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A politician’s job is to solve problems and help constituents. Yet, Republicans have done nothing to make things better since Eisenhower. Biden and Pelosi make diplomacy look so easy that they don’t get the credit they deserve. Republicans choose hegemony over leadership.
Case in point, in an effort to justify his own abuse of the H-1B Visa worker program, Elon Musk attacked Republicans as uneducated “subtards” who lack critical thinking, triggering a backlash from xenophobic MAGA. Yet, Musk’s diplomatic failure fits right in with the party that historically embraces hostility for political gain, from Nixon prolonging the Viet Nam war, to Kissinger leading a coup in Chile.
More examples, Trump is threatening unprovoked invasions of sovereign nations. Unhinged Trump disciple Laura Loomer, in response to Musk’s attack on MAGA, said, “I understand Luigi Mangione now.” Matt Gaetz remains an unindicted alleged statutory rapist and alleged gun owning drug addict, while Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner served 18 months for sexting, and Hunter Biden was found guilty of owning a gun without disclosing his drug addiction.
Democrats are negotiators, mediators, peacekeepers. Republicans are tactless, crass, bullying persecutors, war mongers, tyrants. (Ironically, Musk’s attacks have forced MAGA to pivot from propaganda to making well-reasoned arguments against “technocrats”. But I digress).
As we approach Congressional certification of the Electoral College vote on January 6th, democracy appears to be on life support with Republicans trying to pull the plug. But Democrats are alive and well and we will not give up on a cure for the MAGA disease.
A debate is raging over Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Mueller She Wrote argues that, in the Colorado case to remove Trump from the state’s ballot for insurrection, SCOTUS “ruled” that pursuant to Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, Congress must pass additional legislation to enforce Trump’s disqualification. However, Glenn Kirschner argues that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment remains self-executing and that SCOTUS only issued a “non-binding dicta” advising Congress to pass additional legislation.
Kirschner also notes that SCOTUS never overturned the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump is an insurrectionist. Therefore, having taken an oath to uphold the Constitution, Congress members cannot certify the Electoral College vote for Trump.
Congressional Democrats must demand a vote to approve the reversal Trump’s disqualification before he can be sworn in. If either chamber fails to get 2/3rds vote in favor of lifting the disqualification, Trump remains disqualified from being sworn in, as a matter of record. Speaker Mike Johnson won’t bring a vote to the House floor. But Chuck Schumer should bring the vote to the Senate floor.
Although Kirschner concludes that Cheat Justice John Roberts will rely on the Colorado “dicta” to betray his oath to uphold the Constitution and swear in the adjudicated insurrectionist, this is no time for cynicism. Democrats will keep working to inoculate us from this sickness. The Midterm elections are just around the corner.
Chicago native Lorraine Evanoff earned her degree in French from DePaul University then became a Certified Financial Manager. She worked as a finance exec in film production for seven years in Paris, then in Silicon Valley during the dot-com era, and later for various Hollywood production companies, notably as CFO of National Lampoon. She is currently living in Los Angeles with her husband.