The issue would be insanely ridiculous, stupid and generally prone to ridicule if the judicial branch was not willing to engage this nonsense.
The far-left activists are attempting to use Lawfare tactics to block MAGA Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection using claims of “insurgency” as a justification to disqualify her from the ballot. As unbelievable as it sounds, Representative Greene was forced to testify today in court as the Lawfare idiots test out the approach they intend to deploy against Donald Trump if they succeed in Georgia.
Andrew Celli, lawyer for the challengers, attempted to frame Greene as a leading insurrectionist in the J6 events in Washington DC. To grasp how ridiculous this is, the lawyers even tried to use soundbites from a Hollywood movie, Independence Day, to give the impression of Greene trying to overthrow the government by saying, “We will not go quietly into that good night.” {Direct Rumble Link} WATCH:
Apparently, lawyer Celli, has never read the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night,” as written by Dylan Thomas [1914-1953]. That poem is the original iteration of the phrase that has been used many times by various speakers for emphasizing grit, courage and determination. Many public speakers have used various iterations of the sentiment in speeches and comments.
The Georgia case revolves around an archaic Civil War-era provision of the Fourteenth Amendment, which says any American official who takes an oath to uphold the Constitution is disqualified from holding any future office if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” However, how this would possibly apply today is a silly legal question, which takes the court down the rabbit hole of questioning free speech and political discourse.
…But that’s how desperate the Democrats are.
Of course, all of these silly theatrics ignore the extreme efforts of the leftists in the Democrat Party to overthrow Donald Trump when he was in office. You might remember the riots Democrats promoted on Inauguration Day 2017, and the tribes of Moonbat leftists who wore genitalia on their heads while threatening to bomb the White House.
The fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene even has to show up in a courtroom to defend herself only highlights the ridiculous efforts the Democrats will attempt in order to control political outcomes. The courts even hearing these cases, let alone granting them some bizarre legitimacy, is beyond ridiculous.
Unfortunately, that’s where we are in 2022.
What I also find interesting is the silence from Ronna McDaniel and the RNC on these issues. Where the heck is the Republican Party in ridiculing this stuff and pointing out how crazy the Democrat communists have become in their lust for power.
The silence from the RNC is only exceeded by the silence of the Republican politicians in leadership.
These Republicans and Democrats are not the same type as my mother and father would talk about!
Yes they are. They just didn’t have the interwebs and Sundance to point it out.
No they are not…Not even close !
There are currently 48 Congressmen that have been in office for over 23 years.
Patrick Leahy and Chuck Grassley are both serving their 48th years in office.
Ed Markey is serving his 46th year in office.
Richard Shelby is serving his 44th year in office.
Ron Wyden, Chuck Schumer, Hal Rogers, and Chris Smith are serving their 42nd years in office.
Steny Hoyer his 41st,
Dick Durbin and Marcy Kaptur their 40th,
Mitch McConnell his 38th
And this is just the start of the CURRENT crop of career politicians. Some of the old, retired, and died in office were in even longer!!!!!
This current crop are the same ones your parents were voting in or against almost all of their lives.
When I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, my parents were democrats because they believed in the party at that time. Worse yet, my Dad served in the legislature in my state, but was only able to serve one term because his father (my grandfather) was injured by a bull in a ranching accident, and thereafter my Dad had to take care of the ranching operation. But if he had known what was going to happen in his party, I don’t think he would have stayed with them no matter what. Loyalty should never equal stupidity.
And I want an answer to the same question asked by the author, because I’ve asked it on several occasions in several places before – – where the hell is Ronna McDaniel??? This is a person who is not loyal to her party, it would seem. I say we need to start looking for a replacement for her. Maybe Kayleigh Macananny (sp?)??
I was a lifelong Democrat until Al Gore terrified me when he was running against Bush. We were not crazy about Bush but voted for him, registered Republican and never looked back.
Agreed.
Yes they are. That’s how we got to where we are today.
wrong, the uniparty has been rigging elections for a very long time
the media is part of the uniparty
That was the point.
These people are the exact same scum that has existed for over a hundred years — more than our lifetime or any of our parents (and grandparents likely). FDR, Wilson, Nixon, Obama, Bushies, Hoover, etc. are all cut from the same cloth, the same strata of society.
The actual first US Republic died after the civil war with the Federal system taking de facto total control from the states.
What we live in today is the second or third Republic, if we are reckoning things in a similar fashion to major structures changes. First (as the founders intended) ended in 1865, second (strong federal “democracy” from Lincoln) ended with Wilson & FDR — what we live in now is a socialist technocracy. The point being that other people who “know better” are in control of you and I. The vote does not matter so much, as the “deep state” (permanent civil service class) and law fare exist outside the voting box, and these are the actual levers of control.
