(August 28, 2023 at 2:10 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Just in case anyone thought Trump is the only protofascist running for the nomination:(my bolding)
Quote:Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday that he thinks former Vice President Mike Pence missed a “historic opportunity” when he refused to intervene in the ceremonial counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, to secure the 2020 presidential election for former President Trump.
Ramaswamy, in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” was asked whether Pence did the right thing on Jan. 6 — a question other candidates were pressed to answer on the debate stage Wednesday night, but one he managed to avoid.
“I would have done it very differently,” Ramaswamy said when asked whether Pence did the right thing. “I think that there was a historic opportunity that he missed to reunite this country in that window.”
Ramaswamy continued, providing the answer he had prepared and would have used for the debate, had the moderators pressed him to answer the question.
“What I would have said is, this is a moment for a true national consensus where there’s two elements of what’s required for a functioning democracy in America. One is secure elections, and the second is a peaceful transfer of power. When those things come into conflict, that’s an opportunity for heroism. Here’s what I would have said, we need single-day voting on Election Day. We need paper ballots, and we need government-issued ID matching the voter file. And if we achieve that, then we have achieved victory, and we should not have any further complaint about election integrity,” Ramaswamy said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-...-on-jan-6/
This would have fractured the country beyond repair. Had it happened, I wouldn't have been surprised to see many states breaking off, or at least attempting to break off, from the union. Especially the deeply blue states.
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