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doc03

(39,187 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 07:58 PM Dec 2020

Shouldn't these 100+ Republicans that signed on to a lawsuit to

turn over an election be charged with something, sedition or at least censured. They took an oath to protect and defend the
Constitution. I would call it treason myself.

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doc03

(39,187 posts)
5. Well Like my Congressman District 6 Ohio Bill Johnson he is in
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:05 PM
Dec 2020

a gerrymandered district and can't lose. I mean these low life bastards were supporting a coup.

livetohike

(24,426 posts)
2. Something should happen because my Rep. GT Thompson
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:00 PM
Dec 2020

does not represent me and signed to nullify my vote. He just won re-election. He doesn’t deserve to sit there for two more years.

tritsofme

(19,933 posts)
3. As far as I know, supporting ridiculously stupid legal theories is not a crime.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:04 PM
Dec 2020

Whether these morons like it or not, they will have to again face voters in two years. That is how it is resolved.

Sanity Claws

(22,440 posts)
9. But it is sanctionable under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:11 PM
Dec 2020

Most states have similar rules.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
6. They just awarded us a big advantage in the next mid-terms.
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:07 PM
Dec 2020

They just wrote the TV ads for their opponents. I bet even the ones in "safe" gerrymandered districts will face serious primary opposition.

Johnny2X2X

(24,438 posts)
8. Nancy can enforce some consequences
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:09 PM
Dec 2020

14th amendment. She can try to not seat them in the House. She can deny them committee leadership positions.

LiberalArkie

(19,919 posts)
11. The Lincoln Project taught us not to be nice. I would not seat a single one on any committee
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 08:36 PM
Dec 2020

of anything important. Maybe Committee on landfills or such.

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