‘Breathtaking GOP irresponsibility’
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court won’t take up Texas challenge to Wisconsin and three other states’ conduct of the presidential election. No standing. As we predicted. Wisconsin high court to consider Donald Trump’s state lawsuit. Court after court in state after state has ruled no foul. Same with Republicans who run Georgia. Six of nine justices on the U.S. Supreme court appointed by Republicans; three by Donald Trump. We Lost. Get Over It! Even if WI supremes rule for Trump, our 10 electoral votes won’t change the outcome.
Excerpting attorney David French:
I went over the rather glaring factual and legal problems with the [Texas lawsuit v. Wisconsin and three other states] in my newsletter Wednesday. [To] sum up the basic deficiencies:
- Texas doesn’t have standing,
- Texas’s factual claims are almost laughably incoherent,
- its legal claims have been repeatedly rejected by previous courts, and
- there is no legal foundation for the remedy they seek.
The president, of course, endorsed it immediately.
David French continues:
And now 17 state attorneys general and 106 Republican members of Congress have filed amicus briefs in support of Texas’s frivolous case. This is dangerous, irresponsible behavior. Most (but not all) of the signatories know the case has no chance. They also know that by filing an amicus brief, they’re communicating exactly the opposite message to their constituents.
Many of them also know that if the Supreme Court did rule in their favor, it would likely break this country. In fact, many of their own states (including Texas) made election changes to accommodate the pandemic that would be unlawful under the logic of their argument. Similar lawsuits would gut the entire election, generate massive chaos, and surely lead to political violence and calls for separation and secession.
Making a lawless Supreme Court argument in the effort to create such a crisis is one of the most breathtakingly irresponsible (and outright malicious) public acts I’ve ever seen in my life.
Source: The Case Against Xavier Becerra – The French Press
67 responses to “Massive chaos, secession”
AT base, French is merely stating his own personal bias as a closet Democrat. Examine his case carefully–it is tautological.
IF the Supreme Court does NOT take the case, the outcome will —> be the same as if you (French) postulate, namely:
it would likely break this country. … [Inaction] would gut the entire election, generate massive chaos, and surely lead to political violence and calls for separation and secession.
[ It would ] create such a crisis [as] ..one of the most breathtakingly irresponsible (and outright malicious) public acts I’ve ever [considered ] …..
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Though I confess, I want Biden to become the official “winner,” because we deserve the criminal as president. He will validate the “wisdom” of corrupt democracy and the ignerce of the people. Even so, we would be getting a government better than we deserve. Pogo was right.
Agreed.
“Though I confess, I want Biden to become the official “winner,” because we deserve the criminal as president. He will validate the “wisdom” of corrupt democracy and the ignerce of the people. Even so, we would be getting a government better than we deserve. Pogo was right.”
Was thinking that maybe things have to get really bad so people can see the truth. But then again, for some people, ignorance is bliss. I mean, they will believe whatever media and Big Tech’s algorithms tell them to believe.
Gee Dave; maybe you should explain all this to our own Tom Tiffany. He signed on to help sue the very voters who just put him in office. It didn’t take him long to become another Washington grifter did it. Way to work for your state Tommy-boy.
Now, sir, let’s all remember Mr. David French is hardly an unbiased observer, he does have a lot of emotional investment in his NeverTrump point of view, as does National Review. In fact, it’s hard to tell the difference between them and the Washington Post anymore.
Well, let’s look at it.
Texas doesn’t have standing,
People keep writing this, and it’s basically an example of failed reasoning. Because the US Supreme Court has accepted the case, therefore USSC disagrees. Perhaps French should scoot on over to SCOTUS and explain to Justice Thomas how he doesn’t know what he’s doing, and David French will set him right?
It is dumb. Anyone who writes “Texas doesn’t have standing” after USSC recognized standing is too dumb to be opining in public, and should be too embarrassed to show their face for a long time.
