The fiasco Tuesday in Congress gives us a good idea of how things will go for the next few years. The Republicans cannot even agree on a Speaker. The small faction of loonies opposing Kevin McCarthy will never change their votes. It is more important to them to cause chaos than do the job they were elected to do, governing.
I am no fan of McCarthy. His only reason for wanting to be speaker is to have the power the office will give him. And he will likely continue to obstruct. McCarthy along with 120 others (Jim Jordan included) voted to overturn the presidential election of 2020. They are in violation of the 14th amendment which states, “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, shall have engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
A good number of election deniers won election or re-election in the midterms, at least two in Ohio, Jordan and JD Vance. It is a sad thing when people who opposed the peaceful transfer of power are still serving in our government. It is still a tossup whether the democracy will stand when we have people elected who want to tear it down.
It seems obvious that Republicans want to trash the Constitution and turn us into an autocracy. They came very close to doing just that on Jan. 6th.
Sherri Eley
Lima
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