If political discourse was a body that needed an enema, right now the State of Arizona would be the place to insert it. The Madhouse on McDowell, where the Arizona audit is being conducted, has attracted some of the strangest characters in the Republican party this weekend, to build up the Big Lie. The show is being headlined by none other than Matt Gaetz, who wants you to know, he’s “not focused on scandal, he’s focused on socialism.” (Psssst….Matt….they’re not going to throw you in the hooskow for socialism, you might want to worry about the other.)
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1395912376944406528
How quickly they turn on one another, like rats in a burlap bag. And look at some of the other stars that are out in Maricopa County.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1395941607493537793
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1395942704052330498
What’s that you say? Isn’t Paul Gosar the one whose own siblings can’t stand him? And didn’t he and Biggs ask Trump to preemptively pardon them for their roles in the January 6 riot? Oh, yeah, you’re right.
“Arizona Republican Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar have asked President Donald Trump to preemptively pardon them for their roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but the president has no plans to do so, CNN reported Tuesday.”
“Trump retains sweeping clemency and pardon powers until Joe Biden takes the oath of office at 10 a.m. Arizona time Wednesday, and CNN noted that the mercurial president could change his mind. However, facing an impeachment trial in the Senate and growing prospects that Republican senators — including longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell — will vote to convict Trump for his role in encouraging the rioters, Trump has decided not to proactively pardon the congressmen. Per CNN:
Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even himself would place him in a legally perilous position, convey the appearance of guilt and potentially make him more vulnerable to reprisals.
So, too, was Trump warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial. …
Several Republican lawmakers who are alleged to have been involved in the rally that preceded the deadly riot on the U.S. Capitol have sought clemency from Trump before he leaves office, but after meeting with his legal advisers for several hours on Saturday, the President decided he would not grant them, according to two people familiar with his plans.
The fear of legal exposure is not limited to Republicans who promoted or spoke at the rally, including Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks and Paul Gosar. Those who participated, organized and fundraised for it are also concerned, sources told CNN, including his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, who both spoke at the rally.
The more things change in Trump world, the more they are the same. Always another rally, always more lies, always the poisoning of the political narrative. Poor Arizona. It’s going to need some massive anti-biotics after this festival is finished. An ill political wind blew in some toxic characters.
LOL, FART I have no words, except it is cracking me up!
The acronym is appropriate, because they, like all of their Q-Nut ilk, stink like the rotten fish guts they are made of!
‘An ill political wind’
That would be a fart then, wouldn’t it? 🙂