Trump RAGES at Supreme Court as FEUD ERUPTS

This is Democracy Watch. Mark, we have a. major rift that's erupted between Donald. Trump and the Supreme Court over the. most mind-numbing reason that you could. have imagined. So, I'm going to put. a link to Donald Trump's Truth Social, one of his latest Truth Social screeds, right here on the screen. He wrote, in. part, "The Supreme Court wouldn't even. call out the rigged presidential. election of 2020 because they said that. I, as president of the United States, did not have standing to challenge it. And now, with time, it has conclusively. proven to be stolen. And look what. happened to our wonderful nation by. allowing a grossly incompetent man,

Sleepy Joe Biden, to be our president. This completely inept and embarrassing. court was not what the Supreme Court of. the United States was set up by our. wonderful founders to be." So, I want to. talk about the first part of what I. read, which was this idea that the. Supreme Court didn't overturn the. election in blind deference to Trump. And that And this new idea that somehow. there is conclusive proof, all of a. sudden, that the election was stolen. So, can Can I have your reaction to. that? >> This man's not well. I mean, virtually. nothing he said there, or wrote there,

makes any sense. I mean, to say it's a. lie really, um, you know, gives lies a. bad name because. >> Yeah. >> it's hard to even call it a lie because. it makes so little sense. So, let's just. start with the beginning, I guess, which. is not even the beginning of the social. media post cuz this thing starts at a. level 11 and goes up to, you know, >> It started like It started like 700. words earlier, but I tried to glean the. important part. >> Correct. Um, but, uh, Donald Trump uh,

did not win the election in 2020. He. lost the election in 2020. And that is. the conclusion of not one case in the. Supreme Court, not, you know, a handful. of cases here or there. That's the. conclusion of the states themselves. That is the conclusion of the, uh, 64. courts that heard, uh, these cases and. rejected 63 of them. I was proud to be. one of the leaders of the litigation. effort that handed Donald Trump and his. allies those defeats. Uh that was also. the conclusion by the way of Congress.

when they accepted the results. That was. the findings of several recounts that. took that took place and governors that. certified election. So So that's just. the law. The second part that somehow. the Supreme Court refused to overturn. the election because Donald Trump didn't. have standing as president. First of. all, Donald Trump didn't seek to. challenge the results as president. He. sought to challenge the results as a. candidate. A small point, but a point worth making. Uh but it wasn't the Supreme Court never. said we were going to rule in your favor.

except you don't have standing. I don't. even know which case he is referring to. as the one that he thinks he would have. won but for standing. I mean the the. petition filed directly in the US. Supreme Court, which I assume is what. he's talking about, was actually filed. by the state of Texas. >> Yep. To to invalidate the results in. four other states, if I'm not mistaken. It was like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, and. is that the was that the case? >> That's the that's Okay. >> That's the That's the case. So So So. like maybe Donald Trump's just like, "Well, that was mine because I put him.

up to it." Which by the way is probably. true. But uh but so that's the that's. sort of the second thing here. But the. third, which is just, you know, the. craziest of all is that somehow he has. been vindicated. That somehow since then. we have now all come to the conclusion. that he was wronged. That is not true. No one has come to the conclusion that. he is wronged except him and his MAGA. supporters. So sure, Donald Trump. continues to say that he won the. election, but he didn't. Uh his faithful.

say that he won the election, but he. didn't. His cabinet, who are all now. wearing ill-fitting shoes because Donald. Trump picks out the shoes that they are. to wear, and then they have to wear them. even though they're clownishly large and. don't fit them. They have to wear those. shoes. So like like. you know, compared to telling a lie. about 2020, the shoes are like a piece. of cake. >> Yeah. >> But everything he's saying is just a. lie, and we all need to. be insistent that it's a lie, and call.

it out, and that's why, you know, you. need to make sure you're subscribed to. this channel because Brian and I, you. know, we bring to you this information. about what Donald Trump is up to because. it's indicative of what he's going to. try to do in 2026. >> And and by the way, to that end, uh. as you just mentioned, you were one of. the leaders in these 64 cases uh that. Donald Trump tried to bring forward to. overturn the 2020 election. So, for. those looking to support the invaluable. work that Mark is doing on the front. lines in the courts where it matters. most, a small step that everybody taking. can take right now to support his work.

is to subscribe to Democracy Docket, which is the news outlet Mark founded to. focus on everything voting and. elections. Again, a small step to to not. only elevate his voice in this. ecosystem, but support his work um as he. continues to fight against Donald. Trump's extrajudicial attempts to. overturn uh uh our democracy. Mark, to. that end, you know, I'm reading I'm. reading Donald Trump's post here about. the 2020 election, and I think on on its. face, it struck me as a little bizarre. that he's going, you know, taking all these steps to basically.

