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By Mike Huckabee

January 8, 2021
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While Democrats continue to express newfound outrage over violent riots and to vilify President Trump and all his supporters over the actions of a few idiots, Trump issued a statement calling for reconciliation and condemning what he called the “heinous” attack on the Capitol and saying, "Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem."

He also signaled that with Congress confirming Biden’s electoral victory, his legal challenges over alleged voting irregularities are over and that a new Administration will take office on January 20th. He said, "Emotions are high now, but tempers must be cooled and calm restored. We must get on with the business of America. My campaign rigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results. My only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition…This moment now calls for healing and reconciliation."

In accordance with that statement, we will now start referring to Joe Biden as the “President-elect,” a title incorrectly conferred on him by the media right after the election. Our decision not to fall in line was not made out of partisanship or resentment but a virtually obsolete respect for factual accuracy. As I stated two months ago, Trump had the right to legally challenge the vote, just as Gore did in 2000, and until the challenges were dropped or settled and the vote certified, nobody was “President-elect.” While the suspicions over the vote have unfortunately not been settled, and I fear will continue to fester for years to come, the legal challenge has now ended.

Some conservative sites are referring to Biden as “President Asterisk” or “His Fraudulency.” I heard that a compromise for those who think he’ll be living in the White House but not really be President would be the title “Resident Biden.” That’s all well and good as political satire, but I don’t want to be like the leftists who spent the past four years letting their anger over Trump being President lead them to show disrespect to the office and root for America to fail under his watch.

So out of respect for factual accuracy and the legal and Constitutional system, and for the sake of American unity, we will refer to Joe Biden as “President-elect,” and after his inauguration, as “President Biden.” But we will do everything within reason to ensure that we no longer have to type those words after 2024.

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Comments 51-75 of 327

Robyn Snell

01/08/2021 07:43 PM

I will never be able to support Biden as the president. He let every American down when he did not stand with President Trump and insist that the election results be audited and examined. This fraudulent activity is not a democrat or republican issue, it is an American issue. Every American should be enraged that our election might have been tampered with. Biden had the opportunity to unify this country by standing against the possibility that this election was fraudulent. No person should even want to take the highest office in the land when millions and millions of people feel that it was rigged. He should have declared that the evidence be looked at and throughly reviewed and only the man that won fairly be able to take the office. Biden is very dishonest with no moral compass and scruples and therefore has not earned the respect of the office nor the title of president. Thank you Mike Huckabee for all your work in bringing us trustworthy news. I appreciate it!6
Patti Kubista

01/08/2021 07:34 PM

Biden will never be the president of the United States. On January 20 the mockery of swearing in the next sitting president will take place but it will mean nothing to me. He is crooked, his cabinet will be crooked, Congress, he House of Representatives and the Supreme Court will all be crooked people only interested in power. As an American I have rights to this opinion and if someone asked me on January 20 I will tell them the United States does not have a president but a crooked puppet but into place so others will dictate what will occur. Good American people are going to lose their jobs, their homes, their families and friends and will become an outcast simply because they "sit down and shut up" when asked their opinion. May God have mercy on our country and the good American citizens who only wanted a dream but has been stolen by the Demorats, the left extremists, people who have gotten ill gains off the backs of true American people. There will be no unity because Crook Biden and his partners in crime don't care about the people only on power and money. It will be sad times for a long time to come.
Marcella Nicholson

01/08/2021 07:31 PM

Growing up Catholic I was taught that we had to act better as we will always be looked at and judged That lesson still is true we conservatives and Christians will always be held to a higher standard and judged by our actions. This was intolerable what happened but not as intolerable as the last 4 years by our elected officials. They showed that riots and violence was okay if done by leftist groups now are all righteous maybe if they would have condemned the violence all summer Wednesday’s outcome would have been different
Tom and Yvonne Carson

01/08/2021 07:12 PM

Biden is not a President-elect. He is a President-NOT elect(ed). He was "elected" with dead voters, cartoon characters, more votes than voters in the democrat states, fraudulent ballots including paper and ink not from the US, machine-filled out, ballots filled out by poll workers only with his name selected and blank otherwise, and a host of computer trickery of changing votes, taking away votes from President Trump and giving them to Biden, etc. Sorry. Not elected. Resident Biden, appointed by the Left and refused by Supreme Court and the states from even examining the evidence.
Randy Huckabee

