request for tax returns of, 202–204
seen as existential threat to left, 66, 131
small dollar donors and, 158
see also election of 2016
Trump, Ivanka, 221–222
Turing Pharmaceuticals, 213
Turner, Mike, 118
Udall, Tom, 191
UNESCO, 42
UNFPA, 42
unreasonable search and seizure, protection from, 269, 273
US PIRG, 56, 65
Utah
importance of Electoral College to voters in, 260–262
as open-carry state, 8
see also town hall meeting, in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District
Utah Indivisible, 4, 16
Valadao, David, 145
VDARE, 79–80
von Spakovsky, Hans, 149, 155
voter suppression
Clinton’s claims about election loss and, 84–85
Democrat’s claims about election security and, 147–148, 164, 178
voting laws
ACORN and fraudulent registrations, 24–26
benefits of decentralized elections, 143
Democrats’ denial of existence of fraud, 150
need to protect rights, 273
“voter caging and,” 147–148
see also election security, For the People Act’s effects on
Voting Rights Act
Clinton’s false narrative of election loss and, 83–85
Democrat’s invoking of, 164
Wall Street Journal, 35, 63
Warren, Elizabeth, 258, 259, 268
Washington, George, 183
Washington Free Beacon, 29
Washington Post, 84, 95–96, 100, 237
Washington State, 24
Wasserman-Schultz, Debbie, 136, 178
Waters, Maxine
House Financial Services Committee and, 172, 178, 204
thoughts of impeaching Trump and, 239, 247–248
Watkins v. U.S., 193–194, 269
Weiner, Anthony, 219, 233–234
Wells Fargo, 212
West, Tony, 65
whistle-blowers, congressional investigations and, 205–206, 214–215, 228
White House, security clearances and, 228–229
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 191
Wisconsin, 84
witness preparation, and oversight of Trump versus Obama administrations, 117–121
WNYC, 20
Wolfe, James, 232
Women’s March organization, 90
Wright, Jeremiah, 170
Zinmeister, Karl, 30
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