relitigate something that happened 6. years ago. But, in fact, I don't. necessarily think this is about 2020, although, you know, his his bruised ego. is certainly enough to to drive him most. of the time. But, we've seen so many. instances of Trump trying to claim that. the election was fraudulent. We heard. him recently, like within the last few. weeks, say that China had interfered in. the 2020 election, that Iran had. interfered in the 2020 election. So, he. brings this up on on a near daily basis. right now. This is happening at the same.

time Trump is trying to pass the SAVE. Act uh in Congress. And so, can you talk. about why he might be so hell-bent on. trying to prove or re-prove right now. that the 2020 election was stolen as a. pretext to help him as we head to our. 2026. >> Yeah, Donald Trump knows he is. unpopular. I mean, he can deny it. He. can say that the polls are all fake. But. But look, the people around him, they. know how to read a poll. And there's not. just one poll that says Donald Trump's. unpopular. Every poll says that Donald. Trump is unpopular. And he can say.

gasoline prices are falling, but all. anyone has to do is drive down the road. and look at gasoline prices and see that. they are rising. And the same with, you. know, other prices as well, and the. economy, and and obviously he has gotten. us into the middle of a war in the. Middle East that he doesn't seem to have. much of a plan for. So, Donald Trump. knows that he is not right now set up in. a strong position politically. And what. that means is that Republicans are going. to lose control of Congress this fall.

Like, it is if the elections are held. today, not only would Republicans lose. control of the house, they would lose. control of the house in a landslide. My. My guess is it would probably be a. 30-to-40-seat. Democratic majority. Okay, that tells. you how unpopular right now Donald Trump. and the Republicans are. I think if the. election were held today, Democ-. Democrats would take control of the. Senate, okay? And that's a body that. that until recently nobody even thought. was in play. So, Donald Trump. understands the the political. predicament he finds himself in. And he.

fears it. He fears that Democrats will. take control of Congress, and that means. that they will investigate him and his. his cronies for looting the government, for all of the corrupt business deals, for all the the the, you know, crazy uh. actions they've taken uh with private. companies, and also will hold them. accountable for their official acts, and. for, you know, for the the way in which. they, you know, rampaged through. American cities and terrorized US. citizens and like. So, So, Donald Trump.

doesn't want that. And he really, really. fears he's going to get impeached again. Like, because he finds that humiliating. that he has already been impeached. twice, and it would be, you know, even. more humiliating for him to be impeached. yet again uh in his second term. So, he's going to pull out all the stops to. try to rig the 2026 election. It began. with his efforts to rig the maps in. Texas. Remember that? It wasn't that. long ago, but that was his first plan. When that didn't succeed, you know, he had the Department of. Justice try to get access to the most.

sensitive voting information that states. collect, individual information about. all of you watching this. My law firm. and I were were fighting to keep your. data safe in 30 states and the District. of Columbia. So, so that was kind of his. next thing. Then we saw the raids on. Fulton County and the subpoena to. Maricopa. That is not just about 2020. That's about a dry run for 2026 in case. he needs to do that. He has said that. Republicans need to take control of the. voting. He has said that he believes the. states act as his agents. Now, that's.

not true, but it is the a window into his mindset. So, when he posts this stuff about 2020, it is not just about 2020. It is about. laying the groundwork. to get his supporters ready to do what. they need to do, whatever that is, to prevent Democrats from winning free. and fair elections. That means trying to. suppress the vote, trying to subvert the. outcome, and as we saw after the 2020. election with January 6th, it could be.

even more. >> So, can you talk about the viability of. of the Save America Act as it works its. way. through Congress right now? Obviously, there are major implications for for the. filibuster, for the fact that, you know, this doesn't have the requisite 60 votes. to to pass, but that still isn't. stopping Donald Trump from applying. pressure. So, can you talk about its. viability right now? >> Yeah. So, look, the Save Act, or what. it's now called the Save America Act, is. not going to pass the Senate. It doesn't.

have 60 votes. It's not even clear how. many votes it has above 50. I mean, Susan Collins was the 50th co-. signer of it, and we haven't seen anyone. else sign on since then. And and, you. know, there's strong reason to believe. that you may not get Alisa Murkowski's. come out against it. You might not get a. Mitch McConnell, who has sort of come. out against it. And you you And you may. not get Senator Curtis from Utah, right? So, just to name a few. Like, it may not. be that And that's before he gets Tom. Tillis in North Carolina. So, it may not.

be that they even have like 50 votes. But, they're not going to have 60 votes. So, John Thune, right now, has his. conference set for to do a bunch of. kabuki theater. They're going to, you. know, give fiery speeches on the Senate. floor to the C-SPAN cameras. They'll. send those clips out on social media. They'll make up false claims. They'll. spread disinformation. But, at the end. of the day, Brian, it's not going to. pass the Senate. And by the way, there. are increasing rumors in Washington, D.C. that if they did pass it and sent.

it back to the House, because of course. Donald Trump wants to add additional. provisions like banning mail-in voting, it doesn't have the votes in the House. So, like, I think Republicans in the. House and Senate actually just want this. bill to go away, but they can't let it. go away because Donald Trump won't let. them. And they are spineless. They are. just doormats for him. So, they're going. to have to go through this theater, but. in the end, it's not going to pass. But, but here's the thing. No one can then. say the problem is solved because Donald. Trump will issue a new executive order. Donald Trump will have his Department of.

