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Critics of both Donald Trump and the Republican Party rejoiced on Saturday morning over the growing civil war between the two that has now led the ex-president having to threaten a lawsuit if they continue to use his name and likeness to fundraising purposes.
Trump, who is increasingly trying to take control of the Republican Party since he lost re-election, has set himself up as a kingmaker with his own PAC in Florida and is continuing to fundraise.
With that in mind, on Saturday it was reported he sent cease and desist letters to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee demanding they stop using him to fundraise.
As one commenter on Twitter put it, Trump's growing war with the GOP is "f*cking hilarious."
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@tarapalmeri So when he said at CPAC he’s still the leader of the Republican Party, there will be no third party, a… https://t.co/eRRRC0hi40</div> — Berton Averre (@Berton Averre)
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@tarapalmeri @gtconway3d If anybody is going to grift money from the cult it is going to be him.</div> — Office of the 45th President (@Office of the 45th President)
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@4everNeverTrump @tarapalmeri I started reading the article I got to the line-
😂😂Trump policies are so popular😂😂
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@tarapalmeri It's the party of Trump, but they can't use Trump.</div> — Anu (@Anu)
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@tarapalmeri @4everNeverTrump Interesting how Trump is so sensitive about his likeness being used without permissio… https://t.co/UhUEgjML1K</div> — 𝔸𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕟𝕤𝕠𝕟 (@𝔸𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕟𝕤𝕠𝕟)
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@858KJN1 @tarapalmeri He's gonna sue you for this.</div> — W. Benjamin Turner (@W. Benjamin Turner)
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On CNN Saturday, former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore argued that the evidence is already there for the criminal investigation into former president Donald Trump's phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he "find" an extra 11,000 votes.
"Michael, how difficult is it to build a case around fraud in particular?" asked anchor Fredricka Whitfield.
<p>"You can build it. You just have to be specific in your claims and allegations," said Moore. "You want to show somebody had an intent to do something wrong, and that they tried to influence somebody else to participate in it or to turn things in a way that made it more favorable to the defendant. So fraud is a tough case on its own. But again, in these cases, you either trace the money, you trace the phone call, you trace the emails."</p><p>"What you find is these fraudsters and folks out there get caught by their own tongue. They just are unable to keep their mouths shut. That's why we've got an hour-long, essentially, confession about the president in Georgia on the case. He is soliciting somebody, that being the secretary of state, to commit election fraud. When you have a confession, the case against a lot simpler."</p><p><span style="background-color: initial;">Watch below:</span></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4wj8fo2nnkY" width="640"></iframe>
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Early Saturday morning, after a night of frenzied negotiations, the U.S. Senate passed a massive COVID relief bill that will help out embattled states and Americans dealing with the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that began during Donald Trump's last year in office.
Prior to the vote Politico reported, "As of Saturday morning, the Senate had been in session for more than 24 hours straight, with the vote-a-rama taking up most of the time and with several more hours to go. Senate Democrats largely stuck together throughout the night and staved off GOP efforts to drastically change the bill. While some Democrats defected on a handful of GOP amendments, those amendments required 60 votes to pass. Democrats also sidestepped a quagmire on undocumented immigrants that infuriated liberals last month after some moderates supported a proposal barring those immigrants from receiving checks. All 50 Democrats banded together to reject an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to bar relief payments from going to undocumented immigrants"
<p>The final vote was 50-49 along party lines with no need for Vice President Kamala Harris to cast a tie-breaking vote.</p><p>President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill ythois coming week.<br/></p><p><em>More details to come....</em><br/></p><div class="horizontal-rule"></div>
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