Democratic lawmakers sharply rebuked former President Donald Trump over the weekend, after Trump called for the suspension of the Constitution in order to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Driving the news: Repeating his oft-cited false claims of election fraud in the 2020 election in a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump wrote that such fraud "allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution."

• Trump's remarks were condemned by the White House, with White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates saying in a statement that, "attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation."

What they're saying: "Trump just called for the suspension of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 results. Georgia VOTE. You stood tall against Trump and his minions last time. A win for Warnock is another win for democracy," Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) tweeted Saturday.

• "A few hours ago the leader of the republican party donald trump called for destroying the Constitution and making himself dictator," Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) tweeted.
• "Every congressional reporter should demand responses from Congressional Republicans about Donald Trump’s call for the Constitution to be terminated … how many of them called themselves 'Constitutional conservatives' during the Obama years???" Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) tweeted Saturday evening.
• "Donald Trump wants to suspend the Constitution in the name of...

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