Justice file new lawsuits. He may send. federal paramilitary uh. to disrupt elections. Uh he may try to. seize more ballots. Like, like, we're at. the beginning of this fight, not the. end. >> Well, concurrent with that is this idea. that the administration may be working. to send members of the military or even. law enforcement agents, ICE agents to. the polls. Now, you've spoken about the. fact that the DNC has sued the Trump. administration to try and and get some. visibility into this stuff through a.

FOIA a FOIA request to compel them to. release any ongoing plans that they have. to send members of the military to the. polls. Can you speak on that effort? >> Yeah, so look, this is an important. lawsuit filed by the Democratic National. Committee to just ask the question. Like, send us whatever information you. have about, you know, deploying the. military or other federal law. enforcement around the polls. Like, send. us that information. Now, interestingly, the administration did not respond by. saying there is no such information,

right? They didn't say nothing to see. here because there's nothing to see. here. Instead, they refused to produce. So, the DNC has sued. to force the the the various agencies. that they FOIA'd to provide this. information. And look, if if if. Republicans have a plan to seize ballots. or they have a plan to station the. military around polls or to have ICE. disrupt, you know, election day or whatever, like. the American people have a right to know. that, right? I mean, this is your tax. dollars and you do not pay that money so.

that Donald Trump can misuse the powers. of the presidency and misuse federal law. enforcement. um to rig an election in favor of his. party. So, you know, look, this is an. important lawsuit. It's one of a lot of. lawsuits that are going on right now. It's one of the reasons look, I started. democracy.gov in 2020 to keep everyone. informed about all of this as litigation. flies from one end of the country to the. other and from north to south. Like, you're just going to have to be paying. attention to everything happening in.

court. And so, that's why I'm glad that. Brian and I have this partnership. We do. these videos and you subscribe here. Hopefully, you subscribe to our. newsletter because this really is one of. the best resources on really what is the. most important political story of the. year, which is Donald Trump's effort to. subvert elections. >> And finally to that end, I want to. finish off with this because we've. spoken about, you know, Trump's. insistence on lying, on trying to. pressure the Supreme Court, on leaning. on Congress to pass the SAVE Act, the.

White House working behind the scenes to. deploy the military to polls. So, there's a lot of moving pieces here. What do you tell people who see all of. this stuff see all of this stuff. happening, feel a sense of despair or. hopelessness because there are so many, you know, there's there's such a. concerted, wide-ranging, and systemic. effort by the hands of the Trump. administration to undermine a free and. fair election, who just don't have faith. that we're going to be able to overcome. these forces? What do you say to them to. instill a bit of hope?

>> Look, Donald Trump wants you to give up. I mean, Donald Trump's best best plan. is that you read about all this and you. think Donald Trump will get away with. it. >> Yeah. >> Right? So, so don't give in to the. cynics. Don't give in to the pessimists. Right? We we we we describe these things for. you not to have you lose hope, but. rather for you to gain perspective and. take action. So, look, you know, Brian. and I are regularly talking about what.

it is we can do. So, you can start by. right now. calling your member of Senate. So, you can start right now by calling. your US Senators, right? They're they're. debating the SAVE Act, whether they're. Democrats or Republicans, no senator, you know, will turn away constituents. who have phone who who call them. So, register your approval for what. Democrats are doing in fighting the SAVE. Act and and tell Republicans you will. remember at the polling place to hold. them accountable if they vote for the. SAVE Act. So, that's something we can. all do. Now, you know, look, I me and my.

law firm will be fighting in court. Brian and I, you know, are trying to. reach as many people as possible to. spread this word. So, the other thing. I'd ask you to do is share this video. Subscribe to this channel, share this. video, leave a comment, like it, right? I mean, promote content from independent. outlets that are helping keep you. informed and make sure that other people. are informed as well because if we're. all informed, we're going to beat Donald. Trump. And we're going to beat him in. court, and we're going to beat him in. the court of public opinion, and we'll.

beat him at the ballot box. But all of. us have to do our part, and so those are. just some simple things you can do. >> Perfect place to leave off. And again, that right there is exactly why Mark's. voice needs to be elevated in this. ecosystem. So, if you are not yet. subscribed to Democracy Docket, I'm. going to put that link right here on the. screen and also in the post description. of this video. Please do yourself a. favor. You will not regret it. It's a. resource that I use on a daily basis. So, go ahead and sign up. I'm Brian. Tyler Cohen. >> I'm Mark Elias. >> This is Democracy Watch. >> [music].