When then-President Donald Trump was pressuring the Department of Justice to falsely announce fraud in the 2020 presidential election, he knew he wasn’t alone in his efforts. According to handwritten notes from one top DOJ official, Trump on one call ordered them to “just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen.”
Which Republican lawmakers was Trump referring to, it’s become increasingly clear that Trump was referring to a specific group of Republicans? The New York Times named names Wednesday night, calling out a half-dozen members of the far-right Freedom Caucus who worked closely with Trump in his attempt to reverse the election’s results. Those six members of Congress who tried to help Trump remain in power violated their oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States." Not one of those members should be allowed to remain seated in Congress.
The fact that the congressmen in question were vocally promoting Trump’s false claims about massive fraud was well known. But the Times reported that two of them — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. — met at Trump’s campaign headquarters to strategize soon after The Associated Press called the race for Joe Biden:
Mr. Perry and Mr. Jordan huddled with senior White House officials, including [chief of staff Mark] Meadows; Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser; Bill Stepien, the campaign manager; and Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary. According to two people familiar with the meetings, which have not been previously reported, the group settled on a strategy that would become a blueprint for Mr. Trump’s supporters in Congress: Hammer home the idea that the election was tainted, announce legal actions being taken by the campaign, and bolster the case with allegations of fraud.
Hammer they did, in floor speeches and interviews, all raising doubts about “election integrity".
So far, none of the six members named in the New York Times article have faced any repercussions for their actions: In fact, they’re all doing quite well for themselves politically speaking. These Republicans have already shown where their loyalties lie, and it isn’t to the American people or the Constitution. Expulsion is a dramatic step, but the option of removing all six from their seats has to be on the table.
If there is anyone that should be lock-up it is these six people.
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Their plotting put their colleagues in danger on Jan. 6, and that should be reason enough to remove them from office.