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Ocasio-Cortez Fumes At Cruz, Hawley: ‘Get Out,’ ‘You Do Not Belong’ Here, ‘You’ll Never Be President’
https://www.conservativereview.com ^ | Ryan Saavedra • Jan 13, 2021

Posted on 01/13/2021 9:08:54 AM PST by Red Badger

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fumed at Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) for contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election last week, saying that they needed to “get out” and they “do not belong” in the Senate.

“And so, I want to be clear to Senator Ted Cruz, you do not belong in the United States Senate. I want to be clear to Senator Josh Hawley, you do not belong in the United States Senate,” AOC ranted in an hour-long Instagram Live video. “You do not belong in any democratically elected seat when you don’t, when you do not believe that that election was even legitimate, according to your self-serving claims. So get out.”

“If they had any shred of integrity, any shred of integrity about their claims, their lies really, but their claims about this election, they would take off their pin and turn it in,” she continued. “But this isn’t about the truth to them. This is about if they want to be president in 2024. Let me give you a sneak peak. You will never be president. You will never command the respect of this country. Ever. Ever. And you should resign. So should every member of Congress that voted to overturn the results of our election.”

WATCH:

AOC to @tedcruz & @HawleyMO: “You do not belong in the United States Senate … you should resign” pic.twitter.com/qB5FE0iGsd

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 13, 2021

Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley noted that Democrats have raised some of the same objections in the past and that “it was not constitutional arson then, and it is not that now.”

“It is the use of a federal law to raise a challenge that has been raised in past elections over important issues of voter fraud or irregularity,” Turley wrote. “As with past Democratic challenges, this one by Republicans will not succeed. However, the point of yelling ‘fire!’ is to cause panic for political purposes.”

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board recently argued that the law that allows for challenging election results is unconstitutional:

In our view this week’s exercise is also unconstitutional. The text of the original charter, elaborated by the 12th Amendment, gives state legislatures the power to appoint electors. The Vice President is charged to open the votes to be counted—nothing more.

The Electoral Count Act of 1887, which the House and Senate will act upon, is unconstitutional in giving Congress the ability to second-guess those state decisions. In stretching this law for a partisan exercise, Republicans are also giving Democrats more ammunition to use in their campaign to overturn the Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote.

This is the fire Republicans are playing with, no matter their political calculation. Some may figure the vote Wednesday is merely symbolic; they can show solidarity with Mr. Trump’s voters and dodge a primary challenge in 2022. Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz are making their own presidential calculations for 2024. But the cost of this showboating will be more political cynicism, and a precedent that Democrats are sure to exploit in the aftermath of some future close election.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri; US: New York; US: Texas
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To: Red Badger

Wow. Their “unity” motto lasted all of 3 days.


101 posted on 01/13/2021 12:07:57 PM PST by bgill (.)
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To: bgill

To them, ‘Unity’ means agree with them, or else................................


102 posted on 01/13/2021 12:10:19 PM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: silverleaf

103 posted on 01/13/2021 12:11:24 PM PST by bgill (.)
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To: Shadow44

I just posted this on the Joint chiefs Twitter...LOL... I fully expect I’ll be banned in a few minutes.....

https://twitter.com/EricMandell5/status/1349453943877808129

I’m Eric Mandell, if you scroll up on that link you can read the Joint Chiefs post.


104 posted on 01/13/2021 12:35:34 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Red Badger

The Left are totalitarians by nature.


105 posted on 01/13/2021 1:10:24 PM PST by Crucial ( )
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To: Red Badger

Wonder how many times she said this into her camera before finally posting.


106 posted on 01/13/2021 1:18:20 PM PST by keats5
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To: Red Badger
"Ocasio-Cortez Fumes At Cruz, Hawley: ‘Get Out,’ ‘You Do Not Belong’ Here, ‘You’ll Never Be President’'

alexandria ocrasio-caligula.
107 posted on 01/13/2021 1:28:05 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: polymuser

Isaiah 3:12, NIV: “Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.”

But of course everyone truly knows that The Bible is pure hate speech, right??
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108 posted on 01/13/2021 2:44:39 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

I’ve posted that passage here, too.

So many prophetical biblical passage apply to these days.

They applied to past eras as well, but we always forget the lessons learned by our ancestors, usually the hard way (like Sodom).


109 posted on 01/13/2021 2:49:45 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Red Badger

horse face is PMNSing again i see


110 posted on 01/13/2021 7:22:32 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!at )
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To: PIF

And we don’t know what the actual numbers are in those “big” counties.


111 posted on 01/14/2021 7:20:33 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: polymuser

I’m a woman. Some of us are smart and straight thinking. And yes, in general, you are right.

I have to contend with friends I really like being estupido politically.


112 posted on 01/15/2021 4:25:35 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: Veto!

You are a greatly appreciated minority.


113 posted on 01/15/2021 5:51:24 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: bray

Excuse me BUT there are MANY that KNOW it was stolen because they participated in the steal!!


114 posted on 01/15/2021 5:56:13 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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