Trump’s AG Todd Blanche loses it when pressed about overturning elections results: ‘That’s crazy!’
Attorney General Todd Blanche went balsitic when pressed about a scenario in which President Donald Trump tries to overturn the results of November’s midterm elections if it doesn’t go his way.
The question, posed by CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday, stemmed from a conversation about the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block the certification of the competitive Senate race in Alaska if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses. Trump and his fellow Republicans have argued that since there is a second candidate not affiliated with a party named Daniel J. Sullivan, the ballot will confuse voters and potentially siphon votes away from the GOP incumbent. The president has gone as far as to claim Daniel J. Sullivan is only running “because the Democrats want to steal the Election.”
“One of the big questions is whether or not the president is laying the groundwork for a scenario where — whether it’s Alaska or somewhere else — there is, in your words a couple of days ago, a ‘doomsday scenario,’ and we could be in a situation where President Trump tries to overturn the election.
“And the result of that could be, God forbid, what we saw after January 6th,” Bash said.
“Oh, stop it!” Blanche said. “You’ve gotta stop it with that! You are not being a real person! Come on, man! That is crazy!”
After Bash defended her question, Blanche insisted the lawsuit was about stopping fraud.
“You’re saying, ‘Mr. Attorney General, because a President of the United States wants to stop a fraud and confusion in Alaska is he going to do something crazy? That is not a real question!”
“I wish it wasn’t. I wish it wasn’t. But if you’re laying the groundwork for the president to try to overturn an election that he doesn’t like, there is concern—” Bash said before Blanche cut her off.
“We’re not laying any groundwork for the president to do that!” Blanche said. “So your premise, your question, is not true!”
Trump, who continues to baselessly claim that his 2020 election loss was rigged against him, has admitted to directing the DOJ to file the lawsuit in Alaska. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, sowing doubt about the integrity of the race less than two weeks before Election Day.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska who voted to convict Trump on impeachment charges relating to the January 6 riot, said the DOJ “should never have filed this lawsuit.”
