The PA Democrats don't care about election laws or democracy, clearly. They're willing to openly defy election laws to keep counting invalid ballots, hoping to keep the Senate seat back for incumbent Bob Casey. It's completely possible they want to defy the law so they can go back to court and re-litigate the issue, but courts have ruled repeatedly against them.
Throughout this whole thing, Governor Josh Shapiro has been conspicuously quiet. You'd think the defenders of democracy would respect the will of voters: they chose Dave McCormick. To that end, they should be condemning their fellow Democrats for trying to overturn that election.
Well, two weeks after the election, Shapiro finally opened his mouth.
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro just criticized the pledge of Democratic election officials to count invalid ballots in the Senate race.https://t.co/uHEv0OqT1O The true test of principle and leadership is to speak up when it matters the most and is least popular... https://t.co/1gaSvXDzIU
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) November 19, 2024
“People violate laws any time they want.”
Those words, shrugging off an alleged unlawful move last week, did not come from some Chicago gangbanger or Washington car thief. Those words of wisdom came from Democrat Commissioner Diane Marseglia in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
They came in response to the fact that the Democratic majority on the election commission had decided to ignore a binding state Supreme Court ruling in an attempt to engineer the election of Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.).
Rather than prompting a degree of introspection, the loss of both houses of Congress and the White House has had a curious effect on many Democrats, dropping any pretense of protecting democracy over partisanship.
Despite polls showing that the public trusted former president Donald Trump more than Vice President Harris in combatting threats to democracy, Democrats made “saving democracy” the thrust of this election.
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Marseglia is correct. People who violate laws any time they want and -- by and large -- get away with it if they have the preferred (D) after their name.
That doesn't make it right.
As to Shapiro?
Well, he sided with the state supreme court:
"Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process," said Shapiro, a Democrat. "The rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. … It is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions."
Turley rightly points out Shapiro was pretty quite up until now:
...Shapiro waited for weeks and after repeated rulings against the unlawful action. He said nothing when Commissioner Diane Marseglia declared that she and the Democratic chair would ignore the rulings of the Supreme Court because “People violate laws any time they want.”
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) November 19, 2024
He was not nearly vocal enough in all of this.
“Threat to our democracy “ was always and ever projection.
— junkman (@HardKnuckleHead) November 19, 2024
It sure was.
Nothing worse than a politician who stays quiet during the crisis has his minions check the air for the way it's blowing and then come out with a safe statement to look good. Weak actions from a week politician
— Steve Fazekas (@runsteverun11) November 19, 2024
And he was in the running for VP.
We are well beyond criticizing with now 2 PA Supreme court rulings.
— Jeffersonian (@RonaldVolusus) November 19, 2024
Gov. Shapiro is trying to walk a tightrope made of string
with those election officials, and his aspirations in 2028.
But one thing is clear, the electorate is done with these people playing fast and loose with…
His eyes are absolutely on 2028.
I read what he said and he said as little as possible and refused to chastise them for openly flaunting and bragging about breaking the law. What is happening in PA is why everyone knows 2020 was a scam
— Sir Chugs (@vitale1776) November 19, 2024
Certainly doesn't help to answer legitimate questions about 2020.
Too little, too late? https://t.co/YqJDY3NlPP
— Andrea Jackson TV 📺🇺🇸 (@AJacksonTV) November 19, 2024
Yes.
Too little. Too late.
How many democrat leaders across the country spoke out against this election authority breaking the law? https://t.co/P84R0LfAwy
— Jim McGuire (@JimMc21e) November 19, 2024
Too few.
Just so. Shapiro delayed criticizing and, more importantly, taking action as Governor against, blatant criminality being committed by his own political party until after it was clear it wouldn’t work.
— Agim Zabeli (@AgimZabeli) November 19, 2024
His inaction was part of the scheme. https://t.co/kMdJMoEjd3
Yes, it was. And shame on him for it.
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