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Ralph Nader: There He Lies Again – OpEd

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15.09.2026

After two long Dallas midterm-GOP nights last week, the author (pointing readers to Nader.org) portrays Donald Trump as unstable and self-exalting: a “cheat like hell” line (CNN), a self-pledge as “greatest president,” and “everybody loves me.” The piece treats November 3, 2026 as likely a Republican loss unless, the writer claims, the vote is stolen—citing a Washington Spectator series.

The column lists alleged falsehoods on the economy, migration, prices, oil, tariffs, drugs, and “no tax on Social Security,” plus an unfunded $5,000-per-adult pitch if the GOP holds Congress. Praise for Ken Paxton and attacks on named Democrats sit beside the author’s charge that both Trump and Biden armed Israel. A Congressional Record cite of mental-health professionals is used to question fitness.

Closing demand: “fire” Trump. Democrats are called incoherent. That is advocacy and character judgment, not a news ledger. Claims about election theft, genocide, and clinical diagnosis are the author’s.

In his rambling and incoherent remarks for nearly two hours over two nights before a knee-jerk crowd in Dallas last week, Trump provided ample evidence that he is a dangerously unstable, delusional, egomaniacal, and megalomaniacal personality. He pushed for this unusual midterm GOP convention to shore up his dwindling faithful followers and get out the votes in what is likely to be a losing midterm election for Republicans in the House and maybe the Senate on November 3, 2026.

That is, if Trump fails to steal the election, as a 22-page, single-spaced account published by the Washington Spectator documented in alarming detail (See Dancing in the Dark, Part 4 by Mark Medish and Joel McCleary).

CNN reported that Trump brazenly urged his followers “to ‘cheat like hell’ to help Republicans keep control of Congress… and asked supporters to treat November’s........

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