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NEWSWEEK: Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown Calls On Senator Josh Hawley & Senator Ted Cruz To Resign Or Be Expelled From The Senate.
RotoHockeyYTD2014
Jan 10, 08:39
And now the Democrats are going too far (IMO)
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DTravel
Jan 10, 08:59
Houston Chronicle Editorial Board: Resign, Senator Cruz. Your lies cost lives.
Antibody
Jan 10, 09:50
it was literally written into the Constitution post-Civil War (14th Am.) sedition and treason are disqualifying acts for Congresspersons
pickle rick!
Jan 10, 13:37
Its also written into the Constitution that Congresspersons can challenge the electoral results for any state.
DTravel
Jan 10, 15:41
bull****. casting that vote was an attempt to throw out certified election results and overturn the outcome. nobody limited their speech
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pickle rick!
Jan 10, 16:46
Throwing out a state's electoral college votes would be the point of such a CONSTITUTIONAL challenge, yes.
DTravel
Jan 10, 17:50
it's not "constitutional" just because you allege it without any factual or legal basis to actually overturn lawful certified results
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pickle rick!
Jan 10, 18:39
Then why does Congress have a specific procedure for just such a thing?
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DTravel
Jan 10, 19:19
because in 1876 three southern states rigged their vote counting to blackmail Republicans into ending Reconstruction
pickle rick!
Jan 10, 20:39
So why didn't the Federal government just arrest and try those responsible for the vote rigging in 1876 with sedition?
DTravel
Jan 10, 21:40
well the point of forcing Republicans (the federal govt really) to abandon Reconstruction was so that the ex-Confederates could reclaim
pickle rick!
Jan 10, 23:23