Texas’s factual claims are almost laughably incoherent,
Well, I’ve found David French’s articles to be laughably incoherent for years, so on behalf of Texas I declare “evenses”. However, once again, SCOTUS disagrees, because they took the case. One can disagree with the argument, of course, but point-and-laugh isn’t a legal argument. I’d expect better from David French, but apparently he’s blinded by his NeverTrump hate.
its legal claims have been repeatedly rejected by previous courts,
Non sequitur. If David French could ever get around to reading the Constitution he would know why Texas filed with SCOTUS as a “court of first resort”.
HINT: Article III Section 2 of the US Constitution.
This is also an intelligence test, and French has failed it. He’s got a lot of company, but even if a million people say that red is really green, or some other falsehood is true, it is still….false.
and there is no legal foundation for the remedy they seek.
Well. It’s a little late now. Because that ship sailed in 1942, if not earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
“Legal remedy” is whatever a majority of the SCOTUS says. Has been for decades. _Roe_ and _Doe_ for example, _Obergefell_ for a more recent example. David French is surely well enough informed to know this objection is moot, he’s just having an emotional moment of pounding the table.
However Article II of the Constitution spells out a remedy in the means of selecting electors.
More people should read actual source documents, like the Constitution.
Read The Fine Manual!
The U.S. Supreme Court has NOT agreed to hear the case as of this writing= major fallacy #1. It merely docketed the case. In other words, stamped “Received.”
Beautifully written, NB!
And you’re absolutely correct about National Review. Fox isn’t that far behind.
By the way, the Texas rebuttal to Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia is in. Here is a link to the document in PDF
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163493/20201211095822921_TX-v-State-LeaveReply-2020-12-11.pdf
One little sample:
174,384 mystery ballots from unknown persons in one county is a lot. This obvious fraud is one major reason two county officials initially refused to certify the vote. There is evidence they were then intimidated with threats to change their vote, but that’s not the issue.
174,384 votes in one county that cannot be tied to a register voter is prima face evidence of fraudulent voting. If the US is heading for a Constitutional crisis, there’s plenty of blame to heap on the DNC for their criminal behavior in pursuit of power.
Merely the opinion of a NoBody, though. Don’t take it seriously.
Well, huh. I sure didn’t intend to embed the entire Texas rebuttal as a document on this page! All I wanted to do was show the link so others could click on it if they wished.
Mr. Kindly Blaska Werke Proprietor, if you don’t want that there PDF cluttering up your blog comment page, by all means go right ahead and edit or modify the comment as you see fit. This is your blog, I’m just a guest.
Reread your own post please? Read it carefully. MI did not admit that there were 174k fraud votes. They said: “Michigan also admits that it is at a loss to explain the allegations…”
The. Allegations. (not the votes)
In other words, MI doesn’t understand what TX is ALLEGING.
If you have any actual prima facie evidence to back up your assertion — let’s see it? Like most people on this site, I’m an evidence kinda-guy. Numbers _are_ persuasive.
WOSW! I never had any idea most the posters here are from some way-out-there fringe of Trump supporting morons and syncopates. Yes, Paxton suits did make the claim that there were 174000+ unregistered ballots, but nothing, zero, zilch, supports this claim, like each and every claim as to election fraud has been proven false. Obviously the republicans in charge think they’re dealing with a bunch of clueless idiots they’re used to dealing with at rallies and appearances. Thank god for the judicial check of power as the congressional check has failed to do their job.
Alfie: I think you must mean “sycophants” rather than “syncopates”. 😊
“Obviously the republicans in charge think they’re dealing with a bunch of clueless idiots” (bolds mine)
Kudos, mon frere! Not only manfully conceded, but an apt description of your garden variety Lefty.
Though some (located on this thread, even!) are FAR more idiotic by several orders of magnitude, and openly…nay cheerfully…embrace an imbecility so overwhelming that it defies measurement!
The Gotch
Squire,
Do *you* think Biden won fair and square?
“We Lost. Get Over It” is a pretty good indication.
We know they cheated.
They know they cheated.
And we know they know we know.
Half the country thinks this election was stolen, including 30% of Democrats.
