Posted on 12/12/2020 9:22:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
On Friday, just before the Supreme Court rejected Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R-Texas) explosive lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in four key swing states, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to refuse to seat members of the next Congress who support President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the election results. Pascrell accused the 126 Republicans who supported the Texas lawsuit of “insurrection or rebellion” — or at least, of supporting “insurrection or rebellion” — against the Constitution.
“Stated simply, the men and women who would act to tear the United States Government apart cannot serve as Members of the Congress,” Pascrell said in a letter to Pelosi and a statement he posted on Twitter.
“These lawsuits seeking to obliterate public confidence in our democratic system by invalidating the clear results of the 2020 presidential election undoubtedly attack the text and the spirit of the Constitution, which each Member swears to support and defend,” the Democrat argued. “Today I’m calling on House leaders to refuse to seat any Members trying to overturn the election and make donald trump [sic] an unelected dictator.”
Pascrell cited Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states that “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, an elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath… to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort the enemies thereof.”
That amendment barred supporters of the Confederacy — a true rebellion against the U.S. — from serving in Congress after the Civil War.
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I wait for God’s justice to visit Mr. Pascrell.
With 80 million Trump voters never accepting a bidet win; it would be unwise to poke that bear.
Somebody sounds worried.
While this is just typical Democrat theater, the irony of a constitution hating Democrat using this as logic is too much.
Did the ‘Rats who voted to impeach resign?
I don’t mind Nancy firing the first shot in CWII.....
Awesome! Thank you, Congressturd Pascrell! You just provided the grounds for every dinocRAT to be removed from office.
This man is so stupid that he thinks, evidently, thinks Pelosi has the power to kick people out of Congress.
Yeah. Just boot ‘em. “Cancel” ‘em. That’s how our system of government works. -sarc
I see they are trying to follow the Constitution when it benefits them.
The Hypocrite Party
Killing babies is popular. Look at how close those who kill babies are to taking the next group away to be murdered ...
I give Pascrell credit for at least citing Article, Chapter and Clause. That’s more than anyone on our side does. He just doesn’t realize by doing so, he just indicted every demonicRAT. Opposing the media is neither insurrection nor rebellion. The Governors of PA, GA, WI, and MI are the ones who violated The US Constitution. As well as their own State’s. And who gave aid and comfort to them?
A-hole who belongs to a political party that left the country in rebellion to uphold the right to slavery and that they hated Lincoln.Typical politi-trash. The spew that comes out of these swamp scum never ends. Don’t think for a minute that if the left had the power,they would not be rounding people up to be put in gulag or murdered.
The inevitable march towards the one party socialist state begins with purging the reactionaries from government then society. They aren’t hiding it anymore.
Fascists doing what fascists do.
There is going to be a "boot" from God one day, and it won't be pretty.
The hypocrisy is astounding. This a$$hole wants Pelosi to not seat the Congress members that supported election integrity claiming it is overturning the election. This move would effectively overturn the election of those Congress members. Do these people really listen to themselves???
I think that Sea of Red out there is one of the largest and well armed armies in the world. They also FEED THE WORLD! As for food and fuel, those spigots can get turned off in a day!
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