01/08/2021 07:00 PM

Thanks for a wise and difficult word. It’s hard to accept when their is so much fraudulent activity left unchecked but we must give honor to the office. If Jesus tarries, we must try somehow to bring change in 2024 but I’m afraid the chance for a true and equitable election went out the window yesterday.
Robert Pulvino

01/08/2021 06:48 PM

Mike,
I really enjoy your newsletter, but your last statement that " we will do everything within reason to ensure that we no longer have to type those words after 2024", holds about as much water as our trust in bill Barr's future indictments.
I fear they have not only stole the election, but have ensured that all future elections will turn in their favor, relegating my vote, and those like me, MOOT.
Thanks for trying, but I'm afraid God has a different plan for us!
Sarah Tyler

01/08/2021 06:37 PM

Love your comment as a former pastor. We are hurting & prayed so hard for righteousness. Help us please. The rioters were not Trump supporters. How to get out that word. Love u in Christ. Come quickly Lord Jesus.
Jeanie Thor

01/08/2021 06:35 PM

I just watched a video on Real America's voice, taken by the Just Walkaway founder, of his experience at the rally. He showed Trump supporters going in a large metal door that was left open. They were peaceful and just looking around, which he also did. He had no clue about the violence that happened inside until much later. There were no security or police whatsoever outside nor inside the building. Now combined with another video I saw online of security or police moving the barricades that had been put up and allowing the people to come in who did not look like our people, because of their tattoos, foul language, helmets, shields, appearance, and actions, like breaking windows, etc., I would say that our patriots were completely set up. They allowed them to enter. They then let the Antifa, BLM, or whoever these people were, access to the building, and then blamed it on Trump. It was a trap. They did this to make the impeachment case, in order to stop him from running in 2024. Please watch the video from the Just Walkaway Group and see for yourself. Jeanie Thor, a patriot.
Kay Bennett

01/08/2021 06:22 PM

Whether they were allowed to prove fraud or not, you and I know there was fraud. I will not call Joe Biden President- elect because he wasn't elected legally.
Marc Duell

01/08/2021 06:11 PM

While I understand that there is nothing further I can do concerning the outcome of the presidential election of 2019 I do not have to accept Joe Biden as "my" President of the United States. On January 20, 2021 I intend to mount a personal protest to his inauguration by flying my American flag at half mast. I encourage ALL Americans to do the same.
Riley Edwards

01/08/2021 06:10 PM

How can you possibly call a lying, cheating thief "President of the USA"?
If you do that, Gov, you become part of the swamp!
Mike Tierney

01/08/2021 06:04 PM

Just because someone has the “right”to do something doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do. Don, and you, have promoted the voter fraud lies relentlessly. And reading the comments many of your adherents still believe these unfounded allegations. Trump started using this excuse when he lost the Iowa caucus to Ted Cruz. It is his way of saying it is not my fault. People like you need to step up and acknowledge that the whole scam perpetrated by Trump is over. Elections are well run and results are valid. Stop playing passive/aggressive and just behave like an intelligent man.
Peter Milio

01/08/2021 05:57 PM

It is people like you and your daughter who supported and encouraged this Traitor to America. He was unfit for the office when he was elected and not once did he show any empathy for Americans who were dying from Covid, for soldiers deployed in the field, of anyone other than himself. He is the wors president our country has seen and should be put in jail.
You should go back to reading the Bible, it appears that you have forgotten about Love thy Neighbor, or Do on to Others...
Maybe someday you will see the light.
Sincerely,
Peter Milio
judith jakub

01/08/2021 05:54 PM

Donald J. Trump will ALWAYS be OUR POTUS, no matter what. I am having a hard time to swallow that a pervert is now our prez and knowing his mental state, I don't think he'll make a year before the "socialist" vp will be installed and then the selling of America will begin in earnest and the planted communists will finish off destroying a "free" America will no longer exist. I pray I'm wrong, but my feelings are quite vivid in this respect. It must be God's will or this would not be happening.
Jeffrey thomad

01/08/2021 05:49 PM

Call him what you want.
I'll call him what I want.
Free country.
ann

01/08/2021 05:47 PM

I will respect the office of president. But he is not my president.
Susan Ashcraft

