Let’s just get into it… An electoral commission was never going to be formed.
Let me repeat that. An electoral commission was N-E-V-E-R going to be formed. Far as I know, a commission has never been formed since before the Electoral College Act of 1887. There is little to no precedent for any such thing. There may be a little bit before 1887. But it is clear way beyond a doubt that the intent of our founders in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 and the 12th Amendment, and spirit of the 1887 Act was to LIMIT the power of the Vice President and Congress to NOT pull stunts like that. Anyhow, 130 years! I repeat: An electoral commission was never going to happen.
They didn’t even have the votes. Both chambers would have had to approve. There was no way on God’s green earth that the House was going to approve of the fantasy of an electoral commission. The Senate would never have approved. And neither did. So why? Why would Ted Cruz suggest such a thing and give the angry mob outside the false hope that this was going to somehow miraculously come to pass? Why? He’s obviously not stupid. Why?
He claims that he was aiming to protect the integrity of our elections. Five people are dead now. How does their blood and life give our elections any more integrity? How does leading a charge to do something that was never going to happen and giving an angry mob the false impression that his plan would work protect the integrity of our elections?
You don’t tell people you’re gonna do something that can’t be done. Did he whip the vote? Of course not. He had no hope whatsoever of getting both sides of Congress to agree to form an electoral commission and delay the count of certified votes in order to perform an audit that….. This is either sheer stupidity or most likely a misdirected motive. The ends do not justify the means. You had a better chance of repealing Obamacare on January 6th.
While I’m on the topic, even the word that he used and news outlets used: CERTIFY? I can’t sit back and say nothing. Congress and the Vice President does not and cannot certify votes! Never! Never! Never! They have no business in the certification process. The state certifies! The VP and Congress COUNT “certified” electoral votes. I cannot understand why Ted Cruz would so deliberately mislead the public about our election process. He talks of integrity? Where is the integrity in lying to the American people that the VP and Congress can certify electoral votes?
In 2016 Donald Trump walked all over one of my political heroes, Ted Cruz. Sad that at the end of this, he took up the name that was given to him, Lying Ted.
Then, speaking of heroes, there’s this matter of Vice President Mike Pence. I’m deeply disturbed by the fodder that was hatched out and given to Trump supporters that somehow our Vice President had the power to change the inevitable conclusion that Biden was going to be President. (Not that Pence is my hero, but some people I looked up to [past tense] were peddling this nonsense)
Much like Ted Cruz’s plan, Louie Gohmert’s plan was a failed plan out of the gate and anybody with sense knew that. Cruz and Gohmert’s plans were the constitutional foundation to which all the Trump worshippers were assembled at the Capital. They were there to quote, “Stop the Steal!” How did they think they were gonna do that? What tool could they possibly think they could use to accomplish that? You don’t name a rally “Stop the Steal” unless you got a plan to actually do that. The plan was the Cruz/Gohmert Plan. And all them idiots out there had no idea the shear stupidity of the plan they had bought into. All they knew was that Trump had a plan, Trump is their man, Mike Pence was gonna do some fancy move and Trump is gonna be President for another four years.
Constitutional scholars and talking heads kept repeating this nonsensical plan in some shape or form as if it was gonna work and come to pass! So with Cruz, there was never ever gonna be an electoral commission. With Gohmert, the Electoral Counting Act of 1887 was never, no never, no never gonna be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. So consequently, Mike Pence was never going to over-step his authority and THROW OUT ELECTORAL VOTES FOR GOD’S SAKE!!!!! That was never going to happen. But they kept telling you that it could; that it was constitutional.
So there go all the idiots to Stop the Steal. That rally should have never happened. It should have been a good-bye party for Trump. But No! The orange man said “Go down to the capital! Don’t stop fighting! Stop the steal!” And now, for most of us, we have the image of a half naked man with a painted face and bullhorns on his head forever etched in our memories. For Democrats, the perfect crisis handed to them on a platter. And for five families, a funeral.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 16:25
Way to go Trump fans! The foundation of that rally was the Cruz/Gohmert Hail Mary with Trump as the quarter back and Pence the wide receiver. But the cement that bound it all together were all the fans and their undying, blind, irrational devotion to the man Trump. January 6th should be the lesson to all what happens when you follow a man in such a manner. Instead of a cliff, it was the capital. Praise God that it went no further than it did. Wake up out of this stupor that set us up for such a horrid mistake.
Which brings me back to this question, “Why?” Any rational thinking person knew that the results were never gonna be changed or stopped on January 6th. Then why? Why did they act like it was? Was it desperation? For some maybe. But what were people smoking?
Here it is, my gut and impressions. Trump is now a power vacuum. His days are numbered and will soon be gone. I think for some (who knew this was not going to happen) Stop the Steal, whether conscious or subconscious, was the opportunity to win the Trump support. It was the opportunity to stay relevant. It was the opportunity to tap into and harness the power of that movement. It was emotions and passion that confusticated clear thinking. It was irresponsibility and pride.
And now, to double down, and claim that Trump was not culpable is inexcusable. And to not admit your own part in the matter is very troubling, whether it be believing those that lied to you or perpetuating those lies. Inexcusable. The families of this five dead people deserve at the least an apology. The collective denial of truth and refusal to heed it by our side will be the fall of this country, not liberalism.