Oh man, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney are out of here pretty soon, but we’re still stuck with election denier Rep. Jamie Raskin. Raskin objected to the certification of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 on the basis that he was installed by Russia — but this was before 2020 when the phrase “election denier” wasn’t thrown around every single day. The January 6 select committee member now has his sights set on the Electoral College, which will probably be his reason for objecting to Ron DeSantis’ victory being certified in 2024.
“The Electoral College now – which has given us five popular-vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone – has become a danger, not just to democracy, but to the American people,” Rep. Jamie Raskin said in an interview https://t.co/cZ6T1PxWn0
— CNN (@CNN) December 26, 2022
What an incredible loser. CNN reports:
“The framers [of the Constitution] were great, and they were patriots, but they didn’t have the benefit of the experience that we have lived, and we know that the Electoral College doesn’t fit anymore,” Raskin said.
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“There’s very dangerous rhetoric going on out there that’s a real break from everything we’ve known in our lifetimes,” he said.
“What it means to live in a democracy with basic civic respect is that people can disagree without resorting to violence. But the internet has played a negative role, especially for the right wing, the extreme right, which now engages in very dangerous hyperbolic rhetoric that exposes people to danger.”
The Constitution’s great and we’ve pledged to uphold it, but the Electoral College needs to go, and we should get rid of the Senate while we’re at it.
Democrats hate the Constitution.
— Jack Lombardi II (@JackLombardi) December 26, 2022
Straight up anti-American nonsense.
— Carl James Grindley (@CJGrindley) December 26, 2022
Removing the electoral college could make it easier to cheat I presume?
— Sandpound316 🇺🇸 (@sandpound316) December 26, 2022
Exactly
— C. A. Worman (@CAWorman93) December 26, 2022
Yeah, anytime politicians don’t like constitutional limitations on their quest for power, I’m happy.
— Independentthinker (@Ushjeri) December 26, 2022
Jamie obviously has a very tenuous grasp on our system of government and why it was designed the way it was.
— Crispus Attucks, Esq 🥃 (@cattucks1775) December 26, 2022
This is sedition. Raskin swore to protect & defend the Constitution, not undermine it.
— Jim Daws (@RightNowJimDaws) December 26, 2022
That sounds an awful lot like an insurrection. I thought the “Get Trump” committee was against mob rule?
— The Realest Realist (@ProGunMemes) December 26, 2022
Raskin is a socialist hiding behind the mask of progressivism. He and his fellow progressives are the real risks to democracy and the American people.
— Vaughn Cordle, CFA (@vaughnCordle) December 26, 2022
The Electoral College is one of the most brilliant mechanisms of our system of government.
Calling to end it is a transparent play at trying to game the system for a permanent uniparty rule, which would be fascism.
— SWCCEM (@SWCCEM) December 26, 2022
Our Founders foresaw cynical elected leaders like Rep @jamie_raskin, how they would attempt to manipulate the election system, and set up the Electoral College to assure the Raskins are unable to subvert the Republic.
Raskin knows this. He’s subversive as Hell but he’s no dummy.
— #BillsMafia Caputo (@MichaelRCaputo) December 26, 2022
Why not both?
It’s not changing—I suggest you get over it
— JT (@DesertRatJT) December 26, 2022
You work to be elected into government so you can try to subvert it from the inside — it’s pretty obvious what he’s doing. “The Constitution is great and all, but ….” And stop saying democracy is in “danger.”
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Election denier Jamie Raskin explains why J6 cmte favors criminal charges against insurrectionist Trump https://t.co/IWDE1PfRIX
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