December 18, 2020: Trump and Press Secretary Slam Supreme Court

 

12/18/20: The president and his loyalists are still sad, a week after the U.S. Supreme Court shot down their dream case to overturn results of the November election (see: 12/11/20). Press Secretary “Birther” McEnany appears on Fox News and insists the nine jurists failed. “There’s no way to say it other than they dodged,” she grumbles. “They dodged, they hid behind procedure and they refused to use their authority to enforce the Constitution.” 

Yes. The highest court in the land refused to use their authority by voting not to accept a stupid legal challenge to begin. 

 “This was on standing, dismissed on standing,” McEnany claims. “None of the justices gave a view on the facts of the case.” 

That’s a lie, of course; but McEnany holds her White House position largely because of her facile respect for the truth.

Chief Justice John Roberts

 

One Trump loyalist who is even more disappointed in the Supreme Court is just-pardoned loose cannon, Gen. Michael T. Flynn. In an interview with host Greg Kelly, on Newsmax, he suggests that the president gas up a few M1A1 Abrams battle tanks and force select states that went for Joe Biden to hold new elections – as many as needed, we must assume – until Trump wins.

 

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“He could take military capabilities and he could place those in states and basically rerun an election in each of those states.” 

General Michael T. Flynn

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In the make believe world of Lame Duck Don and his unwavering, generally ill-informed fans, another loyalist, Georgia attorney Lin Wood, is hinting that Chief Justice John Roberts and others on the Supreme Court are part of a Deep State fix. 

Not only that, but Wood claims to have proof of evildoing behind the scenes – which at some future date he will reveal to the horror of all. Since someone named “John Roberts” once flew on a plane with Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sexual predator, Wood insists that the American people are “entitled” to an explanation.” Can Chief Justice Roberts prove that wasn’t him on that flight? 

This blogger will send Mr. Wood the following letter, which he will share with readers of this blog first: 

Dear Mr. Wood,

 

     Don’t be such a dolt. “John,” and “Roberts” are common first and last names. When I google, “John Roberts Ohio,” I get a John Roberts who owns several spas around the state, a tenured professor at Ohio University, and two doctors who practice in Cincinnati.

 

I even find the number for one of the spas, if I want a pedicure to end the year on a high note.

 

     When calling out right-wing idiots, Mr. Wood, I try to get my facts straight. (You should try it, yourself.) So, for fun, I check “John Roberts Akron,” curious to see if there are any individuals by that name in the city where I was born. Fifteen possibilities pop up. John E. Roberts is first. There’s John S., and John Ray, and John Thomas, and John C., and F., G., L., and several more.

 

So, Mr. Wood, you need to check them out and see if they ever rode on Epstein’s plane.

 

     Also, you will need to call or write the 46 people named “John Roberts” who reside in Cleveland, the 39 in Dayton, and, frankly, the 869 people by that name who live in Florida, where Epstein used to hang out.

 

I would like to mention that the name on the passenger manifest might be fake, as in when Trump, during his pre-president days, used to go by pseudonyms such as “John Barron” or “John Miller.” Even the apparently fictitious secretary, Carolin Gallego, who once wrote about how all the beautiful women in America were clamoring to go out with Mr. Trump – might in fact have been Mr. Trump. Then you had “David Dennison,” of hush money fame, which the president later admitted was him.

 

In closing, since you passionately believe that the American people are entitled to an explanation, could you ask former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta a question for us?

 

Why, before he joined President Trump’s cabinet, did he grant Epstein a sweet deal when he was facing trial in 2008?

 

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to you. Or Happy Hannukah. Or whatever seasonal greeting works for you.

 

Sincerely,

John J. Viall

 

 

POSTSCRIPT: In the late hours of Friday night, on into early morning Saturday, we know the President of the United States was awake and fuming. At 12:42 a.m., he tweeted to say that Peter Navarro had handed him a 36-page report (which I think we can be sure Trump didn’t read). According to the president, Navarro had proven it was, “Statistically impossible [for him] to have lost the 2020 Election.”

 

Then, he issued a call for action – even violence, you might think. “Big protest in D.C. on January 6,”  he said. “Be there, will be wild!”

 

(See: General Flynn, above.)

 

Sean Hannity makes it clear where he stands, or kneels, to kiss the president’s ass. On his nightly Fox News harangue, he howls, “There’s no doubt this [election] was stolen. No doubt whatsoever.”

 

BLOGGER’S NOTE: A later analysis of transcripts from Hannity’s show indicates that between November 22 and January 5, on 35 of 45 episodes, Hannity referred to the election as “fraudulent,” “rigged,” “stolen” or “illegal.”

 

As for the president’s prediction that it will be “wild” in Washington D.C. on January 6, we all know what happened next.)

 

And how about that “John Roberts,” who flew on Epstein’s plane? We still don’t know exactly who that might have been. We do know, however, that Donald J. Trump took at least six rides with Epstein, over the years.