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In reply to the discussion: Citing 14th Amendment, Pascrell Says These GOP House Members Shouldn't Even Be Sworn In [View all]TigressDem
(5,126 posts)See their INTENT according to the brief was to overturn an election that has been validated multiple times through aggressive intervention by the Supreme Court without any evidence.
They are clearly seeking to invalidate ONLY those states that BIDEN won.... Montana had the same set up and was even challenged by Republicans prior to the election. BUT they aren't calling for ALL states that had changed their mail in ballot process, ONLY those that favored BIDEN.
For putting the force of their office behind a movement that HAS already incited violence...
In Pennsylvania there was an attack prevented, but it was part of the incitement generated by the tRump tweets and various other Reich Wing groups that propose to "use their 2nd amendment rights" if needed.
https://6abc.com/philadelphia-attack-pennsylvania-convention-center-plot-pa-election/7689932/
The lies and disinformation of the tRump campaign all together is very indicative of wanting to thwart a peaceful transfer of power after an election.
THERE IS A CASE that this rhetoric is INCITING PEOPLE TO VIOLENCE
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/10/27/why-the-risk-of-election-violence-is-high/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/election-officials-threats-trump.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/has-stop-harassed-threatened-gop-election-officials-urge-party-leaders-n1249769
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/528402-white-house-condemns-threats-against-election-workers
EVEN AS THEY CONDEMN IT...
Trump attorney Joe diGenova has said that Christopher Krebs, who was the nations top former cybersecurity officials, should be taken out at dawn and shot for disputing Trumps assertion of widespread fraud.
LUCKILY, the HOUSE has less protection against being sued or tried for a crime than the Senate.