Donald Trump has invited mockery after happening a retweeting spree of posts by eccentric conservative actor Randy Quaid, alleging that the 2020 election was fraudulent.
“Are you listening Republicans?” Trump wrote, sharing one of many ‘Independence Day’ star’s tweets, complaining that there was “no democracy” within the latest election, by which Democrat Joe Biden is presumed to have crushed the incumbent president.
The commander-in-chief’s deep dive into the thespian’s Twitter historical past noticed him thanking Quaid for a November 20 tweet saying he was “the best President this nation has ever had.”
The president additionally tweeted a agency “No” after Quaid requested his followers: “I simply don’t see People rolling over for this election fraud. Do you?”
Amid seemingly quickly-fading possibilities of overturning the election lead to court docket, Trump additionally shared some fairly peculiar clips posted by Quaid.
The primary video retweeted by Trump, ‘Trump Trumpets Reveille!’, was initially printed in 2019. In it, Quaid recites a monologue, evaluating America to a “sleeping large tied down by Lilliputians” that’s turning right into a “socialist swamp.”
“Is that this the way in which America goes? From George Washington to George Soros?” Quaid ponders, referencing the Hungarian-American liberal billionaire reviled by conservatives.
The second and considerably psychedelic clip was dedicated to what Quaid known as the “full collapse” of Fox Information. The community has fallen out of favor with many Trump supporters, after a few of its hosts conceded that the president misplaced the election. “Fox is lifeless to me!” Quaid tweeted, selling smaller right-wing shops.
Social media response to the odd Trump-Quaid pairing was rife with confusion as commenters mocked Trump for taking the eccentric entertainer significantly. “Did anybody have Donald retweeting Randy Quaid’s do-over vote concept on their 2020 Election Bingo card?” tweeted Star Wars’ Mark Hamill.
Others introduced up allegations of fraud towards Quaid, saying it was hypocritical of him to invest on felony scheming within the election. Whereas the actor was accused of defrauding an innkeeper in 2009, the case was later dropped for lack of proof.
Talking of Randy Quaid and fraud, in 2009 he and his spouse have been arrested for defrauding an innkeeper in Santa Barbara through the use of an invalid bank card to pay a $10,000 invoice.In 2010 he and his spouse have been charged with housebreaking.They then tried to flee to Canada. Nice individuals 👍🏻
— Natasha 𓇼 (@ndelriego) November 24, 2020
Some wholeheartedly backed Quaid’s messages on Twitter, agreeing that “Trump prevails.”
Proud American Military Brat right here.I’ve identified all alongside Trump prevails.Swamps is draining.I don’t watch any TV meaning I see no NEWS. I am going by my intestine emotions.Thanks Randy 👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— wwwguide (@wwwguide) November 24, 2020
We will not all be blind or silly, manner too many coincidences, errors and missteps to end up this fashion. What number of new registered voters from 2016 to 2020? 14 Million? And a president who fulfilled all his marketing campaign guarantees vs a person who cannot even full a sentence of substance?
— Theresa Moore (@TheresaAMoore) November 24, 2020
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