@Strandjunker This would be a dream come true.

@Strandjunker Unfortunately nobody with that kind of fortitude and courage gets/stays elected.

Just looking at what happened to Medhi Hasan, the US nation (not all people though) is no longer that culture.

Even with all the obvious things TFG did, TWO impeachments couldn't convict him. THAT was the historical marker the US nation dropped past any recovery.

@Strandjunker this is a good time to discuss that once you elect a buffoon, it's very very difficult to remove them. You cannot get a vote to expel by those involved in the crimes. This time Goerge stole $ from Congress ' friends too. Don't get it twisted. The residents of CD3 petitioned to remove him. It was ignored. The resident of CD1 in NY petitioned to remove Zeldin after J6, it was ignored and he ran for Governor with little Dem pressure in what I say is Progressive territory, Suffolk NY.

@Strandjunker THIS IS THE WAY.

@Strandjunker They never should have been seated.

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I am blowing a gasket over the replies you're getting which seemingly afford more grace to smaller pool of more powerful people for not even trying and defeatism being the smart and pragmatic play, when in the next breath they would insist we vote for the only line of defense that...doesn't even try and resigns to defeatism as smart and pragmatic.

@Strandjunker @lisamelton Except that the insurrectionists won’t vote to expel themselves.

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#Insurrection #GOPvalues

@Strandjunker would everyone kindly write and call their reps on this specific matter so we can repeat this pleasant bit of history instead of just the shitty ones ? Plz k thx

@Strandjunker I feel like this post kinda ignores the political context at that point in 1861. Those expulsions happened after the Civil War had already begun. I'd rather not need another Civil War to accomplish that today...

@Strandjunker Amen

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Obviously, the #RepublicanParty believes that insurrection and/or coup plotting is just a nothingburger crime. But FansOnly funding from stolen credit cards is serious business. In fairness, the Christian guidance of how to go to the magical place in the skies does cover the stealing part and insurrection isn't. #PraiseBe and #UnderTrumpsEyes.

@Strandjunker I have a feeling that is the first and last time any of the Republicans show any ethics or do anything for the good of their country

@Strandjunker yes

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A few years later, the doctor who set James Wilkes Booth's leg after Booth shot Lincoln was tried and executed for treason. His name was Samuel Mudd.

This is where the phrase, "Your name is Mudd" comes from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mudd

@Strandjunker It truly astounds me that it isn't basically automatic -- that a systematic and willful corruption on one side is enough to actually allow an insurrectionist who attempted to violently take over America's government can still run for office and that those who support him are allowed to remain in positions of power rather than, for example, a jail cell. It never occurred to the founding fathers or lawmakers since then things could get *THIS* bad, and now it may be too late.

@Strandjunker It was easy in 1861. The entire southern congressional delegation was gone after they seceded. Otherwise, a 2/3 majority is hard to achieve.

@Strandjunker Yes!

@Strandjunker The question is WTF haven’t we already?

@Strandjunker amen!