Many #NeverTrumpers and RINOs, (the Rockefeller Republican Jeb Bush/McCain/Romney wing, I.e., Blaska, French, Hayes, Goldberg, Sykes, Crystal et. al.), and Democrats endlessly repeat their mantra, “Texas has no standing.”, even though the 14th Amendment states otherwise.
Why don’t they want SCOTUS to even look at any of the data?
What are they afraid of … the truth?
SCOTUS could adjudicate the alleged violations of state law. Rather than dividing America even more, they could remove all doubt, Biden could become more legitimate and our faith and trust in both our electoral system and our government could be restored. It could diffuse the threat of another Civil War, Seccession and more BLMing. (burning, looting, murdering).
“Many #NeverTrumpers and RINOs, (the Rockefeller Republican Jeb Bush/McCain/Romney wing, I.e., Blaska, French, Hayes, Goldberg, Sykes, Crystal et. al.), and Democrats endlessly repeat their mantra, “Texas has no standing.”, even though the 14th Amendment states otherwise.”
Have you ever asked yourself why these different wings of the GOP hate Trump with such a passion?
My take: The wealthy NTs hate Trump because he exposes the deep swamp and their corruption. The working class NTs hate Trump because he has changed the dynamics of the Republican party. It’s more diverse & inclusive (welcoming to LGBT, for example), and that threatens the status quo, which is intimidating to them.
“Why don’t they want SCOTUS to even look at any of the data? What are they afraid of … the truth?
Yes.
Where is the data? SCOTUS deals with facts, not wimpy boys fantasies.
Just who is “they”?
“We Lost. Get Over It!”
That’s a little harsh, don’t you think?
Millions of Americans have seen and read the testimonies and sworn affidavits (they’re ALL lying??) the data dumps, missing USB drives, statistic improbabilities, more ballots than actual people, reams of duplicate ballots, and most tellingly that when Trump was easily winning on election night, counting abruptly stops, and when it picks up ballots are found that benefit Biden?
And you’re asking us to just get over it? No, thanks.
Will we act like the unhinged on the left and stomp our feet and act like terrorists because we didn’t get our way? No, but that doesn’t mean we accept that this election was legitimate.
An even more pressing issue that I’d think any patriot would be concerned about (even never-Trumpers), is the future integrity of elections. If people believe their ballot won’t mean anything, they won’t vote. And when this happens, we have a crisis.
Prove it! That’s why I voted democratic, I like being governed by smart people. Republicans keep proving they’re nothing but a bunch of clueless idiots. Benghazi, numerous hearing and investigations yet the Dems out smarted the repubs, the ACA, again, even with control of congress repubs couldn’t undo it. Now Dems stole an election by millions of “fraudulent” votes and the repubs are so clueless, they can’t find a drop of evidence to prove it.
Best part is that without any proof to the “Fraudulent” votes the 126 republican politicians that signed on to Braxton’s lawsuit, now, according to Section III of the 14th Amendment, can’t take their seats
We did prove it. Can’t help it if people are either too stupid, corrupt, spineless, or consumed with irrational hatred for Trump to see or acknowledge it.
This election was “won” (STOLEN!) by a man that can’t even cobble together a coherent sentence, who has ties to China, got rich WHILE in office, has no accomplishments to speak of after 47 years in office, and who created a bill that incarcerated thousands of non-violent Black Americans. Yet libs see Biden’s win as a victory.
What did you win, exactly? You didn’t even get a blue trickle, let alone a wave this past election. The GOP is going to absolutely kick ass in 2022, but losers and dumb-dumbs are too focused on “orange man bad” to see the long-term.
And stop pretending like you understand the Constitution. You found some talking points that confirmed your bias and ran with it. It’s that obvious.
Ignorance really is bliss.
“This election was ‘won’ (STOLEN!) by a man that can’t even cobble together a coherent sentence, who has ties to China, got rich WHILE in office, has no accomplishments to speak of after 47 years in office, and who created a bill that incarcerated thousands of non-violent Black Americans. Yet libs see Biden’s win as a victory.”
Jeepers Liberty, when you’s put it like that…………….
