On a tip from Ed Kilbane
You would think even a dumbass Liberal could see the logic here!
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Friday, January 4, 2019
Senior Democrat files a bill to ABOLISH the electoral college
This will never happen. But let's pretend it did. Trump wins the next election by 500,000 votes and say Biden wins the electoral vote. Wouldn't that be a kick in the head? They would be screaming bloody murder to change it back and that look on Trump's face.
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Democrat Steve Cohen has introduced two bills that would eliminate the electoral college and severely limit the President's ability to pardon people.
Cohen, who is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the two constitutional amendments on the first day of the new Congress.
The first would eliminate the electoral college and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States, according to a statement from his office.
His true intention...
Steve Cohen, a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has tabled two bills to scrap the electoral college and limit the President's power to pardon people
The second would limit the presidential pardon power by prohibiting presidents from pardoning themselves, members of their families, members of their administrations and their campaign staff.
Both bills are designed as an attack on President Trump, who lost the popular vote in the 2016 election by 2.8million ballots but won office via the electoral college.
Meanwhile, Trump has openly mulled pardoning former campaign manager Paul Manafort after he was convicted as part of the Russia probe.
Pardons for ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and associate Roger Stone have also been the subject of media speculation.
Steve Cohen said: 'In two presidential elections since 2000, including the most recent one in which Hillary Clinton won 2.8 million more votes than her opponent, the winner of the popular vote did not win the election because of the distorting effect of the outdated Electoral College.
'Americans expect and deserve the winner of the popular vote to win office.
'More than a century ago, we amended our Constitution to provide for the direct election of U.S. Senators. It is past time to directly elect our President and Vice President.'
Both bills are a designed as an attack on Trump, who won his presidency via the electoral college, and has openly mulled pardoning allies implicated in the Russia probe
(Tell me again. How many scores of prison inmates did barry release?
Speaking about the second bill, he added: 'Presidents should not pardon themselves, their families, their administration or campaign staff.
'This constitutional amendment would expressly prohibit this and any future president, from abusing the pardon power.'
Democrats took control of the House of Representatives on Thursday as the 116th Congress was sworn in and made tackling President Trump their first priority.
Articles of impeachment were immediately tabled by Democrat Brad Sherman, of California, who argued that Trump had obstructed justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey while he was investigating Russian election interference.
The resolution accuses Trump of 'threatening, and then terminating' Comey because he knew the FBI was investigating then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and 'conducting one or more investigations into Russian state interference in the 2016 campaign.'
Meanwhile, this Muslim dog Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman in Congress, told supporters at a swearing-in party that 'we're going to impeach that motherf***er.'
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She has a son Yousif tic tic tic... (((Gabammmm)))
Tlaib had earlier penned an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press alongside John Bonifaz, a constitutional lawyer and founder of the 'Impeach Donald Trump Now' campaign, in which the pair issued the same demand.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Julian Castro, former Obama official, forms 2020 presidential exploratory committee
The rats are starting to emerge from the woodwork.
He's married with kids which I think is just a scam to cover his homosexuality.
To make matters worse if he gets in you can forget about a wall and better start thinking about buying a sombrero especially after you read this! Julian Castro was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Maria "Rosie" Castro and Jessie Guzman. His mother was a Chicana political activist who helped establish the Chicano political party, La Raza.
The dream ticket:
(If you're a Democratic Socialist)
Julian Castro
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Their campaign slogan:
No Walls No ICE
Welcome To Paradise
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“Americans are ready to climb out of this darkness. We’re ready to keep our promises. And we’re not going to wait. We’re going to work,” Castro, 44, said in a video. “That’s why I’m exploring a candidacy for president of the United States in 2020.”
An exploratory committee usually is a formality before a candidate launches a presidential campaign. It legally allows potential candidates to begin raising money.
The former San Antonio mayor said his official decision will be announced on Jan. 12. In the meantime, he encouraged voters to visit his website to receive email updates.
The early jump gives Castro an advantage as bigger name Democrats have continued to be floated as potential 2020 candidates, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Cory Booker of New Jersey. Former Vice President Joe Biden and outgoing Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who excited donors in his close race against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this year, have also been rumored to be considering presidential bids.
"I'm also very mindful, especially now for the Latino community, that there's a particular meaning to my candidacy."— Julian Castro
Castro would be among the youngest candidates in the field and the most prominent Latino. He told The Associated Press he plans to consult leaders in his party but hasn’t spoken to Obama yet.
For Castro, running for president would fulfill a destiny that Democrats have projected since he was elected San Antonio mayor at 34, followed by his star-making turn as the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention in 2012.
