Ty Cobb: Trump ‘a 2-year-old who lost his toy’

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Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb compared President Trump to a toddler whining about losing a toy, arguing the president’s election fraud claims are rooted in his refusal to accept his 2020 defeat.

Cobb, in an appearance on MS NOW ahead of Trump’s primetime address, said the president has spent years trying to shape election rules ahead of November’s midterms.

Asked about his previous remark that Trump is “stacking every card in the deck,” the former White House lawyer pointed to the president’s executive order targeting mail voting, which placed pressure on the U.S. Postal Service ahead of an election and has faced several setbacks in court.

He also cited rhetoric from those within Trump’s inner circle, including former White House adviser Steve Bannon and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, normalizing the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials at polling stations.

“You know, I think it’s important that people tonight, as they look at the podium surrounding the president, they should really look at it as a crib,” said Cobb, who served in Trump’s first administration, adding that the president is a “a 2-year-old who lost his toy.”

“The most grievous thing that ever happened to him was he lost an election,” he continued. “As a malignant narcissist, he just can’t abide that.”

Cobb insisted that the U.S. had the “safest elections ever,” and that there was no substantiated evidence of widespread voter fraud. He noted that former Attorney General Bill Barr concluded after the 2020 election that there was no evidence of interference sufficient to change the outcome.

Trump’s Thursday address focused on those claims, including allegations that China interfered with the 2020 election by acquiring voter rolls and data. Beijing denied the allegations, calling them “fabricated” and insisting it has no interest in meddling with foreign elections.

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