{"id":41209,"date":"2021-02-02T08:59:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=41209"},"modified":"2021-02-02T08:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:59:07","slug":"changing-the-rules-one-rule-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=41209","title":{"rendered":"Changing The Rules One Rule At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday American Greatness<\/a> reported that the Senate Ethics Committee will be investigating Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) because\u00a0 of their objections to the electoral results of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The two Republican senators were the most vocal advocates for challenging the results of the electoral college, after widespread evidence and allegations of voter fraud in key swing states that may have swung the election away from President Donald Trump and in favor of Joe Biden. The investigation comes after seven Democrats in the Senate filed complaints against Hawley and Cruz; chief among them was Chris Coons (D-Del.), who is the Chairman of the Ethics Committee, who called for both senators to resign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ranking Republican on the committee is James Lankford (R-Okla.), who said that no statements or leaks will be made regarding the investigation until it is concluded, saying \u201cwe don\u2019t bring up anything on the ethics stuff at all. We don\u2019t confirm anything and we\u2019re pretty lockstop about that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for Cruz\u2019s office condemned the investigation, declaring that \u201cit sets a dangerous precedent when ethics complaints are used as a political tool to try to intimidate and punish.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last time the Senate Ethics Committee conducted an investigation of any kind was in 2017, against then-Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.), who was credibly accused of sexual misconduct in the past and ultimately resigned from the Senate. The committee previously failed to take any action against Senator Bob Menendez (R-N.J.), despite overwhelming evidence of corruption and bribery between Menendez and one of his top donors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have previously pointed out that Democrats have historically raised objections to electoral college votes when Republicans were elected. Somehow that did not result in an ethics investigation.<\/p>\n

In case you have forgotten, I have previously posted<\/a> on the subject:<\/p>\n

On December 31, 2020, Fox News<\/a> reminded us:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last three times a Republican has been elected president \u2014 Trump in 2016 and George W. Bush in both 2000 and 2004 \u2014 Democrats in the House have brought objections to the electoral votes in states the GOP nominee won. In early 2005 specifically, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., along with Rep. Stephanie Tubbs, D-Ohio, objected to Bush\u2019s 2004 electoral votes in Ohio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That forced the chambers to leave their joint session and debate separately for two hours on whether to reject Ohio\u2019s electoral votes. Neither did. But the objection by Boxer and Tubbs serves as a modern precedent for what is likely to happen in Congress on Jan. 6.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notably, some Democrats lauded Boxer\u2019s move at the time, including Durbin himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not a direction we should be heading. Our government in Washington is looking more like tyranny every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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