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FOCUS: Charles Pierce | The President Is an Arsonist and He's on the Loose
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Sooner or later, he's going to find a powder keg and blow the whole thing to hell."
don't know about the rest of my fellow citizens, but I'll be happy when I don't have to concern myself with the internal politics of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers anymore. The Detroit Free Press, alas, doesn't have that luxury.
Monica Palmer, the Republican chairwoman of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers who initially voted on Tuesday against certifying the county's election results, then reversed her vote, said Thursday she received a phone call from President Donald Trump Tuesday evening after the meeting ended. Palmer said she did not know how long the call lasted, saying there was a lot of stress and adrenaline that night. "He was checking to make sure I was safe after seeing/hearing about the threats and doxxing," Palmer wrote in a text message, referring to a firestorm of information released about her on social media.
Palmer, and her colleague, noted Facebook crazy person William Hartmann, both heard from El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago and subsequently sought to "rescind" their votes to certify the county's results, which were the result of their having reversed themselves in the first place. (Palmer and Hartmann originally voted against certifying the Wayne County results, touching off the original firestorm that resulted in a second vote on which the two assented to the certification.) This probably won't happen.
The Secretary of State's office said there is no legal mechanism for them to rescind their vote. The next step in the process is for the Board of State Canvassers to meet and certify. After the two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially caused a deadlock Tuesday, they eventually agreed to certify the county's vote on the condition of an audit. The motion to hold another vote came following hours of public comments condemning Republican canvassers' decisions to vote against the certification. Both Palmer and Hartmann claim they were pressured into agreeing to certify the results after being subject to harsh comments during the lengthy public hearing.
Of course, the piquant je ne sais quoi of this fiasco is the fact that, with a quarter-million Americans dead of a pandemic, the president* seems to be occupying himself with watching TV and sending "Hang Tough, Tiger" greetings to his supporters who are still attempting to ratfck the results of an election in which he was pretty much freight-trained. Neither Palmer nor Hartmann should have been doxxed, and anyone harassing them should be subject to prosecution. But the president* is the primary arsonist loose on the land these days. Sooner or later, he's going to find a powder magazine and blow the whole thing to hell.
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