On last night’s “YourVoice America” program, ardent pro-Trump commentator and right-wing conspiracy theorist Bill Mitchell suggested that President Trump didn’t want Republicans to retain control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections because he knew that losing the House would bolster his chances to build his border wall.
As Mitchell sees it, Trump chose to focus most of his attention in the midterms on helping Republicans retain control of the Senate and was less concerned about the House because he knew that if Democrats gained control, they would refuse to provide funding for his border wall, thereby giving him a justification for declaring a national emergency and building the wall himself.
Mitchell said that it was unlikely that Trump would have secured his border wall funding even if Republican had retained complete control of Congress and so he would have been stymied, as it would have been politically impossible for him to bypass Congress to build his wall when it was being controlled by his own party.
“The fact that [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi is now in [charge] of the House allows Donald Trump to declare a national emergency and get this done,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell and his guest, Joey Mannarino, then asserted that Democrats didn’t legitimately win control of the House, but actually stole it through “an incredible amount” of voter fraud … which somehow morphed into a sexist attack on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and her wardrobe.
“Arizona was a total, total fraud,” Mannarino said. “Sinema, there is no way—did you see her walking around, the things she wears to Congress?”
“Those thigh-high boots and the miniskirt,” Mitchell replied. “My gosh, she looks like some sort of hooker.”
“And a cheap one, too,” Mannarino responded, before getting back on topic. “Not only that, Arizona would never vote for a woman [like Sinema]. Arizona did not vote for that woman. It just didn’t happen.”
