What does “insurrection” even mean?
That’s the question top Republican lawmakers — including Mitch McConnell, who previously held Donald Trump responsible for the riot on January 6, 2021 — are asking the Supreme Court in a brief defending him from being disqualified in the 2024 election.
In a legal brief filed Thursday, 179 Republican politicians urged the court to overturn a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that kicked Trump off the 2024 ballot because it found he violated the 14th Amendment’s Section 3, which bans those who “engaged in” insurrection from running.
They don’t want the supporters going after them.
I don’t get it. Why does McConnell not simply retreat into his shell at the first sign of danger?
He does. The GOP just had a special aide who will coax him out of there with slices of pizza. Each time he defends trump, he’ll get a whole pizza just for himself. Can’t blame the guy really. What else is he going to do when all his friends leave him to go play ninja with that stupid bearded rat?
Rapidly Aging Congress Turtle
RAPIDLY AGING CONGRESS TURTLE
Villain in a half-shell, ABUSE OF POWER!
Why doesn’t McConnell simply just…
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Senator, this way please.