Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 13, 2023 A dangerous anti-democracy movement is rapidly growing in the ranks of Republican officeholders and activists. It was unleashed when former President Donald Trump refused to engage in the peaceful transfer of power after he lost the 2020 presidential election – a first by a U.S. President. Instead, […]
On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and other lawmakers visited Jan. 6 defendants who are currently incarcerated in the DC jail, proclaiming them to be victims of a “two-tier injustice system.” “These inmates are not victims,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.); Thomas Joscelyn, a senior staff member on the House Jan. 6th Committee; and Democracy 21 President […]
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and James Comer (R-KY), Chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, recently announced their intention to arrange a congressional delegation to visit January 6 inmates being held in the Washington, DC jail. Both Greene and former President Donald Trump have portrayed these inmates as “political prisoners.” However, Tom Joscelyn, […]
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