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SAY THEIR NAMES !!!

I will never forgive, nor will I ever forget, the 126 out of 199 Republican United States Representatives, the 17 out of 26 Republican State Attorneys General, or Donald J. Trump (acting in his individual capacity) who joined Texas vs. Pennsylvania et al.   

This was Texas A.G. Ken Paxton’s (above) suit against the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin which sought to invalidate their votes in the 2020 presidential election.  Nor will I ever forgive or forget that Sen. Ted Cruz (below, R-TX) giddily agreed to argue the case before the Supreme Court. 

Fortunately, the Court refused even to hear the case, sparing the nation one more mortifying moment.  As the 9-0 Court ordered on December 11, 2020:

The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins: In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. See Arizona v. California, 589 U. S. ___ (Feb. 24, 2020) (Thomas, J., dissenting). I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue.

Thank you to The Washington Post for this list of State AGs and GOP House members who were eager to disenfranchise millions of voters to avoid a mean tweet from the outgoing President of the United States.  Lest we forget who these “brave patriots” are, allow me to SAY THEIR NAMES!

States Attorneys General (in alphabetical order by State):

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the author of this legal monstrosity

Eric Schmitt, Missouri, on behalf of the State that filed the brief

And the rest of the AGs in alphabetical order by State:

Alabama: Steve Marshall

Arkansas: Leslie Rutledge

Florida: Ashley Moody

Indiana: Curtis Hill

Kansas: Derek Schmidt

Louisiana: Jeff Landry

Mississippi: Lynn Fitch

Montana: Tim Fox

Nebraska: Doug Peterson

North Dakota: Wayne Stenehjem

Oklahoma: Mike Hunter

South Carolina: Alan Wilson

South Dakota: Jason Ravnsborg

Tennessee: Herbert H. Slatery III

Utah: Sean Reyes

West Virginia: Patrick Morrisey

Republican U. S. Representatives:

Kevin McCarthy (California), Minority Leader

Steve Scalise (Louisiana), House Whip

Jim Jordan (Ohio), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee

Kevin Brady (Texas), ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee

Gary Palmer (Alabama), head of the Republican Policy Committee

Mike Johnson (Louisiana), who organized this constitutional abomination

 And the rest in alphabetical order by State:

Alabama: Robert B. Aderholt, Mo Brooks, Bradley Byrne

Arizona: Andy Biggs, Debbie Lesko

Arkansas: Eric A. “Rick” Crawford, Bruce Westerman

California: Ken Calvert, Doug LaMalfa, Tom McClintock

Colorado: Ken Buck, Doug Lamborn

Florida: Gus M. Bilirakis, Mario Diaz-Balart, Neal Dunn, Matt Gaetz, Bill Posey, John Rutherford, Ross Spano, Greg Steube, Michael Waltz, Daniel Webster, Ted Yoho

Georgia: Rick Allen, Earl L. “Buddy” Carter, Douglas A. Collins, Drew Ferguson, Jody Hice, Barry Loudermilk, Austin Scott

Idaho: Russ Fulcher, Mike Simpson

Illinois: Mike Bost, Darin LaHood

Indiana:  Jim Baird, Jim Banks, Trey Hollingsworth, Greg Pence, Jackie Walorski

Iowa:  Steve King

Kansas: Ron Estes, Roger Marshall

Louisiana: Ralph Abraham, Clay Higgins

Maryland: Andy Harris

Michigan: Jack Bergman, Bill Huizenga, John Moolenaar, Tim Walberg

Minnesota: Tom Emmer, Jim Hagedorn, Pete Stauber

Mississippi: Michael Guest, Trent Kelly, Steven M. Palazzo

Missouri: Sam Graves, Billy Long, Vicky Hartzler, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Jason T. Smith, Ann Wagner

Montana: Greg Gianforte

Nebraska: Jeff Fortenberry, Adrian Smith

New Jersey: Jeff Van Drew

New York: Elise Stefanik, Lee Zeldin

North Carolina: Dan Bishop, Ted Budd, Virginia Foxx, Richard Hudson, Greg Murphy, David Rouzer, Mark Walker

Ohio: Bob Gibbs, Bill Johnson, Robert E. Latta, Brad Wenstrup

Oklahoma: Kevin Hern, Markwayne Mullin

Pennsylvania: John Joyce, Frederick B. Keller, Mike Kelly, Dan Meuser, Scott Perry, Guy Reschenthaler, Glenn Thompson

South Carolina: Jeff Duncan, Ralph Norman, Tom Rice, William Timmons, Joe Wilson

Tennessee: Tim Burchett, Scott DesJarlais, Charles J. “Chuck” Fleischmann, Mark Green, David Kustoff, John Rose

Texas: Jodey Arrington, Brian Babin, Michael C. Burgess, Michael Cloud, K. Michael Conaway, Dan Crenshaw, Bill Flores, Louie Gohmert, Lance Gooden, Kenny Marchant, Randy Weber, Roger Williams, Ron Wright

Virginia: Ben Cline, H. Morgan Griffith, Rob Wittman, Ron Wright

Washington: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Dan Newhouse

West Virginia: Carol Miller, Alex Mooney

Wisconsin: Tom Tiffany

Although the suit was tossed out on its ear, and despite the fact that the Electoral College yesterday awarded 306 votes to Joe Biden, eclipsing Trump’s 232 votes, the U.S. did not really dodge a bullet in this shameful exercise. Democracy was gravely wounded, and we will not know until 2024 whether it will survive.  As Ruth Marcus put it in The Washington Post:

…[T]hey are laying the predicate for a contentious new phase of American democracy, if it can continue to be called that, in which election results — after appropriate recounts and audits and certifications — are no longer accepted. Instead, they merely open the door for a second phase of legal and political guerrilla warfare in which no tactic, no lie, no baseless claim is off-limits. Democracy cannot function this way.

Should any member of the House or any Senator challenge the slate of Electors from any State on January 6, 2021, when Vice President Pence reads the votes before both houses of Congress, such challenge will be symbolic but nonetheless corrosive of the democratic process.  In that case, I will state the challengers' names here in a future post.  

Because we cannot simply forgive and forget such a wanton, deliberate, reckless, and potentially lethal political act.  To deflect the next shot from those who aimed the gun at the heart of democracy---the peaceful transfer of power through a free and fair election---I will SAY THEIR NAMES, CALL BULLSHIT, and never forget.

Keep it real!  And wear your damn mask!

Marilyn


 

 

 



 

 

Comments

  1. ZagDecember 15, 2020 at 3:56 PM

    A pretty unedifying moment in the history of the US, frankly.
    I'm from Kenya, and we would be appalled if our political class - who are generally dreadful anyways - behaved this way after an election.
    Speaks volumes for the long road back for you guys.

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    1. MarilynDecember 16, 2020 at 12:32 PM

      The Republican Party needs to take the next exit ramp off the Road to Perdition and drive the clown car to the demolition yard.

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