Good post and I have always believed that the Republic of the 60’s died on a sunny day in Dallas.
Wrong. Same Democrats, it’s just out in the open more and they think they can get away with it. Same with public schools. Marxist teachers and pedophiles existed back in the day but were afraid of being reported…now they’re out on TikTok and other places, not hiding.
McCarthy and McConnell are too busy playing grab-ass, with Kevin’s roomie, “Republican” pollster Frank Luntz, the middleman …
Wait-there may be a foursome with Renee Ellmers (McCarthy’s affair partner). How do any of these creeps still have jobs?
Because they are all experts at making voters believe they are something they are not.
and such as aipac, the mic, and wall street vet those running for office, using the offer of campaign funds (the soft underbelly of u.s. politics) to compromise and control them.
Dominion and election fraud.
As Ted Kennedy said……………”sandwich”…………with that waitress!
How LONG ago did “Independence Day” come out, 25-30 years ago now? Also, IIRC, in the scene played, the POTUS in the movie went on to say that not only would July 4 be an American holiday; it would be the WORLD’S day; that’s the big takeaway from the movie that people missed! It was the NWO, world gov’t Utopian theme put forth in the movie in that scene. SO! Even while reaching for straws, this libtard lawyer can’t even get the CONTEXT right! If you’re going to play the scene, then play all of it…
How did he make it through law school?
The lack of skill and intelligence is scary.
A friend’s daughter was awarded her license to practice law without having to take the Bar exam in Washington state. The diluting curriculum and time wasted on pontificating about woke garbage is creating generations of dummies.
good. the more incompetent lawyers, the better
The problem is that incompetents sue when they shouldn’t.
WHAT? Wouldn’t lawyers who passed the bar object strongly to this?? Is the friend’s daughter from a protected class of people?
This is happening in all curricula including medical
schools. Thou shalt worship diversity and everything flows downhill from there.
No. The buried lead is that in that movie, that line was uttered by the Good Guys.
Or was the Demonrat attorney suggesting the POTUS in the movie was an “insurrectionist” thus Demonrats aliens were the “good guys”
I guess the Democrats are confirming that they’re invading aliens.
Something we knew long ago
What’s his point anyway? That some basic phrase can’t ever be used again once it’s in an old movie? Or maybe it has to be attributed? “Like they said in Independence Day, “we’re not people that will go quietly into the night””? sheesh
Why weren’t the subjects of this compilation video brought before a judge like MTG?
The corruption of our political class is DEEP and WIDE…. They stood by and let the “Russian Collusion” hoax go on for over three years and did NOTHING! They knew it was BS and did NOTHING to further their political goals to the detriment of America and the Constitution.
The worst of the lot are the REPUBLICANS that are no better than Benedict Arnold who used his postilion from inside the ranks to try to destroy the very people that he professed to love and cherish for his own political and financial gain!
I think the word “criminality” is much better used here than corruption.
The ignorance of the these people are AMAZING. The phase “Do not go gentle into that good night” is from a poem by Dylan Thomas and the 20 year old movie STOLE that phrase…
My brother died young, before he was 32, of AIDS. He requested that entire poem be read at his funeral. So, we had it read for him.
The Republicans only want to get the green deal moving so they can get their cut. We’re seeing a bunch of sell outs and they are wasting our money to make the points. Let’s everyone go guard a ballot box on election day!!
No Smiling and Laughing along with these Democrat AHoles !
Celli and ilk should be cancelled with prejudice. Until there are consequences for the lawfare class they will continue to prey on we the people.
You shall know them by their enemies.
MTG is one of the few that get attacked.
The enemy appears to be ok with the ones not getting attacked.
The left does the vetting of our side for us.
They attack the ones they fear. Sit quietly as a good sheep would do, and nobody will bother you.
Are you part of the solution, or a part of the problem?
Why did not MTG counter sue them for attempting them restrict her Constitutional rights?! Just for the hellva it, I would have thrown discrimation in there for her being a women. You don’t see them going after Ron Johnson or Jim Jordon or is that next?
Her lawyers need to point out that the govt has made no charges of “insurrection”, therefore, she can’t be accused of aiding insurrection that didn’t happen.
Bingeaux.
This is more solid evidence of how badly our political process/machine is broken, and corrupted.
The true question, is the machine broke beyond repair? Time will answer this question, and a single midterm election will not provide a fix, but may it be the start of the repair process.
The utter foulness of Republican office holders in general beggars belief. On-the-take grifters is what most of them are.
I don’t understand why this idiotic lawsuit wasn’t thrown out of court.
