Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "'Fronting for a legal fig leaf': Cooper calls out Rep. Jim Jordan" video.
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The dawn of American democracy didn’t come in 1776, with the Declaration of Independence. It didn’t come in 1788, when the Constitution was ratified by the states, or in 1789, when George Washington took office. According to Harry Rubenstein, chair and curator of the Division of Political History at the American History Museum, the symbolic birth of our system of government didn’t come until its noble ideals were actually put to the test. On September 19, 215 years ago, Washington published his farewell address, marking one the first peaceful transfers of power in American history and cementing the country’s status as a stable, democratic state.
This moment, Rubenstein says, “is crucial for creating the in-and-out system of government that we have. And this is unique. In that time and era, politicians would gain power, or kings would stay in office until theyDie.” At that nascent stage in American history, before precedents such as the two-term limit were even set, many were uncertain about what would happen after a galvanizing figure like Washington resigned office. But at this critical juncture, the leadership of Washington and others proved more than adequate to preserve the democracy. “Stepping down is unique,” says Rubenstein. “It’s a powerful statement about Washington and American democracy.”
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"Yesterday was a terrible day. We tried everything we could to defy the will of the people, and bring an end to 245 years of American democracy. I'm sorry, nothing worked."
-- GymJordan's January 7th text message to Mark Meadows.
In The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, editor Ben Larkin published a scathing op-ed on Jim Jordan.
Larkin asserts Jordan owes his House seat to bipartisan gerrymandering and has since become “the second most contemptible human being in the entire U.S. government,” next only to Trump.
'Of all the regions in all the states in all the country, Jim Jordan got dragged into ours. There was no good reason to punish Greater Cleveland by making the person who’s now the second most contemptible human being in the entire U.S. government part of the region’s delegation to Congress. Worse yet, the betrayal was bipartisan."
“When Jordan slithers out from under his rock each morning, dons a shirt and tie -- sans the jacket, lest he be mistaken for Joe McCarthy -- his life’s work is to besmirch everything America stands for in service of Donald Trump,” Larkin writes. “And now it’s fitting that Republicans have given this seven-term sycophant a starring role in the televised House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.”
'If it takes changing the Trump defense strategy on an almost daily basis because facts keep getting in the way, Jordan is the idealBootlicker. Trump’s support is all that seems to matter to the man former House Speaker John Boehner regularly referred to as "a legislativeTerrorist” – along with a whole bunch of other descriptions unfit for print."
'Why would Jordan so readily ruin what little was left of his reputation? One theory holds he hopes to inherit Trump’s base for a presidential run of his own in 2024. The swamp will be a crowded place in four years, overrun with loathsome folks angling to continue theDastardly business of shredding the Constitution."
'Everything about Jordan reeks of a man willing to cast aside common decency and fairness in service of a corrupt and cruel president."
'He may be the most unfit man to ever represent part of Greater Cleveland in Congress."
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