1 lawsuit is sedition & treachery like the Civil War lol

https://archive.vn/OdJfk theblaze DECEMBER 12, 2020

House Democrat urges Pelosi to punish, retaliate against Republicans who supported Texas SCOTUS lawsuit

'... cleanse from our government ranks any traitors and others who would seek to destroy the Union'

CHRIS ENLOE

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) is asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to punish those House Republicans who supported the Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the results of the presidential election.

"The courageous Reconstruction Congress implanted into our governing document safeguards to cleanse from our government ranks any traitors and others who would seek to destroy the Union," Pascrell wrote to Pelosi, citing the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

"Stated simply, men and women who would act to tear the United States government apart cannot serve as Members of the Congress," he continued. "These lawsuits seeking to obliterate public confidence in our democratic system by invalidating the clear results of the 2020 presidential election attack the text and spirit of the Constitution, which each Member swears to support and defend, as well as violate the Rules of our House of Representatives, which explicitly forbid Members from committing unbecoming acts that reflect poorly on our chamber."

"Rising from the embers of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment was written to prevent the destruction of the United States from without and within. The moment we face now may be without parallel since 1860. The fate of our democracy depends on us meeting that moment," he said.

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"Donald Trump and members of his administration have committed innumerable crimes against the United States," Pascrell said, claiming the Trump administration has "engaged in treachery, in treason."

"Therefore, in 2021 the entire Trump administration must be fully investigated by the Department of Justice and any other relevant offices," Pascrell added. Then, just days later, Pascrell revealed attempts to disbar members of Trump's legal team who were challenging the outcome of the election.

https://archive.vn/mp7W9 bostonglobe

The GOP chooses power over democracy

The party has embraced sedition as an electoral strategy. Nobody with any integrity should be part of it.

By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist,Updated December 12, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

The appalling suit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lays bare the rot at the heart of the GOP. It argued that the US Supreme Court should overturn the results of elections in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan because they changed their election rules to take account of the pandemic. That the court rejected the case on Friday night makes this only slightly less terrifying.

It’s tempting to see our current crisis as a sudden collapse, but Republicans have been undermining democracy for years, and continue to do so. They’ve thrown voters off the rolls, closed polling places, and generally made it harder for Democrats to win elections and to govern if they prevail.

The GOP, which now represents a minority of voters, has chosen power over democracy. If any of those who signed onto the president’s treacherous gambit claim to believe in the ideals on which this country is built, they are lying.