We are so post Constitutional it’s not even debatable now. The 1st guarantees our natural right, and MtG’s, to petition our government for redress of grievances. In this case we believed there was evidence the election was fraudulently stolen. No we did not have the right to riot or trespass. She did though have a right to express and encourage others to express their concerns and encourage LEGAL means to contest the election.
The fact that the Uniparty on all sides wants to paint that somehow as seditious or treasonous should tell us all we need to know. They are tyrants.
When Justin Riemer, the chief legal counsel for the RNC, says “We bring in more money when our guys lose.” you know we have to abandon republicans and start the MAGA party.
My favorite sci-fi movie.
I’ve advocated firing McDaniel for years. The fact that she lied and used others to get into her position was just part of the problem. She’s as impotent as her uncle. And lazy as hell. Just remember that she waited for months to finally make a proclamation about voter fraud.
Why Trump ever let her in is beyond me. But he did and we have suffered for it.
This really highlights what is actually going on. Not that the destruction of America isn’t in plain sight and everyone knows it but MTG is one of the very few actual patriots fighting the enemy scumbags on her lonely quest to save America
“Fourteenth Amendment, which says any American official who takes an oath to uphold the Constitution is disqualified from holding any future office if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” ”
Wow! he just destroyed every lawyer practicing today, specifically the ones south of the border assisting illegal aliens entering the country.
Let the sedition trials start today, and let them start with him
I burst out laughing over the “Independence Day” arguement. Too bad Greene didn’t just come back with “Actually, its from a famous poem”. Leading the dumbo Lefty attorney to go: “whaah??” Sadly, I don’t think MTG knows where the phrase comes from either.
I listened to some of this at work, but gave up because it was so STUPID. I could see the Leftwing Obama Judge smirking at the whole thing. Just more Lawfare clown circus. We get this crap thrown at us, because the R judges refuse to retaliate, and people like McCarthy, McConnell, Mittens, etc. secretely like the D’s attacking people like MTG.
Why did the judge even agree to hear the case?
As it has been pointed out, there have been no formal charges of Insurrection…against ANYBODY!
He agreed to it, because he’s a leftwing Democrat. And because NO ONE holds Judges accountable.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
I wish some politician would say:
“Oh that movie? It was crap”
but they never do.
There’s little to no leadership from republicans on any issue –
We need new blood in leadership, desperately
MTG appears to treat this “hearing” like the dog and pony show that it is. What a waste of her time and taxpayer money
You have to excuse GOP leadership here, as they’re currently tied up trying to put out the fire their future House Majority leader caused by his taped comments to Liz Cheney. 😒
All the Arizona cases were tossed yesterday. What is the outcome of MTG’s case. Didn’t she draw a Obama judge?
Watching the Repugs return to the stupidity that got them into the political dog house is like a broken record or, for those of you who never listened to a messed up vinyl record, maybe Bill Murray’s movie “Groundhog Day” would be a better description.
The Republican Party is the Stupid Party, no doubt.
Why was this line of questioning even allowed?
Let’s see… Hmm. Antifa promotes violence, anarchy, rioting, looting, and insurrection, yet AOC, Schumer, Pelosi, Waters, and more supported their actions. Kind of like fomenting insurrection.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-own-the-violence-and-riots-in-their-cities
DNC, Corey Booker, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Hilary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, etc, all promoted violence against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/list-15-democratic-attacks-assaults-threats-on-republicans
in 2019, Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro said Democrats would “fight [Trump] and challenge him in every way that we can in the Congress, in the courts, and in the streets and protests,”. Almost sounds like interfering with Official Proceedings.
Does 14th Amendment apply to the Democrats as well? None of those violence supporters ought to be allowed to run for office, as they supported riots, anarchy, physical attacks on Republicans, etc. Seems like they need a taste of their own medicine.
There are many who say the 14th amendment was not legally ratified and therefore is not legal.
The 14th Amendment Was NOT Ratified (14th-amendment.com)
I think the purpose of the non-stop lawfare against people like MTG and President Trump is to keep any effective, honest people out of politics. You’ll think twice about jumping in the fray if you know they’re going to turn your life completely upside down and hound you to the grave.
WTF? How is this clown show being allowed to go on? I didn’t know whether to laugh or scream.
This incompetent judge, Amy Totenberg, has become the leftists’ lawfare go-to. She gave the highly corruptible Dominion/Stacey Abrams a pass to go forward, acknowledging it’s rife with fraud opportunities, she covered up the report proving such, and now entertains this bullcrap against our elected representatives.
Democrats can’t win Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat in a fair and honest election. They can’t cheat her out of winning re-election thanks to the new Georgia voting laws. So the last resort is see you in court MTG!
Politics in America is all about money-power-control. Long past time for a major overhaul of our political system, starting with term limits and no pension for members of Congress.
