{"id":1038016,"date":"2024-08-04T15:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1038016"},"modified":"2024-08-04T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T19:04:54","slug":"sunday-scaries-donald-trumps-maga-minions-double-down-on-his-attacks-on-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-donald-trumps-maga-minions-double-down-on-his-attacks-on-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Scaries: Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Minions Double Down on His Attacks on Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA minions defending his anti-democratic attacks on the Sunday shows today, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA GOP, the rule of law takes a back seat to the rule of Trump. Today, Trump\u2019s MAGA minions continued to spew dangerous election denialism and defend his pledges to pardon violent January 6 insurrectionists \u2013 even refusing to rule out helping him overturn the next election. The American people are sick and tired of this kind of shameful, anti-democracy rhetoric, and are ready to stop the Trump-Vance ticket\u2019s all-out assault on our basic rights at the ballot box in November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump\u2019s running mate JD Vance acknowledged that he\u2019s wildly unpopular.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jd-vance-blasts-democratic-critics-says-people-calling-him-weird-projecting\">Vance<\/a>: \u201cI recognize that there are a lot of folks, even in the GOP establishment \u2026 who don\u2019t like the fact that Donald Trump picked me \u2026 They can call me whatever they want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Markwayne Mullin and Byron Donalds both defended Trump\u2019s pledges to pardon violent January 6 insurrectionists.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1820097305086656867?s=12&amp;t=2jzT4vkxri9fAtZZ43TAJg\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a>: \u201cI believe President Trump will take a look at it and he\u2019ll do what he feels like is best. I have my complete faith in President Trump that he pays attention to every little detail, and he will do what\u2019s right for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/ThisWeek\/video\/1-1-byron-donalds-112553786\">George Stephanopoulos, ABC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump also said at the convention that he would pardon January 6 rioters who assaulted police officers. Do you support that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Byron Donalds: \u201cActually, what he said is that he was going to review every single case. He even repeated that again in Chicago at the NABJ. \u2026 What he\u2019s talking about is doing a case-by-case review. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanopoulos: \u201cI&#8217;ll read it to you right now, this was Rachel Scott&#8217;s question. \u2018My question is on those rioters who assaulted officers. Would you pardon those people?\u2019 \u2018Oh, absolutely, I would.\u2019 That&#8217;s his words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4810234-mullin-says-trump-will-look-at-the-facts-before-pardoning-jan-6-rioters\/\">The Hill<\/a>: \u201cMullin says Trump will \u2018look at the facts\u2019 before pardoning Jan. 6 rioters\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump, however, said explicitly he would pardon rioters who attacked police officers, in an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Absolutely I would. If they\u2019re innocent. If they\u2019re innocent, I would pardon them.\u2019 Trump said when asked by ABC News\u2019s Rachel Scott whether he would pardon rioters who assaulted police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mullin also dodged a question on if he\u2019d help Trump overturn the election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1820095784051728790?s=12&amp;t=2jzT4vkxri9fAtZZ43TAJg\">Mullin<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m a friend and I\u2019m a loyal friend. If my friend needs me, especially if they\u2019ve done me a favor, I\u2019m going to be all in for them. I\u2019m going to do anything possible to help them, I\u2019m not going to play politics with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana Bash, CNN: \u201cEven overturn the election?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mullin: \u201cThat\u2019s a total separate issue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA minions defending his anti-democratic attacks on the Sunday shows today, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cIn Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA GOP, the rule of law takes a back seat to the rule of Trump. Today, Trump\u2019s MAGA minions continued to spew dangerous election denialism and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1038016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sunday Scaries: Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Minions Double Down on His Attacks on Democracy - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-donald-trumps-maga-minions-double-down-on-his-attacks-on-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-04T19:04:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-04T19:04:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-donald-trumps-maga-minions-double-down-on-his-attacks-on-democracy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-donald-trumps-maga-minions-double-down-on-his-attacks-on-democracy\/\",\"name\":\"Sunday Scaries: Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA Minions Double Down on His Attacks on Democracy - 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