He is the grandson of a Mexican immigrant and son of a Latina activist. His twin brother, Joaquin Castro, is a Democratic congressman from Texas. The brothers were raised by a single mother who taught them to “make your future happen,” the former mayor said in his video.
Castro told The Associated Press the Latino community has been treated “like a piñata” under President Trump.
"I'm also very mindful, especially now for the Latino community, that there's a particular meaning to my candidacy," Castro said. "We can't go through the 2020 cycle with nobody on that stage because of what's happened over the last couple of years."
Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Ahrens said there is no "bigger lightweight in the 2020 field than Julian Castro" in a statement provided to Fox News.
Romney, Flake, and McCain 3 peas in a pod...ahh make that 2
Mitt Romney bashes Trump's time in office in op-ed
To think I once supported this bastard. Even donated to his campaigns!
Romney described Trump during his campaign as "a phony, a fraud, a huckster". He also called Trump "a con artist" whose demeanor is "recklessness in the extreme." So it would be fair to say according to Romney Trump's not fit to be president because he's no good right?
But good enough for Romney to kiss his ass begging to become SOS!
The question is if Trump's no good as Romney claims then what does this say about Romney's integrity?
This is the infamous photo in New York of Romney just before the ass kissing process. Truthfully, could never understand Trump even considering him for the SOS appointment unless it was to bury the hatchet. Guess we have all witnessed how that worked out. But as time moved on there seemed to be a little 'thaw' in their relationship and Trump even supported him for Senator in Utah. However, no sooner is Romney elected he digs up the hatchet going after Trump again.
So what is Romney's motivation? I think it's two-fold. One paving the way for another run. His third. Two I think it's animosity. He has anger issues. Mitt Romney is a professional politician. Donald J. Trump went from private citizen to POTUS (never holding any other political office) in one of the most unprecedented elections of all time! On the other hand, Romney couldn't beat the most worthless waste of skin ever to sit in the Oval Office... Barack Hussein Obama. Not once but twice!
It's no wonder he has anger issues. He choked just like Trump said he did.
Dan Bongino feels the same way.
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Oh... now that I'm thinking about it. Do you think Romney a senator worth $250 million, the 'holier than thou' senator from Utah, will donate his salary to charity like Trump did?
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Mitt Romney on President Donald Trump: He hasn't 'risen to the mantle of the office'
Mitt Romney claims victory in the Nov. 6, 2018, midterm elections. The former Republican presidential hopeful easily defeated his Democrat challenger in the race for U.S. Senate. Romney will replace longtime Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch.AP
Days away from joining the Senate’s Republican majority, Sen.-elect Mitt Romney broadly criticized President Donald Trump’s policies and character and argued that the president “has not risen to the mantle of the office.”
“With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is indispensable,” the Utah Republican and 2012 presidential nominee wrote in a Washington Post op-ed posted online Tuesday night. “And it is in this province where the incumbent’s shortfall has been most glaring.”
Romney’s biting public assessment came as Trump and Senate Republicans faced a new governing dynamic. Republicans on Thursday will cede control of the House to Democrats, who were prepared to oppose Trump on a number of policies and promised a slew of investigations into his actions and those of his aides and campaign officials, particularly with regard to Russia’s election meddling.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, had criticized Trump before – notably, in a March 2016 speech he called Trump a “fraud” and opposed his bid for the GOP nomination – but later he made peace with the president-elect and even expressed interest in joining his administration.
Romney’s rebuke of Trump drew a cutting reply from Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager. In a tweet Tuesday night, Parscale said Romney “lacked the ability to save this nation” and contended that Trump “has saved it.”
“Jealously is a drink best served warm and Romney just proved it,” Parscale wrote.
In the column, Romney offered approval of Trump’s corporate tax policies and efforts to cut regulations, appoint conservative judges and other “policies mainstream Republicans have promoted for years. But policies and appointments are only a part of a presidency.”
“To a great degree, a presidency shapes the public character of the nation,” Romney said. He later added: “With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is indispensable. And it is in this province where the incumbent’s shortfall has been most glaring.”
While saying Trump’s early administration appointments had been encouraging, Romney added that “on balance, his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions this month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office.”
In describing a “deep descent” by the Trump presidency in December, Romney cited the departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House chief of staff John Kelly and what he called the appointment of people of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies, and Trump’s “thoughtless claim that America has long been a ‘sucker’ in world affairs.”
Looking ahead, Romney wrote that he would act as he would with any president from either party in the White House, supporting policies he believes are in the best interest of the country and his state and opposing those that are not. And he said he didn’t intend to comment on every tweet or fault.
“But I will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions,” he said.
Romney will be sworn in as a senator on Thursday.
McCain reincarnated
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