The second amendment of the constitution states that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. How many elected politicians, having vowed to uphold the constitution when they were sworn in, have voted to deny that this right exists. Isn’t a vote against a specific right in the constitution an insurrection. Where are the lawsuits against these people?
I feel bad about this action against MTG. There was obviously not an insurrection (led by a guy wearing buffalo horns?) on J6, but part of the country is playing make believe on so many issues -trans sports, pregnant men, Biden’s dementia, the economic ruin, and the open border that it makes my head spin.
You’re right-this is just a warmup for their efforts against Trump. I predict President Trump will have to run surrogates in a few blue states in2024 because of lawfare.
Insane clown world. Unfortunately symptomatic of the whole of western society now.
It is hard for me to comprehend how unbelievably insane the democrats are! Their ignorance if it was not so dangerous would be laughable to the nth degree.
My favorite version, Rodney Dangerfield translating to ‘deplorables’ speech:
This really does show the absolute fear that the DemonCrats have because they know that they will lose the election in a way that will be so embarrassing that they won’t want to show their faces in public again. I can’t wait to get the chance to gloat. But we can’t do that yet because we want to be sure that we don’t take anything for granted again. She will win this case because it’s so stupid that any judge that has actually even allowed this case to go forward should be trown off the bench.
I just listened to the video and I honestly can’t believe that an attorney would actually show that video in an actual courtroom and think that it was evidence. I can imagine that this phrase has been said millions of times since then and will continue to be used in many different ways. It defies logic, this is really reaching. I would be ashamed if I were that attorney.
Shame implies a conscience and knowledge of right and wrong.
Most attorneys, in a court setting, have Zero conscience and Zero knowledge or right and wrong.
They are there to Win, at all costs, without regard to anything.
Some say “it is their job”, but I would question that because their actions at court affect many lives and therefore requires a conscience. If not, then they are not human beings in the whole person sense of being human.
They have no case, no standing. Why in the world is a court even taking this up?
When Republicans take control this fall they need to have every democrat who took part in the Russian collusion conspiracy arrested and tried for treason. THEY were trying to overthrow the duly elected Trump administration.
Would have been great if she was more literary versed and let this lawyer have his moment, they completely annihilate him by reciting the the Dylan Thomas poem.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Or Shakespeare’s play Henry V, ACT IV, Scene III most quoted:
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
She’s rallying We The People to fight for freedom and liberty. To stand up to the opposition (Democrats) and send them packing. This is our God given right as both human beings and as Americans. The same determination that sent King George packing.
Republicans in congress… Yawn. What a bore they are.
MAGA party folks. MAGA. “The Uniparty is a big club and you aint in it.”
I believe that the Leftists / Progressives / Democratic Socialists tried the same legal scheme against Madison Cawthorne of NC, which was eventually tossed out of court because a law was passed subsequent to the Fourteenth Amendment which granted immunity to the same Civil War Confederate insurrectionists.
A related story from TGP.
While MTG was not brought before the J6 show trial, the tactics are the same.
“You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself” – Christina Bobb to Jan 6 Attorneys After Spending 6 Hours Addressing Question Why She Tweeted a Picture of Mel Gibson on Jan 6
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/ashamed-christina-bobb-jan-6-attorneys-spending-6-hours-addressing-question-tweeted-picture-mel-gibson-jan-6/
“If you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
They keep pushing and pushing.
primary the decepticons and every republican that voted to investigate j6.
they voted to investigate j6: Don Bacon, Nebraska – Cliff Bentz, Oregon – Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma – Liz Cheney, Wyoming – John R. Curtis, Utah – Rodney Davis, Illinois – Brian K Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania – Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska – Andrew R Garbarino, New York – Carlos A Gimenez, Florida – Tony Gonzales, Texas – Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio – Michael Guest, Mississippi – Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington – J. Hill, Arkansas – Trey Hollingsworth, Indiana – Chris Jacobs, New York – Dusty Johnson, South Dakota – David P Joyce, Ohio – John Katko, New York – Adam Kinzinger, Illinois – David B McKinley, West Virginia – Peter Meijer, Michigan – Marianette Miller-Meeks, Iowa – Blake D Moore, Utah – Dan Newhouse, Washington – Tom Reed, New York – Tom Rice, South Carolina – Maria Elvira-Salazar, Florida – Michael K Simpson, Idaho – Christopher H Smith, New Jersey – Van Taylor, Texas – Fred Upton, Michigan – David G Valadao, California – Steve Womack, Arkansas.
in the senate, turtle’s squad: Cornyn, Thune, Porter, Blunt, Portman, Burr, Barasso, Crapo, Murkowski, Gardner, Roberts, Sasse, Tillis, Rubio, Graham and Romney. and mcconnell.
Democrats don’t understand how stupid they sound