Only the governors of each state had the power to shutdown that state. Trump, as president, had limited ability to control those individual state decisions.
A few highlights: shutting down the entire country to destroy the booming economy
You continue to falsely claim that "Democrats shut down the entire country to destroy our economy" and that is just pure disinformation.
Republican Governors like Abbott and DeSantis closed businesses and schools to prevent the spread of the virus and more deaths that were occurring in mass numbers. Are you going to blame them too for closing businesses to stop more deaths from occurring?
And for your information, entire states were never completely "shut down". Grocery stores remained open and restaurants were open for take out. Non essential businesses were closed. People were advised to stay home to stop the spread of the virus. That's what you do in a pandemic. ALL major countries did the same exact thing, but you're trying to make it out to be controversial when it's not, and you're falsely accusing Democrats of "shutting down" the United States when that never happened.
Gov. Abbott Declares Disaster, Closes Schools, Bars, Gyms Statewide, Restaurants “To Go” Only
March 19, 2020https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/gov-greg-abbott-to-detail-latest-in-covid-19-fight-thursday-at-noon/2334290/Gov. DeSantis orders schools closed rest of academic year
April 19, 2020https://floridapolitics.com/archives/328896-florida-students-will-continue-distance-learning-through-rest-of-school-year/You still don't realize that at this point? The voting laws were changed in almost every state. Both those controlled by Dems and Republicans. Those changes made the difference in the 2020 election. Those are just facts. The Dems obviously took advantage of COVID to make those changes.
Sorry, those are not the facts.
States that adopted "vote by mail" mailed a ballot to every single registered voter in the state. How is there an advantage for that? There was no "advantage" for Republicans or Democrats. Anyone who wanted to vote had an easy opportunity to vote. There was no "advantage" for any political party.
Then that registered voter needed to fill out the ballot and mail it back before the deadline or drop it off at their voting location on election day.
In fact, if a person didn't want to vote by mail they simply could have voted in person at their voting location.
Oregon and Colorado strictly vote by mail and there is no "advantage" for any political party in those states.
Those are the facts.
There were many corrupt establishment Republicans who hated Trump as much or more than Dems. Liz Cheney for example.
So what if they hated Trump? That's their own choice to hate him or like him.
They also took advantage of COVID to change the laws. It only took a few states to change the outcome. The people wanted Trump. He received a record number of votes on election day. He would have won any other such election by a landslide but for the changes made in the months leading up to the election.
Sorry, no "outcome was changed".
The fact is, Trump fans can't admit to losing the 2020 election, they falsely believe he's invincible, so they make up falsehoods like this to feel better about themselves. This same nonsense was argued in court by Trump's lawyers and even his own handpicked appointed judges threw these bogus claims out because they are ridiculous.
The "people did not want Trump". If the people wanted Trump, then he would have won the election instead of losing in a blowout.
Trump never led in one national poll for the entire 2020 election campaign because he was massively unpopular.
In fact, the same states that went blue in 2020, also went blue in 2022 for Senate in the midterm election (except for Wisconsin) so no outcome was ever changed in 2020. The voting trends in 2022 were almost identical to 2020 and it will also be the same for 2024.
And for the record, Republicans in every state voted absentee for years which is perfectly legal.
President Biden received more votes than any presidential candidate in history which is why he is our president today.
You tell me in an honest manner what your reaction would have been if the election laws had been changed just before the election in a way that led to Trump's reelection. There would have been a real insurrection by the leftists and it would have been deemed necessary to save democracy.
I have no problem with states making it easier for people to vote. More people need to be voting anyway. And if the candidate of my choice doesn't get enough votes to win, then that's how it goes. Mailing ballots to registered voters does not "change the outcome of an election" because it gives everybody an equal opportunity to vote regardless of their political preference.
Trump tried to steal the election from the American people by using fake electors and trying to usurp the power from individual states after he lost the election. Then he incited an insurrection trying to stop the vote certification and the peaceful transfer of power, which is why he's going to be indicted for that along with his co-conspirators.
It was Donald Trump and his Republican co-conspirators who attempted to change the outcome of a national election against the will of the people and they failed.
