Mitt Romney: "Has ambition so eclipsed principle?" Put your Whig-hat on your head

Last updated on January 5, 2021

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rMoney finds that conscience like a visually impaired squirrel.

Mitt Romney says, "The egregious ploy to reject electors may enhance the political ambition of some, but dangerously threatens our Democratic Republic."

— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) January 3, 2021

“It would not be Congress’s job to second-guess the state’s appointment of its own electors. And it certainly would not be Congress’s job to let a sitting vice president — as Adams had been in 1796 or Jefferson in 1800 — determine the election’s outcome by deciding unilaterally whether or not to count a state’s electoral votes. Note that, Vice President Pence.” www.washingtonpost.com/…

“The Vice President welcomes the efforts of members of the House and Senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forward evidence before the Congress and the American people on January 6th.” 2/2

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 2, 2021

The party could not survive its factionalism. There could be no more accommodation, compromise and partnership between pro-slavery and anti-slavery Whigs. A new political party was born, the Republican Party. That party will divide into irreconcilable factions on January 6th. 2/

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 3, 2021

Very accurate, just not in the way you mean pic.twitter.com/Q3XUIXjMeD— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) January 3, 2021

If the Dems win one of the two Georgia seats, any Republican senator could do so and flip the Senate—and remove McConnell as Senate majority leader. https://t.co/7YSttv2qit— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 3, 2021

As the sun sets on 2020, remember that we’re never going back to the party of Romney, Flake, and McCain. The Republican Party is now, and forever will be, one for the working man and woman! God bless. https://t.co/L92mXiNWPi— Arizona Republican Party (@AZGOP) January 1, 2021

President Trump and his supporters are trying to turn the Jan. 6 congressional session for counting electoral college votes into something that it is not and was never intended to be: a forum for litigating Trump’s claims of voter fraud.

Never mind that Trump has no evidence to support his assertion that massive fraud is what caused Joe Biden to win the popular vote in enough states for an electoral college victory. The critical point is this: Even if there were such proof, the Jan. 6 session is not the place to present it.

The Constitution and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 intended the Jan. 6 session to address a narrow question: Are the electoral votes received by Congress ones cast by electors the states appointed?

This limited inquiry requires Congress simply to authenticate the documents. Remember, these rules were formulated in the 19th century, when there was a realistic risk of counterfeit papers pretending to be official. Thus, the 1887 act requires a state’s governor to affix “the seal of the State” to the certificate confirming the appointment of electors.
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Election law expert Edward Foley: Sorry, President Trump. January 6 is not an election do-over.

"Trump might not care that the Jan. 6 joint session comply with the Constitution and existing law. Principled conservatives in Congress surely should." https://t.co/bfJQzf3xYZ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 2, 2021

The Fifth Circuit cuts everything short on the stupid Gohmert suit with these brutal disposition. A very conservative panel btw. https://t.co/h4Nd3ZOwmH— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) January 3, 2021

The last day to vote in the Georgia runoff for the U.S. Senate is this Tuesday, January 5th. If you’re voting in-person on #ElectionDay, you will need an ID. Take a few minutes today to make sure you’re ready to make your voice heard with @WhenWeAllVote and @VoteRiders. pic.twitter.com/AgbOe6uXfO— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) January 2, 2021

ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT FROM THE PARTY OF SEDITION. And charge the authors of this Coup dressed up as an “Emergency Audit” like @TedCruz @RonJohnsonWI @MarshaBlackburn and the eight others for attempting to overthrow the Constitution. ENOUGH.#SeditionHasConsequences #SeditionCaucus pic.twitter.com/yNAHwqFKmY— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 3, 2021

new Marx ASMR!

A whispered reading of the Theses on Feuerbach and the Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy https://t.co/IVnZdX2m4l— ASMR Theory guy (@onalifeglug) January 2, 2021

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