After Day 2 of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee hearings, former President Donald Trump let loose with a 12-page statement dismissed as both a distraction from President Joe Biden’s failures and a bid to block a Trump run for the presidency in 2024.
Trump begins his rebuttal by taking on the Democrats directly:
“Our nation is SUFFERING. Our economy is in the gutter. Inflation is rampant. Gas prices have reached an all-time high. Ships are unable to unload cargo. Families cannot get needed baby formula. We are an embarrassment around the world.”
A certain Democrat once said, “It’s the economy, stupid.”
Well, Trump states: “Democrats now seem to think that Americans are ‘stupid’. They are not. “
“As we near the midterm elections, we’re watching the Swamp creatures circle the drain as true Americans step up to replace the corrupt Establishment with patriots who will fight for our freedoms,” Trump says in Monday’s 12-page statement.
“People are desperate,” he adds, confirming the record low UMich sentiment readings last week and record low approval rating for President Biden.
“Rather than solving problems, Democrats are rehashing history in hopes of changing the narrative,” Trump explains.
Trump goes on to say that The January 6th ‘Unselect’ Committee is “disgracing everything we hold sacred about our Constitution.”
“This is merely an attempt to stop a man that is leading in every poll, against both Republicans and Democrats by wide margins, from running again for the presidency,” Trump said in his rebuke.
“The reason I am leading in the polls is because Democrats have caused record inflation, sky high gas prices, energy dependence on our adversaries, the education system is in crisis, illegal aliens are invading our border, the supply chain has crippled our way of life, parents can’t get baby formula, mandates have crippled businesses, and our way of life
has been crushed by government regulations.
“Make no mistake, they control the government. They own this disaster. They are hoping that these hearings will somehow alter their failing prospects.
“A certain Democrat once said, ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’ Well, Democrats now seem to think that Americans are ‘stupid.’ They are not. America is crumbling, and Democrats have no solutions.
Among other highlights of Trump’s statement:
- Trump asserted that with just the Democrats’ arguments being presented, the committee is exposing itself and the hearings as “a pitiful last-ditch effort to deceive the American public.”
- Trump responded to Monday testimony about alleged efforts to end the vote count prematurely in November 2020. He said his remarks were rooted in logic: Millions of votes were counted in a day, so “why would it take four more days to count a few hundred thousand votes?”
- Trump blasted the media coverage of the allegations of 2020 presidential election fraud, with outlets “feeding us the bogus line that this was the most secure election in U.S. history. What a load of bologna!”
- Trump reiterated his references to presidential election history, questioning how Biden could get more Black votes than the only Black president in U.S. history, Barack Obama, in key battleground areas: “Either there’s a lot of black voters in America who identify more with Joe Biden than Barack Obama, or Democrats are stealing black votes – and we all know the answer to that.”
Trump added that the Democrats are continuing their agenda as the looming midterm elections threaten to take away their control in Congress.
“As we near the midterm elections, we’re watching the swamp creatures circle the drain as true Americans step up to replace the corrupt establishment with patriots who will fight for our freedoms,” Trump wrote. “The establishment is holding on as tightly as they can to their power as they watch it slip from their grasp.”
As Nancy Pelosi’s Jan 6 Hearings complete their second day of the ‘show trial’, former President Trump has issued a 12-page rebuttal to the testimony and ‘evidence’ presented to the American public.
Read former President Trump’s full rebuttal below: