Trust the Voters

For John, BLUF:  This is item 4, about the Democrats trying to use the 14th Amendment to disqualify a [Republican] US House Candidate.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Monday Ethics Madness, 5/9/2022: Villains! Leakers,The Paid Liar, The ABA, And More

From Ethics Alarms, by Blogger Jack Marshall, 9 May 2022.

Here is the lede plus three:

Another totalitarian move by Democrats fails. I wouldn’t vote for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she were running against that inflatable Jabba—or even the real Jabba—but the effort to keep her off the ballot using the 14th Amendment provision designed for members of the Confederacy shows just how ruthless and uninterested in democracy the current Democratic Party is.

Rather than finding a way to beat the loose-cannon Georgia Congresswoman fair, square, and on the merits, Democrats tried to defeat Greene by getting her name removed from the ballot by falsely accusing her of being a Confederate—OK, participating in an “insurrection against the nation” That’s a crime that Greene was never charged with, and none of the January 6th rioters have been so charged either. The challenge to Greene’s qualifications was based entirely on things she said or posted on social media supporting the rioters. Democrats were trying to remove her from the ballot based on political speech, which is First Amendment speech. (Progressives don’t like the First Amendment.)

A Georgia judge rejected the attempt, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger quickly announced that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the GOP primary ballot, saying,

“In this case, Challengers assert that Representative Greene’s political statements and actions disqualify her from office. That is rightfully a question for the voters of Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.”

This relates to the previous post, about terrorism or vandalism.  If it was a Democrat being so attacted there would be cries of fascism.

Hat tip to the Ethics Alarms.

Regards  —  Cliff