January 6, 2022 Destroying a Democracy to Save it: Democrats Call for the Disqualification of Dozens of Republican Members - Jonathan Turley

[Geee]

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Below is my column in the Hill on the continued calls for disqualify Republican members of Congress to prevent them from running for reelection. What is maddening is that Democratic groups and commentators are seeking to remove as many as 120 Republicans from the ballots in the name of democracy. It is like burning books in the name of literacy. Yet, on this anniversary of the January 6th riot, members of Congress and Democratic groups want to block voters from reelecting their preferred representatives. Like villages in Vietnam, it appears that some members and activists believe that you have to destroy democracy to save it from itself.

Here is the column:

 

This year, the Biden administration joined many in the United States in criticizing the mass disqualification of 583 candidates in Iran by the Guardian Council. The Iranian elections (like elections in other countries like China and Venezuela) are democratic only in the most artificial sense: You can freely vote from a pre-selected list of candidates.

Electoral disqualification systems are generally anathema to democratic values, but some in the United States are now toying with the idea for the 2022 or 2024 elections. While more modest than the Iranian model, the Democratic calls for disqualification are just as dangerous. What is most maddening is that this anti-democratic effort is cloaked in democratic doublespeak.

[Geee]

National Day Of Democratic Tears, Group Hugs, Therapy, Support Groups

(CNN)On January 6, 2021, Rep. Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Michigan, was prepared for a long day.

What he wasn't prepared for was a year of recovery from trauma in his workplace, a building and institution he had grown up revering and what that day would come to mean for his relationships and future with colleagues across the aisle.

Kildee -- along with dozens of other members and press -- was initially trapped January 6 in the House chamber on the balcony overlooking the House floor. He was among the members instructing his colleagues to "take your pins off" in videos that surfaced from those frantic minutes, fearful that the mob would enter the chamber and immediately recognize them as members of Congress.

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It wasn't until days later, however, that Kildee realized he needed professional help. In the days after the insurrection, the constant video replays and footage served to re-traumatize him. Soon, he said, he found himself unable to focus, becoming short-tempered and struggling to rest. It was friends who eventually encouraged him to seek professional help. He's now been seeing his therapist weekly for 11 months.

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OMG What a bunch of damn cry babies!!!

[Valin]

1 hour ago, Geee said:

JonathanTurley.org

Below is my column in the Hill on the continued calls for disqualify Republican members of Congress to prevent them from running for reelection. What is maddening is that Democratic groups and commentators are seeking to remove as many as 120 Republicans from the ballots in the name of democracy. It is like burning books in the name of literacy. Yet, on this anniversary of the January 6th riot, members of Congress and Democratic groups want to block voters from reelecting their preferred representatives. Like villages in Vietnam, it appears that some members and activists believe that you have to destroy democracy to save it from itself.

Here is the column:

 

As I have pointed out before, I wonder if the Democrats have ever heard of the phrase 'Turnabout Is Fair Play"?

[Geee]

Harris Compares To 9/11, Pearl Harbor, Which Left 5,386 Dead

[Geee]

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Use January 6 to Demand Federal Takeover of Elections

[Valin]

1 hour ago, Geee said:

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Use January 6 to Demand Federal Takeover of Elections

"I have a problem with that."

James Madison

 

[Geee]

47 minutes ago, Valin said:

"I have a problem with that."

James Madison

 

Evil old white man, what does he know? 

[Valin]

 

[Valin]

What's the worst attack on Democracy since the Civil War?

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[SDwaters]

10 hours ago, Geee said:

Kildee -- along with dozens of other members and press -- was initially trapped January 6 in the House chamber on the balcony overlooking the House floor. He was among the members instructing his colleagues to "take your pins off" in videos that surfaced from those frantic minutes, fearful that the mob would enter the chamber and immediately recognize them as members of Congress.

"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

[Valin]

Some Additional Dates for Your January 6 Observances

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June 6, 2022: America, prepare to mourn. A dark milestone has been reached. It has been 18 months since January 6. Flood-the-zone CNN coverage. New footage.

[Geee]

McConnell slams Democrats for exploiting Jan. 6 to push partisan voting bill, blowing up filibuster

 

Democrats abuse Jan. 6 anniversary to push their own cynical power grab

[Valin]

Jan. 7 2022