Posted on 02/11/2021 9:11:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
On Wednesday, as the second day of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial began, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) noted that Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the Democrats’ lead impeachment manager in the Senate trial, himself fought against the certification of the Electoral College vote in the 2016 election. Democrats have impeached Trump for “incitement of insurrection” in part because Trump encouraged Republicans to contest the electoral certification on January 6 before the Capitol riot. Raskin himself has argued that Trump’s “Big Lie” of 2020 election fraud incited the violence.
“So, it’s ok for Dem Jamie Raskin to try to ‘overturn’ Trump electors but it’s incitement to violence when Trump urged Congress to ‘overturn’ Biden electors? Isn’t that called hypocrisy?” Paul tweeted, with a link to a RealClearPolitics story about Raskin’s antics in 2017.
Paul argued that Democrats had named “Raskin to lead impeachment of Trump for advocating for the same thing Raskin did in 2016.”
Then the senator quoted Raskin’s argument, noting that it arguably applies to Raskin’s own actions in 2017.
“Rep Raskin says Trump promoted the ‘big lie’ that the election was stolen but didn’t Raskin promote the ‘big lie’ that Trump stole the election in 2016? Wasn’t it Jamie Raskin who ‘incited violence’ by objecting to Trump electors?” Paul asked.
As Tim Harris reported for RealClearPolitics, Raskin rose in a futile attempt to block the certification of Electoral College votes in January 2017. Then-Vice President Joe Biden shot down his objection.
“I have an objection because ten of the 29 electoral votes cast by Florida were cast by electors not lawfully certified because they violated Florida’s prohibition of dual office holder,” Raskin said.
Raskin rose to spoke even though no member of the Senate signed his objection.
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Yes. It’s not sane. There’s no semblance of reason or rationality, nor do they care.
It is despotism.
Justice Roberts should walk in to this farce and tell them that they are making a mockery of our justice system and they should all go home.
Except that he’s loving every minute of it.
Then he should move to Venezuela.
“Justice Roberts should walk in to this farce and tell them that they are making a mockery. . . “
Yes, he should.
But John Roberts is a human jellyfish who lacks the judicial temperament to put aside his personal animus for Trump.
It is called that but it's completely useless to accuse a democrat of it. It's simply not a derogatory trait to them....
Don’t take the pay if you can’t do the job.
Democrats in power live by different rules than thee and me.
Saul Alinsky “principle” - “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
I see fertile ground here.
But Orange Man bad.....
The Democratic party is the party of “Do as I say, not as I do”.
The circus is a tragic joke. So much for McConnell worrying about trashing the senate, this is a mockery of this so called deliberative body.
What Pelosi and the House managers are doing to the Senate is far worse than what the rioters did, and this is allowed by Mitch. The are essentially pooping all over the Senate, wit GOP permission.
Pelosi’s Grand Show of Farce.
Mitch and Trump must have had some kind of blow up that we don’t know about as Mitch has turned so badly on Trump. I guess Trump knows all of Mitch’s dirt and that has him as nervous as a cat.
Then 90% of the us government would have to quit!
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