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06/16/2022 11:10

Subject: Re:Insurrection Hearings 6/9-6/23

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing. They all knew Trump didn't win but were so desperate to stay in power they did nothing.

Traitors all.

+1 Look at them.

The hands over mouths, the furrowed, sweaty brows... Nope it sure doesn't look like a confident winning team.

Also - that looks like a room in the White House. Is that allowed for campaigns? Not a violation of the Hatch Act or other laws to use official taxpayer-funded government resources for a political campaign?

Yes but the Hatch Act is toothless and IOKIYAR. Trump wasn’t even pretending not to use White House resources for his campaign. The entire Republican National Convention was held there FFS. I’m old enough to remember when the entire universe freaked out that Al Gore made two fundraising calls from his office when he was Vice President.

Apparently the Hatch Act does have a criminal provision?

Pretty egregious. I’m guessing Republicans won’t even attempt to defend this.

They will pivot: "Americans don't care that our country was almost taken over by insurrectionist. Gas prices! Supply chain! Illegals!"

And they would be correct. Rs actually don't care about real patriotism. Only their brand of it.

I hope Trump and everyone involved in this scheme get their comeuppance. Also, if this scheme has some legal merit (however tenuous), and the Dems in power knew about it and how it would play out, and if everyone cares so deeply about saving the Republic, why the heck was the focus on trying to pass BBB for a year and a half rather than focusing on fixing whatever loophole exists that would support this plan?!?

Ifs are doing a lot of heavy lifting in your post and nowhere do you note that the GOP has blocked everything. They have the numbers in the Senate to do so (with Collins, Graham and Tillis especially having magically outstripped their polling to wing by pretty healthy margins). Stop “iffing” about the Democrats and demand that the GOP act with America’s interests in mind for a change.

I'd rather not waste my time prodding Americans to be altruistic. The genius of our political system is that I can trust people to act selfishly. By extension, I trust the GOP to act with their elected representatives interests (and by happenstance with their voter's) interests in mind, interpreting the rules in a way most favorable to them.