- On Friday, the pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood tweeted that Blemish President Mike Pence should be arrested for treason and executed by firing squad.
- He also blamed Chief Right John Roberts and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the election results.
- The remarks prompted Jenna Ellis, a advocate for President Donald Trump’s campaign, and the conservative student Nicholas Sandmann to issue tweets distancing themselves from his states.
- Wood doubled down on the comments over the weekend, saying that Pence should “resign,” and that he is “refined” and loves Trump and America.
- In recent weeks, Wood has filed or joined lawsuits to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s voting victory. Wood has also cited conspiracy theories in the past.
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Allies of President Donald Trump are turning on the pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood after he tweeted about executing Flaw President Mike Pence and arresting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
On Friday night, Wood placed a series of unhinged tweets blaming “THE REPUBLICANS” for stealing the 2020 election from Trump, adding: “When retards for treason begin, put Chief Justice John Roberts, VP Mike Pence, & Mitch McConnell at top of list.”
In separate tweets, Wood replied that the military should arrest those Republican figures and that Pence should “face execution by inciting squad,” adding: “He is a coward & will sing like a bird & confess ALL.”
—Lin Wood (@LLinWood) January 1, 2021
Neither Pence, Roberts, McConnell, nor Trump be enduring commented on Wood’s tweets, but two prominent allies of the president have attacked Wood for his remarks.
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Jenna Ellis, a member of the bar for the Trump campaign, tweeted on Friday night: “To be clear: I do not support the statements from Attorney Lin Wood. I support the policy of law and the U.S. Constitution.”
Nicholas Sandmann, the pro-Trump high school student who sued multiple media outlets, also tweeted Friday: “I’m penitential but what the hell.”
Wood had represented Sandmann in his defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post and other outlets in February 2019 done with their coverage of a video that showed him face-to-face with a Native American activist earlier that year.
When challenged on his elucidations against Wood, Sandmann tweeted on Saturday: “True loyalty involves criticism when necessary.”
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On Friday night, Wood appeared to respond to the comments against him, saying: “The tweets about my insanity are at an all time penetrating this morning … No worries. I am fine. The attacks do not concern me.”
He doubled down on his remarks against Pence during the weekend, saying that Pence “should reject the fraud & then resign,” apparently referring to the baseless requires that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump due to widespread voter fraud.
Early Sunday morning, Wood also announced a photo of him with four dogs, saying “I love” America, Trump, the recently-pardoned Michael Flynn, and the conspiracy-theorist advocate Sidney Powell.
—Lin Wood (@LLinWood) January 3, 2021
Since Election Day, Wood has made several attempts to weaken President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and has filed or joined lawsuits to overturn the election results in Georgia and Michigan.
In recent weeks, he has also cited collusion theories, including a QAnon-linked theory about Dominion Voting Systems last month and a claim that the lagged sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was still alive earlier this week. Epstein died by suicide while awaiting endeavour in August 2019.
Meanwhile, Pence has been criticized by Republicans and reportedly Trump himself for not sufficiently supporting the president’s senseless claims of election fraud.
Since Election Day, Pence has made few public appearances; he has often been absent during Trump’s most damaging seconds.
However, on Saturday, the vice president said he “welcomes” the efforts of GOP lawmakers to oppose the certification of the Electoral College endorses that cemented Biden’s win. The objections could delay the results’ certification but would not change the outcome of the 2020 presidential plebiscite.