Criticism in the US after Trump’s call to abandon the Constitution

The US political class on Sunday strongly condemned former President Donald Trump’s call earlier in the day to abandon the US Constitution to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden.

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Reiterating his baseless allegations of massive ballot fraud, Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday on his Truth social network that “fraud of this type and scale enables the nullification of all rules, regulations and regulations. [de tous] Articles including the Constitution”.

Words that were immediately condemned by the White House.

“The United States Constitution is a sacred document that has guaranteed for 200 years that liberty and the rule of law prevail in our beautiful country,” executive branch spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement Saturday.

“To attack the Constitution and what it stands for is an insult to the soul of our country and should be condemned,” he added. “You can’t just love America if you win.”

On Sunday, elected officials from both parties were offended by the words of the former president, who recently announced his intention to run for president in 2024.

“Last week he was having dinner with anti-Semites. Now he’s calling for an end to constitutional democracy in America,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted about a dinner at Donald Trump’s Florida home attended by white supremacist Nick Fuentes and notorious Holocaust denier.

Donald Trump is “out of control and a danger to our democracy. “Everyone must condemn this attack on our democracy,” Schumer added.

On January 6, 2021, former Vice President Mike Pence, who has distanced himself from the US billionaire after the attack on the Capitol, said on Fox News that Mr. Asked about Trump’s comments, he did not condemn them.

Candidates who focused on questioning the last election did not do well in last month’s by-elections, he said.

Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, the ultra-conservative John Bolton, meanwhile was angered by his former boss’ advice. “All true conservatives should oppose his 2024 presidential campaign,” he tweeted.