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https://www.statesman.com/story/news/columns/2020/12/11/texas-gop-chairman-allen-west-wont-say-hell-respect-court-rulings-election/6508508002/
Be wary of people like Allen West and their interpretations
Ken Herman
Austin American-Statesman
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West speaks at a Friday news conference in Georgetown.
Highlights from my Friday Q&A with Texas GOP Chairman Allen West at a news conference convened in conjunction with this weekend’s meeting of the State Republican Executive Committee:
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Me: “Will you respect the actions of our president?”
West: “I will respect the Constitution, sir.”
Me: “So you might not respect the actions of a duly sworn-in president of the United States?”
West: “If it is in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America, you have my answer.”
Me: “Under your definition of it or under the courts’?
West (pulling out a pocket Constitution): “It’s under the definition of what it says right here. The thing that I carry.”
Me: “Your interpretation of it?”
West: “It’s not my interpretation of it. If we have a Supreme Court that rules against the law, then I think we have greater problems than who am I choosing to support.”
Interesting. Later Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court jettisoned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's ludicrous lawsuit challenging election results in four other states, West reacted as I feared he would, including this: "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a union of states that will abide by the Constitution."
Be wary of people like Allen West and their interpretations
Ken Herman
Austin American-Statesman
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West speaks at a Friday news conference in Georgetown.
Highlights from my Friday Q&A with Texas GOP Chairman Allen West at a news conference convened in conjunction with this weekend’s meeting of the State Republican Executive Committee:
....
Me: “Will you respect the actions of our president?”
West: “I will respect the Constitution, sir.”
Me: “So you might not respect the actions of a duly sworn-in president of the United States?”
West: “If it is in violation of the Constitution of the United States of America, you have my answer.”
Me: “Under your definition of it or under the courts’?
West (pulling out a pocket Constitution): “It’s under the definition of what it says right here. The thing that I carry.”
Me: “Your interpretation of it?”
West: “It’s not my interpretation of it. If we have a Supreme Court that rules against the law, then I think we have greater problems than who am I choosing to support.”
Interesting. Later Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court jettisoned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's ludicrous lawsuit challenging election results in four other states, West reacted as I feared he would, including this: "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a union of states that will abide by the Constitution."
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