Edition · October 5, 2021

The Daily Fuckup — October 5, 2021

2 verified reports published on October 5, 2021.

This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.

Closing take

The basic Trump pattern held on October 5: make the week about grievance, then act surprised when the record of the grievance becomes the story. The immediate fallout was mostly political, but the archive being assembled around January 6 was starting to look less like background noise and more like the outline of a case.

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Trump’s Georgia Rally Gave Brian Kemp a Ready Answer

★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5 Major mess

Donald Trump’s Sept. 25, 2021 rally in Perry, Georgia, aimed at punishing Gov. Brian Kemp over the 2020 election, also handed Kemp’s allies a fresh line of attack: Trump was still fighting the last election while Georgia Republicans were trying to move on.

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