Quote (Goomshill @ Jun 26 2022 08:03pm)
In America, everyone is free to make political arguments, including contesting the results of elections and their legitimacy. If an election isn't allowed to be contested, then it can't be legitimate. A regime that imprisons people for merely alleging fraud is a fraudulent regime.
The January 6th Committee is premised that our senators should be treated as an untouchable ruling class. There's no danger to American democracy from chuds aimlessly wandering the capitol building. Our institutions aren't sacred. Our representatives aren't high priests. They are citizens and representatives of those citizens, nothing more, their lives aren't worth any more than any other citizen, and the form and manner of bureaucracy has no value next to its function. The capitol was destroyed in 1812, democracy wasn't, democracy is more resilient than aristocracy.
There is, however, a clear and present danger from repressive authoritarianism run amok. The Obama administration ratcheted up the centralization and overreach of federal authority, but it was child's play compared to how the Biden administration is weaponizing the DoJ. In America, a president shouldn't be keeping a whole wing of a jail filled with his political prisoners. Storm troopers shouldn't be raiding the homes of journalists in the middle of the night to seize information on their confidential sources because they dared report on the president's personal affairs. Protesters shouldn't be mass arrested the moment they show up to a rally without any rioting occurring. Economists and advisors shouldn't be shackled and arrested for expressing political views.
Democracy can't be destroyed by chuds or rioters or even an external terrorist threat like Al Qaeda in the 2000s. Democracy can be destroyed by repressive tyrants who start abusing the levers of government they control to subjugate their opposition.
The biggest test we're facing right now is how Democrats want to stop the American electorate from being able to vote for Donald Trump in 2024. They don't want it to be a referendum of American opinion, they want it to be a banana republic
This is all utter BS
Was told there was NO significant fraud, from his own team
When trump enlisted DOJ to overturn, or at the end just claim in was corrupt to create un trust in an election to benefit himself.
Asked to seize voting machines
Grifted $$$ from his followers to line pockets for a election fund that didn't even exist.
Tried to replace fairly chosen electors with fake ones.
Asked the then acting VP to falsify the election. Basically just because he doesn't like to lose.
Asked and pressured other states to "create or "find" missing ballots as the president.
Took completely false information to court. So many un truth's they removed Giuliani's license. This was over seen by R judges.
on and on and on.
It's not really just about the PB wanting to hang the VP.. that is pretty shitty.
but is blatantly dishonest to call this about a a few random chuds and rioters.