A lawyer close to president-elect Donald Trump’s circle has claimed he wants to drag the ‘political bodies of Democrats through the streets’ following an Republican electoral win.
Mike Davis, a controversial right-wing lawyer and commentator, is reportedly on the running to serve as Trump’s attorney general, as reported by Politico and the Washington Post.
‘Here’s my current mood,’ Davis wrote on X on Wednesday.
‘I want to drag their dead political bodies through the streets, burn them, and throw them off the wall. (Legally, politically, and financially, of course.)’
Davis, who was a clerk for supreme court justice Neil Gorsuch, had previously said: ‘F**c unity… We have the votes. And they tried to kill Trump.’
Mike Davis, a controversial right-wing lawyer and commentator, is reportedly on the running to serve as Trump’s attorney general
The Washington Post reported las month that Trump was considering combative lawyers who appear on TV like Davis for the top job at the Justice Department.
Trump had reportedly told advisers and donors ‘that his picks for the job were a mistake in the first term because they were weak or defied him.’
The president-elect praised Davis at a campaign event in Colorado, saying: ‘This guy is tough as hell… We want him in a very high capacity.’
Davis was chief council for Trump’s judicial nominations during his first term.
On Wednesday Davis also said New York attorney general Letitia James should ‘go to gulag.’
Davis, who has been described by Politico as Trump’s ‘troll-in-chief,’ has often spoken of sending journalists and political opponents to the gulag. He has claimed he is joking.
The provocateur told DailyMail.com he is ‘too charming to get confirmed as Attorney General.’
Davis was chief council for Trump’s judicial nominations during his first term. Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has a word with aide Mike Davis, during testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh
‘I’d like to serve as the Viceroy,’ he added.
Davis was one of millions of Trump supporters celebrating his win on Wednesday.
Trump was elected the 47th president on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
He won Michigan on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping the ‘blue wall’ along with Pennsylvania — the one-time Democrat-leaning, swing states that all went for Trump in 2016 before flipping to Biden in 2020.
While Harris focused much of her initial message around themes of joy, Trump channeled a powerful sense of anger and resentment among voters.
He seized on frustrations over high prices and fears about crime and migrants who illegally entered the country on Biden’s watch. He also highlighted wars in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to cast Democrats as presiding over – and encouraging – a world in chaos.
Trump had reportedly told advisers and donors ‘that his picks for the AG job were a mistake in the first term because they were weak or defied him’
It was a formula Trump perfected in 2016, when he cast himself as the only person who could fix the country’s problems, often borrowing language from dictators.
Trump’s win against Harris, the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket, marks the second time he has defeated a female rival in a general election. Harris, the current vice president, rose to the top of the ticket after Biden exited the race amid alarm about his advanced age.
Despite an initial surge of energy around her campaign, she struggled during a compressed timeline to convince disillusioned voters that she represented a break from an unpopular administration.
The vice president, who has not appeared publicly since the race was called, was set to speak Wednesday afternoon at Howard University, where her supporters gathered Tuesday night for a watch party while the results were still in doubt.
She finally phoned Trump on Wednesday afternoon to concede the election, hours after the race was called and her devastating defeat was confirmed.
But she had a warning for the president-elect, lecturing him even as she congratulated him.
‘She discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans,’ a senior Harris aide said.
