Good morning.
Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 41. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 5:15 PM for 10h 12m 33s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM.
On this day in 1778, in Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
Scott Bauer reports Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: ‘fan the flame’:
A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. But even as they acknowledged defeat, they pivoted to allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked — repeatedly — by elections officials and the courts.
The audio from Nov. 5, 2020, two days after the election, is surfacing as Trump again seeks the White House while continuing to lie about the legitimacy of the outcome and Democrat Joe Biden’s win.
The Wisconsin political operatives in the strategy session even praised Democratic turnout efforts in the state’s largest counties and appeared to joke about their efforts to engage Black voters, according to the recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The audio centers on Andrew Iverson, who was the head of Trump’s campaign in the state.
“Here’s the drill: Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need (inaudible) help with. Just be on standby in case there’s any stunts we need to pull,” Iverson said.
Emphasis added.
See audio with quoted remarks at https://www.nbc15.com/video/2023/02/03/audio-trump-campaign-staff-2020-election-lies-fan-flame/
For this crowd, I’m-just-askin’-questions has become I won’t accept what I don’t want to accept.
How odd: all these big tough people who melt at a mask, shriek over a proven vaccine, and squeal over a mail-in ballot.
Truth be told about Andrew Iverson, head of Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin campaign: he knew his constituency, a faction eager for flame-fanning and stunt-pulling.
See also The Conspiracy Capital of Wisconsin (It’s Not Whitewater), and How Election Conspiracies Took Over the GOP.
Mesmerizing murmuration of starlings flies across UK sky: