Let’s Call This ‘The Democracy Destruction Act of 2021’

The Stream ^ | January 25, 2021 | Mike Huckabee

[Heartlander]

First, a surprise, as who would’ve thought the best video shown all weekend would be on ABC’s Sunday show with George Stephanopoulos?

Not because of Stephanopoulos, of course, but of how Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul responded to him after being asked the leading, litmus-test question, “This election was not stolen. Do you accept that fact?”

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Did Not Play Along

To his everlasting credit, Sen. Paul did not play along with the Leftist Inquisition, saying instead that “the debate over whether or not there was fraud should occur,” that there was never any presentation in court of the evidence and that lawsuits were dismissed not for lack of evidence but “for lack of standing, which is a procedural way of not actually hearing the question.”

Sen. Paul detailed some of the “clearly” unconstitutional ways in which laws were changed by courts and secretaries of state — as opposed to state legislatures — before November. He said there was still a chance that “some of these actually do work their way up to the Supreme Court.”

“… Yes, were there people who voted twice? Were there dead people who voted? Were there illegal aliens who voted? Yes, and we should get to the bottom of it.” There’s also the failure to purge voter rolls of ineligible people.

George Stephanopoulos Was Having None of It

Stephanopoulos was having none of it, of course, and kept interrupting. “No election is perfect,” he said, “but there were 86 challenges filed by President Trump and his allies in court; all were dismissed.” (He apparently didn’t hear Sen. Paul just explain why they were dismissed.)

“Can’t you just say the words, that this election was not stolen?” Stephanopoulos insisted.

Sen. Paul did not cave to the pressure and left it an open question. “What I would suggest is that...

[Heartlander]

This is must-see video; the entire segment with transcript is here.

[escapefromboston]

it Seems unlikely that politicians would go out of their way to make stealing an election as easy as possibly but then not actually steal it. I suppose it COULD be totally on level but you’d have to be extremely trusting of some of the worst people in America (politicians)

[teeman8r]

that is fun to watch...

georgie got man handled by rand...

[zeestephen]

I watched the tape.

First problem - Rand Paul voted to certify the election.

Second problem - if that was the best argument a GOP Senator can make about voter fraud in 2020, we might as well give up now.

Third problem - last night I watched Nikki Haley - a prospective 2024 candidate for President - gently blame Trump for the Capitol Hill mob. Mon Dieu!

Bottom Line...

Conservatives and the Republican Party have had no consequential national leadership since we let the Democrats destroy Newt Gingrich in 1995.