DavidAFrench) March 17, 2021
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