01/08/2021 05:45 PM

Let me start by saying that I am appalled by what happened at the Capitol on Wednesday. But now they are trying to pin this on Trump and are claiming that Republicans/Trump supporters were trying to incite a coup, which I have not seen evidence of.
What the people at the rally were trying to say was, "We do not believe or trust in either the results or the process of our 2020 election. We want real, honest answers. Not the 'nothing to see here. Keep walking. Don't look.' We want to have computer experts get their hands on the actual ballot counters that were in the swing states. We want to see the ballots cast and compare them with the actual voter registrations, including signatures!"
I feel disenfranchised, depressed, and distrustful of not only the results, but the process. I know that at least here in Michigan, we won't even be able to change ANY of our election laws as long as we have the unholy trinity of Whitmer, Nessel, and Benson in office!!
I know in my heart that God is in control, but I am also feeling as if God has seen too much sin in our country and has taken His hand of blessing off of our nation. I don't see how we are going to heal and be united ever again. The Democrats/liberals have gone too far and, unfortunately, by what happened at the Capitol, we have played right into their hands. With them in control of all three branches of the land, they will be able to do whatever they wish because we have proven ourselves to be truly deplorable.
Renee Kendrick

01/08/2021 05:44 PM

Joe Biden is "officially" the elected US president. I will be respectful of the office but Biden himself will have to earn my respect! I called Obama by his last name only in 8 years. Refused to watch the news or SOTU addresses during his presidency.
Will only watch a couple of choice shows on Fox primetime as long as they are allowed to continue their broadcasts plus read the newsletters here to keep up with the swampy DC politics.
Otherwise, I will not follow Biden's (probably short-lived) presidency. Will not watch any press conferences or SOTU addresses from him or Harris. The less I see their faces and hear their voices in the next 4 years, the better off I will be!!!
REAGAN and TRUMP are the two I consider MY presidents thus far in my lifetime!!!
Rc

01/08/2021 05:37 PM

Yes it is time to be peacemakers.. Another day for battles. I hope that some investigation of the break in continues. To either confirm or absolve the presence of the radical left infiltering the march and why the police seemed to not be aggressive at some of the fences. Investigations can happen yet have a safe transition to the duely elected president..
John Rennier

01/08/2021 05:34 PM

The Demented Fool & career corrupt Washington Democrat Elite China Joe & the Ho may well be "your" President Elect but when the victory was fraudulently obtained it amounts to a Sham.
So please refer to Joe Biden as the Sham President.
Ron Besse

01/08/2021 05:13 PM

I fear if Pelosi goes after Trump again with a bogus impeachment it will further inflame many Americans that feel it to be nothing more than a vendetta without justification. Will we hear 4 years of heeling while they continuing to attack the right.
S. Ibanez

01/08/2021 05:08 PM

As an American patriot, I agree completely with your final statement: "... out of respect for factual accuracy and the legal and Constitutional system, and for the sake of American unity, we will refer to Joe Biden as “President-elect,” and after his inauguration, as “President Biden.” But we will do everything within reason to ensure that we no longer have to type those words after 2024."
I will do everything in my power to ensure neither he, nor his Vice President, is re-elected in 2024.
Leslie Earwood

01/08/2021 04:53 PM

Mike, it appears to me that we are not fighting against Democrats or Republicans. The fight should be a fight between good and evil. It surely is God's judgment against an America who has largely pushed Him out of the equation.
Patrick S. Doty

01/08/2021 04:47 PM

I'm never sure how to address you, so I guess I'll just go with Pastor Huckabee. HELLO! GOD BLESS YOU, and God please bless all the work you and your wonderful staff do! My hope is you are able to continue for all our sacks. ANYWAY, while I agree the attack on the capital never should have happened, most of that massive crowd did nothing wrong. I'm sorry I couldn't be there with them ! I'm sorry I'll never get to shack President Trumps hand and thank him for opening my eyes to SO MANY THINGS! My only question from here is how do we ever trust the system again? The voting machines have been proven to be insecure, and yet were still used in Georgia's runoff elections. How can we trust any of this? I really never thought I would see this level of insanity from my government in my life time! How do we regain any REAL level of trust ?!!
Keith H Beavon

01/08/2021 04:47 PM

The betrayal by the GOP is manifest to all of Trump's America First supporters. They are worthy of 60 seconds of silence as we send it to the maggots.
We need a party that is not rife with treason and double-dealing. We need a Department of Justice that will punish BLM and Antifa. We need a military that will take orders and suppress sedition.