In the future, when one of the brave firefighters in the media screeches that they’re totally impartial and don’t pick side, please show them this tweet from NBC News’ Ken Dilanian and remind them that we know the truth:
It may not happen in our lifetimes, but the idea that North Dakota and New York get the same representation in the Senate has to change. “Senators representing less than half the U.S. are about to confirm a nominee opposed by most Americans” https://t.co/DAZWYT9Txg
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) October 6, 2018
Now this would be different if Dilanian were just a columnist, but he’s a reporter:
"Has to change." This is a "reporter," not a columnist, mind you. https://t.co/jXvIh2VJmD
— Jamie Kirchick (@jkirchick) October 7, 2018
It is a bad look for purportedly 'nonpartisan' journalists to be publicly complaining on Twitter about the structure of the Senate, when the entire point of the Senate was to put a relatively non-democratic valve in place to basically tell people like that to go stuff themselves.
— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) October 7, 2018
Again, I think it's important that these people are honest about their aversion to American ideals. https://t.co/0j1YLErQpJ
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 7, 2018
There’s a reason Trump’s “enemy of the people” resonantes, especially since you’re talking about taking away their representation in Congress:
NBC reporter: we have to change the rules so that only highly populated coastal cities have any say in our politics and those hicks in ND can just deal with it https://t.co/AKo9OUWTtc
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) October 7, 2018
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Because this is what he’s advocating for, and we don’t like it:
Put more succinctly, the country should be ruled by New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. https://t.co/lXkO8zQuo3
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 7, 2018
Did liberals miss this day in school we wonder?
It is really frustrating to see reporters with such a limited understanding of our constitutional republic push this stuff. We need more civics in school. https://t.co/58DzCdJ3aC
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) October 7, 2018
Reread Article V:
Equal representation in the Senate was the price of Union. It's the ONLY part of the Constitution that cannot be amended.
2.Texas and Vermont also have same number of Senators. Ten smallest states have 10 Dems and 10 GOPers. Not one ago, N and S Dakota each had two Dem senators. https://t.co/ewmd8q9LvY— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) October 7, 2018
I had not heard of this Dilanian person before the Kavanaugh confirmation circus, but his takes were consistently the worst in a smorgasbord of bad journalism. Here, he does not seem aware of Article V of the U.S. Constitution. https://t.co/kyJ5Z9OUSa
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) October 7, 2018
Perhaps the most prescient part of the original Constitution was the decision in Article V to make effectively unamendable each state's equal representation in the Senate. https://t.co/0hVbvNzeep
— Derek T. Muller (@derektmuller) October 7, 2018
You realize this issue was already addressed by our Founders? Go back to 4th grade pls. https://t.co/ZeknovLpcJ
— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) October 8, 2018
And we’ll end it with this observation:
Just 10 years ago Dems had the House,60 person filibuster proof majority in the Senate, the WH, and for some reason there was no serious talk about changing the electoral college or about how unfair it is that small states get equal representation in the senate to large states.
— Kerry Picket (@KerryPicket) October 8, 2018
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The last two weeks have felt like one long primal scream to NBC News’ Kasie Hunt https://t.co/2VQv3EW2di
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 6, 2018
Shady AF! NBC caught in another BIG FAT LIE about Kavanaugh (this one’s a DOOZY) https://t.co/oTFgEc8Nfg
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 5, 2018
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