In Arizona, like in every other state, state legislatures have by statute delegated the election of presidential electors to the popular vote of the citizenry. The will of the voters decides. A.R.S. §16-650 provides “The secretary of state shall declare elected the person receiving the highest number of votes cast for each office for which the … Read more
I have been beating the drum to invoke the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause against the Sedition Party, in particular Arizona’s four GOP members of Congress who participated in sedition and gave oxygen to the QAnon/Trump cult violent mob that stormed the Capitol building in armed insurrection against the lawful government of the United States: Section … Read more
After NBC News reporter Manuel Quinones’ “Photo shows GOP Sen. Hawley, who led effort to contest vote, greeting protesters” went viral on Wednesday, Sen. Hawley’s home state newspaper the Kansas City Star editorialized, Assault on democracy: Sen. Josh Hawley has blood on his hands in Capitol coup attempt: No one other than President Donald Trump … Read more
The day began with the “Dirty Dozen plus one” in the Senate and 140 House members of the Sedition Party prepared to overturn American democracy and to install their “Dear Leader” as the first tinpot dictator of a GOP authoritarianism banana republic. Just before they convened in a joint session of Congress to perform the … Read more
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) holds the title of the most hated man in the U.S. Senate. As Sen. Lindsey Graham once half-joked, “If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.” After today, the hatred for “Traitor Ted” Cruz should be universally shared … Read more