The Gotch
“Jeepers Liberty, when you’s put it like that……………”
Libs & Never-Trumpers think they won some prize with Biden. The man is senile, not very nice from how I’ve seen him interact when he thinks people aren’t watching, unaccomplished, corrupt, loyal to China, and judging by his comments about Black people, possibly reflecting his own racism onto the rest of us.
Yet libs are jumping up and down like this is a victory. They really are that stupid.
“They really are that stupid.”
How stupid are they? Breathtakingly so!
To wit:
Check out Drew Holden’s Twitter Beatdown timeline of the Lefty Media (but The Gotch repeats himself) coverage of Hunter Biden.
*CNN
Then (October): “classic textbook Soviet Russian tradecraft”
NOW: JUST IN; Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, is under investigation by federal prosecutors in Delaware
*NPR
Then (October): they “don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories.”
NOW: “NPR has reached out to U.S Attorney’s Office in Delaware and will update …”
*Politico
Then (October): “More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on to a letter outlining their belief that the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden, pictured here, ‘has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.’ ” (bolds/italics mine)
NOW: “Justice Department’s interest in Hunter Biden covered more than taxes”
The media thinks their target audience is so staggeringly imbecilic that they won’t notice the slight…um…pivot from Nothing to See Here to LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND ALL OF A SUDDEN!!!!
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Lefty!
The Gotch
And every court has said “bite me” fool. 0-46. Really?
I don’t know you but can tell from your ramblings that you’re probably a very unhappy and angry person. It’s rather pathetic that your joy in life is feeling like you screwed it to conservatives.
As for me, I’m angry about the election, but will get over it. I have other things in my life worth living for. My life doesn’t revolve around going to blogs sites to taunt people. That’s for LOSERS.
This comment “I don’t know you .. .” was intended for Alfred Neuman.
Alfred,
That is your opinion backed by the main stream press and those few individuals that own the main stream press, but it is not reality. I, we, have shown you countless examples of just how the election was stolen and yet you continue to parrot the party line.
At some point the party will be over for all of us. You might get used to calling everyone “Comrade” but I won’t.
I will get ready to live out the rest of my life tortured for my beliefs. You can get ready to live out the rest of your life, a slave!
Just do as they say and your new Masters will be really happy with you.
Neuman!
You could hardly be governed by dumber.
Just one example of an anomaly.
And we’re being told to just get over it and pretend like nothing nefarious happened?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/study-shows-impossible-anomalies-causing-biden-win-michigan-5-seconds-biden-racked-140000/
Yet libs and never-Trumpers are like “Nothing to see here, move along.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/huge-attorney-matthew-deperno-confirms-dominion-voting-machines-michigan-county-changed-votes-trump-biden-not-human-error/
Can I have a hit of whatever that is you’re smoking. I have yet to see a single solid, concrete example of voter fraud. Anyone who thinks so has no idea as to how elections are run, behind the scene are many levels of security, checks and bi-partisan oversight. Those who can’t accept reality are living in a fantasy.
“Those who can’t accept reality are living in a fantasy.”
2016: The election was STOLEN with ~ $100 large in FacePlant Ads by dastardly Russkies.
2020: This is THE most secure election EVAH!!
Despite your continuous earnest efforts to prove otherwise, The Gotch doesn’t think you’re stupid.
The Lefty media sees things differently…
The Gotch
Constitution? What Constitution? That ship sailed a long time ago.
Like the Bible, the Constitution is sadly weaponized all to often. Sad.
Jeebus, Dave, after months of avoiding this blog because the TrumpNoBrainers like Gootch and Batty gave me no hope for humanity, it’s a kick to drop by and see the ol’ regulars still kicking and a whole new batch of TrumpNuts now going after National Review and Fox. Hilarious! Liberty, No Body: great work! Ha, ha! Carry on eating your own, all!
Supreme Court 9-0! OhMyGodI’mDyingHere! Trump must be SO PISSED that “his” justices didn’t do what he put them on the court to do!!
You’re deriving your happiness because some corrupt moron was able to steal the election. Sweet Jesus, how pathetic is that.
