Category: election challenges
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A Republican president fought insurrection
Thanks to Capitol security “On Feb. 13, 1861 a mob gathered outside the Capitol and tried to force its way in to disrupt the counting of the electoral certificates that would confirm Abraham Lincoln’s election three months earlier.” The New York Times recalls: “In the days before the count, rumors had been spreading across the…
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Censure the bastard
“I hate it being this way. From my point of view he has been a consequential President. … But today, all I can say is, ‘Count me out!’ Enough is enough!’ ” — Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C. 01-06-21. There is a way out of this for Republicans. With honor and justice, while healing the nation and…
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The government takeover succeeded — in Madison WI
Intimidation worked here! The consensus reaction to Wednesday’s assault on the nation’s Capitol (01-06-21) was: Where were the police? In Madison, they were told to stand down. Moderate Republican Peggy Noonan urges: “We lower the boom. No civilized country can accept or allow … the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. This was an attack…
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Has a presidential inauguration ever been this fraught?
The joke — if you will pardon some gallows humor — is that, after Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol, Mexico has agreed to pay for the wall. Did Nancy Pelosi attempt her own coup? The NY Times reports: Pelosi said she had spoken with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
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‘Enough’s enough; we’ve got to end it’
Sen. Lindsay Graham is the Werkes’ favorite political figure. Feisty, humorous, brave and wise, he is — now WAS — Trump’s most loyal ally in the U.S. Senate (along with Ron Johnson). Here is Sen. Graham on the proposal to delay certifying the election and submit to a commission of 15. If you’re looking for a way…
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Donald Trump is finished for good
Four dead A movement derailed, democracy threatened Otherwise, the assault on our nation’s Capitol was ‘Mostly peaceful’ We say again: those who would subvert the Constitution in order to overturn an election are Republicans In Name Only. Among the many fools and idiots who descended on Washington D.C. Wednesday 01-06-21 (a date that truly will…