do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don t do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin s comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and another delegate from pennsylvania james wilson who read it this is what benjamin fr franklin said, i confess that i do not entirely approve of this constitution of present, sir, i am note sure i shall never approve it for having lived long i have experienced many instances of being obliged to change opinions even on important subjects, i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. is it is therefore the older i grow the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment if well administered
but we start tonight with the revolution we saw in congress this week of course it s easy to say at the public drama of the vote was embarrassing for the gop and kevin mccarthy and despite what i thought was a terrific acceptance speech by mccarthy in the early hours of starting morning, the establishment media all week long pushed the narrative. talking about the new depth of dysfunction and the new government and anarchy. as we learn the details of what they were demanding honest observers would have seen this is actually productive fights for substantive report one - reforms to make congress more responsive and less corrupt and more accountable and effective. yes they should have agreed earlier, but despite the preposterous rhetoric of being insurrectionist and terrorist, we cannot see their fight wasn t just good and in good faith the good for the health of our democracy from the sanctimonious leadership about. they want our democracy when it was behind closed doors that
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but we start tonight with the revolution we saw in congress this week of course it s easy to say at the public drama of the vote was embarrassing for the gop and kevin mccarthy and despite what i thought was a terrific acceptance speech by mccarthy in the early hours of starting morning, the establishment media all week long pushed the narrative. talking about the new depth of dysfunction and the new government and anarchy. as we learn the details of what they were demanding honest observers would have seen this is actually productive fights for substantive report one - reforms to make congress more responsive and less corrupt and more accountable and effective. yes they should have agreed earlier, but despite the preposterous rhetoric of being insurrectionist and terrorist, we cannot see their fight wasn t just good and in good faith the good for the health of our democracy from the sanctimonious leadership about. they want our democracy when it was behind closed doors that
subpoenas like lolly pops, only on republicans, republican office holders and attorneys, crushing the constitution. what for? they are throwing a broad net trying to get trump, republicans, republican state legislatures caught up. i want to break it down with y you. this is your republic. let s focus on so-called fake electors. looking at language and constitution of the united states article 2, section 1, clause 2: that is the opening sentence. does not say the governor or the supreme court of the state or any court. doesn t say any board of elections or secretary of state. it says lore legislature. it represents the people best of any representative body. the state legislature. people have called this the independent legislature theory, which people? on the left who want their courts run by democrats to make decisions about election in the state, it could not be clear, you would not have a constitution today if the state legislature were not involved in making the decisio