Tidewater News and Opinion Forum
A place for civil discussion of the events of the day for Tidewater residents without the limitations imposed by media forums.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/06/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-building-as-fateful-vote-looms/
What precisely is the goal of the mob? Kidnap Congressmen? Trump could put a stop to the violence right now if he cared for America. Instead, he is reveling in creating, abetting, supporting and encouraging an insurrection. Trump supporters must be so proud.
“If President Trump wouldn’t have tweeted out anything and would’ve stayed silent, we would’ve stayed silent as well,” Raffensperger said. “If you’re going to put out stuff that we don’t believe is true, then we will respond in kind.”
“A day after the call, Trump said in a tweet that Raffensperger was “unwilling, or unable, to answer questions” about the president’s baseless claims of widespread fraud in the November election.”
Continue reading “Trump broke “confidentiality” when he tweeted lies after the phone call.”
Title 18 Section 875 of the U.S. Code: “Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.”
Continue reading “Trump tried to extort GA Secretary of State”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/01/politics/romney-slams-vaccine-plan/index.html
I guess it is not all on the states despite accusations from the administration.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385
“Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government…”
Continue reading “Why aren’t Gohmert, Wood and Trump charged under insurrection laws?”
There is not a shred of evidence of fraud. The best efforts of major law firms followed by loonies Powell, Wood and Giuliani could not convince 50+ courts that the evidence was even worthy. The Constitutional Hail Mary is not based on our Constitution, but rather legal pretzels that convince the ignorant and exploited by the right wing intelligentsia.
Continue reading “Alice’s Tea Party has become infiltrated by at least 11 Stooges”
Let the courts rule in favor of the VP picking presidents from 2024 onward. Makes sense. This is too close to this one for major changes in the law and Constitutional questions. Particularly since it should be appealed all the way to SCOTUS. And for those conservatives who balk, tell them they can keep the Electoral College.
https://parler.com/post/c741b78505a54150bdf63d079952e8f0
I suspect than many, if not most, of the disruptions attributed to Antifa this year were really Trump supporters who want violence. This post is from the leader of the “stand back, stand by” troops for Trump. Violence and conspiracies pushed by the right are nothing new. The test of our nation is how we deal with this mess.
“Let’s be clear what is happening here: We have a bunch of ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base without doing any real, long-term damage,”
Pretty much on the money.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/29/luke-letlow-covid-congress-452218?cid=apn
The man was 41 with a wife and two young children. A terrible tragedy to be sure. Yet the fact that he was well known in his district as a Republican Congressman-elect might shift the fence sitters about the efficacy of the vaccine and the real dangers of COVID for all Americans. And until we get the vaccine mass distributed, precautions are critical.
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