Meanwhile, there was NO blue wave, let alone a trickle. The GOP is stronger than ever BECAUSE OF TRUMP, but libs can’t see it because they’re consumed with misguided hatred for Trump. Or too stupid to figure it out because they believe whatever corporate media tells them.
Smart people think ahead and in terms of bigger pictures. Losers hang on to their infantile delusions of some “big win” and desire to upset conservatives.
Guess what? You’re irrelevant. Like AEN, Dick, etc, you’re a joke. That’s all you are, a joke that nobody takes seriously. Your comment didn’t bother me one bit. If anything, I pity you.
As if we’re affected by what some nobodies in life have to say. Please.
For someone who my comment “didn’t bother one bit” you sure had a lot to say about it. Too telling! You must be one of the rubes that continues to send the Grifter-in-Chief small donations, which is the ONLY point of his contesting of the election. The big donors are no longer throwing good money after bad.
Hiya ABob. Been lurking long? Does your wife know?
I’m with you A B. 9-0!! The problem is this will not end soon. trump and rudy have to keep the money train going. All those trumpsters out there need to keep writing checks. Just like the NRA fleecing their members for millions.
Just remember ABob, we’re all here because we LUV you.
And c’mon, part of your…um…recovery is admitting the reason for your absence, isn’t it?
Then, you may proceed to Step IX (direct amends to people your…um…condition has harmed) and address the hurtful, spittle-flecked slobberings aimed at the Caped Crusader, Yours Truly, and others.
A poorly conceived moment on the keyboard becomes a lifetime on a tender heart…
On Day At A Time, am I right?
Your pal;
The Gotch
Gotch: “A poorly conceived moment on the keyboard becomes a lifetime on a tender heart…”. Pure poetry. Maybe you should copyright it.
Despite the gruff demeanor, The Gotch has feelz; he gets cut…he bleeds…
The Gotch
🍺😊
Now we see infantile republicans on the State Finance Committee don’t want pay Dane County for the costs incurred doing the Trump asked for recount, losers, sore losers and just down-right nasty people republicans are.
This is the best column of the year, seeing the morons whine like they are, hopefully they’ll all crawl back into mom and dad’s basement and won’t be heard from again.
So what happened? Did the 3 million dollar check from trump bounce?
“They’ll all crawl back into mom and dad’s basement and won’t be heard from again.”
Accuse others of what you yourself are guilty of. –Saul Alinsky
How pathetic.
Bingo!
So now Texas wants to leave the Union. Good. Getting rid these blood-sucking hicks would be welcome.
Mr David has been a RINO since election day and now he FINALLY NOTICED that the CHEATED.
MR David GFYS.
Us real mans have work to do.
NO surrender.
Next election we will outcheat the DEMS we will blow their minds.
Also out country is now a banana republic because of RINOS like ^^ David
That is all.
Whatever. Will say, you are well named,”GoFuckYourself.” You a “real mans”!
I try to listen to many different perspectives. Part of this is regularly reading this blog and comments. And for years now I’ve read here time and time again about how people on the left are “idiots” and “not fact based” and “constantly react to adversity with a victim mentality”. And I must say, many times I think these observations are correct.
But now, we’re expected to believe that these ‘idiots’ have pulled off the biggest conspiracy in the history of mankind without leaving any evidence?
And despite losing virtually every court decision, despite not being able to find one scintilla of proven evidence, despite Trump’s own people saying there was no fraud and that this was the most secure election in our history, despite all objective, provable, dare I say ‘fact based’ truth showing this election to be without widespread fraud; despite all of that, there are still so many in the Republican party that still believe (or at least promote) this nonsense. And they do it for only one reason. Because Trump said so.
It is breathtaking that so many of the ‘fact based’, ‘reasonable’, ‘intelligent’ people, when faced with a result they don’t like, turn into the exact same type of entitled, whiny, fact less victims they have held in such disdain over the past 4 years.
That my friend, is the true Trump Derangement Syndrome.
It would be funny if it weren’t so damaging to the country we all love.
Madison 1218: Well said.