1/ The Republican Party's sordid history in Florida shows just how far they'll go to save Trump >> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >> Those who forget history>> the old saying goes>> are doomed to repeat it>> “Lawmakers on both sides indicated Tuesday that the >>…
2/ 2/ …bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >Repub-dominated Legis will call a special session by the end of the week to appoint its own slate of delegates2theElectoral college>”wrote Jeffrey Gettleman @gettleman for The Los Angeles Times on November 29, 2000 Republicans…
3/ 3/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>in Florida were preparing to direct their electors to vote for George W. Bush even if the Florida Supreme Court-ordered recount found that Al Gore actually won the state>> The evening before>> The New York Times published…
4/ …an article by…
5/ 4/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>David Barstow @DavidBarstow and Somini Sengupta @SominiSengupta which laid it out bluntly>> “The president of Florida's Senate said today that Gov. Jeb Bush had indicated his willingness to sign special legislation…
6/ …intended to award Florida's…
7/ 5/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>25 Electoral College votes to his brother Gov. George W. Bush of Texas even as the election results were being contested>>” they wrote>> The leader of Florida’s House Democrats in 2000>> Representative Lois Frankel>> told…
8/ …the Times>> “He's…
9/ 6/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>saying>> ‘If my brother [loses]>> boys>> go ahead and we'll get him elected another way>>’” And the Florida legislators were in full action mode>> with the blessing of Jeb Bush>> according to the Times: Hours after Mr.…
10/ …Gore>> the…
11/ 7/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>Democratic nominee>> filed papers here formally contesting Florida's election results>> John McKay>> the Republican who is the Senate president>> told reporters about a conversation he had had with Jeb Bush last week in…
12/ …which they discussed…
13/ 8/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>whether Mr. Bush should sign the bill>> … Last week>> in a conversation with Tom Feeney>> the speaker of the House>> Mr.Bush
14/ 9/ >> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>said Republican legislators would need to demonstrate political courage in calling a special session [to direct the electoral college vote to his brother]> Such a session>he predicted>> would exact ‘a certain price’ on…
15/ 10/ …the Legislature>bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>Democrats complained bitterly and sent the Republican leader a strongly worded letter arguing that the GOP’s threat>> if carried out>> would “place a dark partisan stain on our legislature>>” She added “The…
16/ …votes have been cast>>…
17/ 11/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>They just need to be fairly and accurately counted>> The State Legislature should not become an arm of any one presidential campaign” Republicans laughed>> They were working off legal opinions like the one by John Yoo…
18/ …referenced in the LA…
19/ 12/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>Times that “state legislatures – and not any other branch of the state government – are empowered to name delegates to the electoral college>>” “The complaints have had no apparent impact on the disciplined and…
20/ …determined group of…
21/ 13/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>Republicans>>” noted the Times>> “who control the House by a 77-to-43 margin and the Senate 25 to 15” Not knowing that just days later the US Supreme Court would intervene to render unnecessary Jeb Bush and the Florida >>…
22/ 14/ …bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>legislature’s election-stealing program>> Florida’s Democratic House Leader Frankel added>> “I’m afraid there is little we can do to prevent this horrible outcome from happening>> It’s inevitable now” The media today are…
23/ …acting all…
24/ 15/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>shocked>> shocked>> I tell you that Republicans would consider swing states with GOP legislatures directing their electors to vote for Trump regardless of who won the state>> But this is not new>> Governor Jeb Bush and…
25/ …the Florida…
26/ 16/ …>> bit.ly/3cyjR4h by @Thom_Hartmann >>Republican’s action during the election of 2000 was a dress rehearsal>> There was virtually no national outrage or coverage of the Florida Republicans plan to simply instruct the Florida electors to cast their votes…
27/ …for Bush>> Lesson learned.
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