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Trump Jr. Mocked For Urging Dad To Declare 'Total War' Over Election

The Trumps have made a series of false and misleading claims about the election.
David Moye
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Reporter, HuffPost

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Donald Trump Jr. is not happy with how the election vote count is going and expects his dad to do something about it.

On Thursday, the president’s eldest son posted a tweet demanding that his dad “go to total war over this election to expose all of the fraud, cheating, dead/no longer in state voters, that has been going on for far too long.”

Like many of the tweets being posted by the president and brother Eric Trump these days, Twitter immediately tagged Donald Jr.’s post as potentially misleading.

The best thing for America’s future is for @realDonaldTrump to go to total war over this election to expose all of the fraud, cheating, dead/no longer in state voters, that has been going on for far too long.

It’s time to clean up this mess & stop looking like a banana republic!

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 5, 2020

Judging from the snarky reactions among Twitter users, Donald Jr.’s tweet didn’t exactly inspire the reaction he intended.

Totally normal thing for someone confident in their own legitimate victory to say... https://t.co/rCF4OsOAZ2

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) November 5, 2020

Son of President Banana Republic shows sudden interest in the rule of law. I love it! https://t.co/KoWBmmEIiO

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) November 5, 2020

The only thing that looks like a banana republic is the son of the sitting U.S. President calling for “total war” over an election when votes are still being counted https://t.co/uR6r8SJ2zS

— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) November 5, 2020

The lack of self-awareness, it is strong in this one. https://t.co/8xeoI0HxZq

— Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian) November 5, 2020

Failson openly attempting to incite a civil war, you love to see it https://t.co/diqUJ0mxDB

— Amy C🍩🍩pes (@coopesdetat) November 5, 2020

He tried to "expose" these things but they don't exist in any meaningful way so it didn't work. Just FYI. https://t.co/72yJkN3edA

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 5, 2020

Unfortunately, no one on the GOP side of things —at least no one with any clout—has the fortitude to tell Don Jr. to get a grip. “Total war” is beyond reckless. And someone should try and shut it down. https://t.co/lA2rpK0XJQ

— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 5, 2020

Don jr —in Scarface cosplay mode — wants to “go to war”
Ok - Donnie - grab yr AK and go to any polling station you like
I’m sure you personally want to lead the physical fighting -
Asshole -

— John Cusack (@johncusack) November 5, 2020

Area hotelier calls for his business partner/dad to declare war on democratic process.https://t.co/65G7s1cNWO

— Zach Everson (@Z_Everson) November 5, 2020
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