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President Donald Trump is "increasingly concerned" with Republicans who are deserting him following the violent coup attempt by his supporters.
"Shortly after becoming the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, President Trump summoned political advisers and demanded to know more about the 10 Republicans who had voted against him," The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. "Mr. Trump, who had feared an even larger number of defections, wanted to know who the lawmakers were and whether he had ever done anything for them, according to people familiar with the meeting. He also inquired who might run against them when they face re-election in two years, the people said."
<p>"The president has grown increasingly concerned with defections against him within his own party, aides say. Now, he must plot his defense in a second Senate trial that will hinge on his level of GOP support, with far fewer legal and political allies than the last time he was impeached," The Journal reported.</p><p>On Wednesday, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the GOP Conference Chair, voted for impeachment and was joined by Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Valadao (R-CA), and Fred Upton (R-MI).</p><p>Trump is also in need of legal counsel to defend him, and it getting feedback about the former mayor of New York City.</p><p>"Mr. Trump has called several Republicans on Capitol Hill in recent days to seek their advice on who he should recruit, as the personal attorneys who defended him last time and White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, have made clear to associates they don't intend to serve on his team, according to people familiar with the discussion," The Journal reported. "Advisers have urged the president not to tap Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney who—to the chagrin of several Trump advisers—led the campaign to overturn the results of the election, telling Mr. Trump that he needs a sophisticated attorney who can stick to the facts."<br/></p><p>On Thursday, The New York Times reported, "White House officials are universally angry with Mr. Giuliani and <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-trump-impeachment/" target="_blank">blame him for both of Mr. Trump's impeachments</a>."</p><p>The newspaper interviewed "a person close to the president" about the mood in the White House.</p><p>"It's complete shellshock," said the source. "People are praying for the inauguration to come and to get Trump the hell out of there."</p>
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CNN's Alisyn Camerota is done interviewing Trump supporters: 'There's nothing anyone in this delusional group can teach us'
January 15, 2021
In an op-ed published at CNN.com this Friday, network anchor Alisyn Camerota said she'll no longer interview Trump supporters, due to their penchant for conspiracy theories and disinformation.
"Now, at the end of Trump's term and after the deadly Capitol insurrection, I think the time for listening to present-day Trump supporters is over," she wrote. "There is nothing that anyone in this destructive and delusional group can teach the rest of us about being open-minded and tolerant."
<p>She began hosting Trump voter panels on her show <em>New Day</em> five years ago, and some of the video segments went viral due to the outlandish things some of the participants would say. </p><p>"Since 2015, I've listened closely to Trump supporters' feelings and motivations. I've drawn insights from every one of my panelists on the appeal of Donald Trump as a disruptor, how they believed he was 'a fighter' for them, how they believed his success in business would translate into lifting the US economy." she wrote. "I hoped the panels could model civil discourse and how to hear each other. But a week after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, I'm rethinking my position."</p><p>According to Camerota, nothing more can be gained from people who would carry out an attack on the U.S. Capitol based on a steady stream of conspiracy theories and lies about a rigged election. </p><p>"Of course, the domestic terrorists who stormed the Capitol do not represent all 74 million Trump voters," Camerota wrote. "But you'd be amazed how many Trump supporters still believe the fact-free nonsense the rioters were chanting. According to a Quinnipiac poll, 73% of Republican voters believe there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election, despite dozens of Trump-appointed judges rejecting those specious claims and Republican Secretaries of State investigating and confirming that there were very few incidents of voter fraud."</p>
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‘Surly’ Trump has ‘voiced extreme self-pity’ after scheme to overturn the election failed: CNN
January 15, 2021
The leader of the free world is reportedly in a psychotic spiral following his rejection by the voters and failure to overturn the results of the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden.
In a new report, CNN contrasted Trump's mental collapse to the increasingly public role of Vice President Mike Pence, who CNN notes is acting "decidedly more presidential" than the actual president.
<p>"After an extended period of estrangement after Trump called Pence a "p*ssy" and lambasted him in front of a crowd that later stormed the US Capitol to hunt him, Trump and Pence are now speaking," CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-presidency/index.html" target="_blank">reported</a>. "<span></span>But many in Pence's orbit remain furious at how Trump behaved the day of the insurrection attempt, which brought rioters within seconds of encountering Pence and members of his family in the hallways outside the Senate chamber. Trump did not call to check on Pence's safety during the ordeal."</p><p>"In recent days, Pence has emerged as a more visible figure than the President, who has appeared only in recorded videos filmed by White House staff. While many of Trump's advisers have encouraged him to deliver a farewell address, either live or recorded, has has seemed disinterested and non-committal. He's voiced extreme self-pity, according to people familiar with the conversations, and has become surly because more Republicans aren't defending him," CNN reported. </p>
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