Even lapdog Sean Spicer thinks Trump is making a huge mistake

By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America - Sean Spicer, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57378022

Senior officials with the administration of President Donald Trump have signaled Trump may no longer use his scheduled Thursday night primetime address to spread unfounded claims about the legitimacy of two Democratic senators. However, he does plan to unveil declassified information about attempts by foreign nationals to interfere in the 2020 election, per Axios.

This information would pertain to Trump’s “stolen election” claims — and former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer says Trump could not have picked a worse time to go off on a futile election denying rant.

“Republicans in Congress firmly believe that the only reason they ended up with two Democrats in once-red Georgia is because Trump’s own ‘stolen election’ claims depressed GOP turnout in the 2020 runoff,” said Rachael Bade, adding that co-host Sean Spicer acknowledged on Tuesday that Trump’s veer into election denial could again “represent a stumble for the GOP in one sense.”

“We had them on the ropes. We’re talking about socialism, the rise of the Democratic Socialists, the party’s drift in that direction,” said Spicer. “Mamdani’s going nuts, and [Michigan Democratic candidate] Abdul El-Sayed Sayed and Platner — and suddenly we’re injecting a new issue? Keep them on the ropes. We’ve got them on the ropes. The one thing we have on [the economy] is to say ‘they’re worse’ … And now we’re going to take that issue and talk about something else? No, stay focused.”

Bade said Spicer himself is “a big backer” of the SAVE America Act, Trump’s proposed law that will make it more difficult for people with changed last names (including married women) to vote, among other new restrictions.

“While the GOP base eats this stuff up, elected Republicans won’t exactly be thrilled with the new narrative,” said Bade. “I joked this morning on our show The Huddle that I can picture Senate Majority Leader John Thune ducking under his desk over reporter questions about whether two of his Senate colleagues are ‘illegitimate.’ This isn’t a talking point GOP lawmakers are eager to echo, given that swing voters care far more about prices and affordability than unsubstantiated 2020 election fraud claims that dozens of courts tossed.”

Sure enough, Bade pointed out that her Democratic co-host Dan Turrentine “all but welcomed the news” of Trump rehashing his old election tampering claims, arguing that elevating this fight “couldn’t be a better way” to change the subject from Mamdani and ultra-liberal Democratic socialists making news and ousting Democrats in primaries.

“What is the number one thing over and over and over again in polls? Gas prices, inflation and the economy,” said Turrentine. “ … You veer into the 2020 election? I can’t think of a dumber thing to do politically. Do you think (Sen.) Susan Collins (R-Me.) wants to talk about this? … the Democratic party is a mess and instead you want to relitigate this?”

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