Washington: Even taking into account his outrageous, spontaneous remarks throughout the years into consideration, former President Donald Trump shocked the US political establishment by calling for the abolition of the US constitution because, in his words, there was "massive fraud" in the 2020 presidential election, a claim that has been repeatedly refuted and rejected. Trump's unprecedented call to revoke the constitution came after Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, hired a reporter to examine internal emails of the service before he assumed control to demonstrate that the previous administration had "censored" reports about the promiscuous lifestyle of Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, who was then running for president.
Musk, Trump, and their backers implied that Twitter had aided Democrats' victory by removing negative articles and graphic images of Hunter. Right-wing, pro-Trump media outlets published the stories and images depicting Hunter in questionable situations, but the pre-Musk Twitter effectively restricted its reach by banning posts and links.
“Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 out and declare the rightful winner, or do you have a new election? A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the constitution,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform, accusing “Big Tech” of working closely with Democrats. “Our great ‘Founders’ did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!”
“No American conservative can agree with Donald Trump’s call to suspend the constitution because of the results of the 2020 election. And all real conservatives must oppose his 2024 campaign for president,” John Bolton, a Republican who served as Trump’s National Security Adviser tweeted.
The Biden White House panned Trump over the issue, saying, “You cannot only love America when you win.” “Attacking the constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement, calling the Constitution a “sacrosanct document”.
