Posted on 10/20/2023 9:17:24 AM PDT by Wuli
The 8 to 22 proportion is probably accurate.
The overall House membership probably has almost 3 RINOs per each MAGA.
Which isn't saying much, sadly. At this point, those voters that believe in freedom and the values on which this country was founded have nowhere to turn. It should be obvious that the GOP is a complete dumpster fire at this point, and cannot be relied upon to fight the good fight.
The states cannot act to implement such a manner unilaterally, and if they did, it would be deemed unconstitutional. It would have to be through Constitutional Amendment, which the states would then ratify.
Having to wait 2 or 6 years to rid a member who effectively lied their way into office is unacceptable. Even the Founding Fathers expected that (for U.S. Senators at least), that when the legislatures changed hands (which in those days were often held yearly), said Senator would resign immediately and allow for the Governor to appoint an interim Senator pending the election by the legislature for a new Senator.
Since that was considered a gentleman’s agreement and was not ratified into law (or as part of the Constitution), U.S. Senators recognized they weren’t bound to abide by that and would hold on to their seats for the full 6 years in the hope that things would be more favorable for them when they came up for reelection.
I think that has become a grievous mistake, and has only empowered the political left in this country (in both parties). If members in both Houses were accountable from day one if they were not doing the people’s business, it would drastically alter their behavior. You wouldn’t have 25 RINOs holding the House hostage in doing the bidding of the Demonrat opposition when swift recalls would be held to remove them.
They don’t call it the “stupid party” for nothing.
Donald Trump and Matt Gaetz have exposed a lot of these treasonous scumbags within the GOP.
You can change “stupid”. You can’t change evil.
I don’t disagree with you
“‘Nobody’ Won!
Long live ‘Nobody’ for SOTH.”
Hear Hear... I am so sick of the Chicken little “The sky is falling” narrative. No it isn’t... Nothing is a good thing.
Democracy should be chaotic.
You want “order” and “unity”, try the Nazis or the Communists.
Checks and balances. It was designed that way for a reason.
They are trying to wag the dog.
Whoa! Good find. Thanks for this important post. Should be Breaking News or Front Page News.
Every member of the Freedom caucus should vote against ANY speaker until Trump is nominated and voted on.
And that’s one of the reasons for Trump’s betrayal in 2020 by the establishment liberals GOP. They sold the we’re conservatives and the only answer to the Democrats since Bush 41 and it was and is always a lie straight out of hell, they ARE DEMOCRATS.
You are correct that the Constitution does not permit states to recall their House and Senate elected representatives.
That does leave a Constitutional amendment as the only means for having recall elections against sitting House of Senate members. That is a strange hole let if the Constitution because the House and the Senate are able to “expel” members with a 2/3 vote, yet their own constituents cannot do as much.
Of course, at the time in the early Republic, we had a lot more intelligent voters with skin in the game who weren’t actively looking to sabotage the nation. As a result, you didn’t have a plethora of elected officials who were treasonous or seditious. Those that might’ve had such behaviors would’ve found themselves hanging from the end of a rope.
IBTZ
If it votes like a Dem, why stay with the Republicans? Must be a local thingy, like bragging about crossing the aisles and being bipartisan all the while selling you down the River.
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