Thread by @kurteichenwald

.@JonathanTurley is an liar willing to assault democracy. He went on national TV saying Philly was “compelled” by the Suprme Court to ballots that arrived after election and it “required” the intervention of Alito. Philly was doing it already, as they reported in court filing...1

...and the reason the request was put in place by alito is that there was a motion by some GOP group that sent an email saying “are you separating like you’re supposed to?” and when they didn’t get a response in less than 24 hours (because Philly had other things to do) ran to...

...the court screaming “they’re not doing it, they’re not doing it! They didn’t respond to our email immediately!” So Alito just issued an order saying “yah, keep things as they are, follow the rules.” This was what ANY responsible jurist would do. It simply stated the obvious...

...with no response needed by Philly. That is why Philly sent its filing afterwards say, “Sure thing, Justice Alito. We were doing it already. These people came running to you because we didn’t answer their one email in less than a day.”

This was a stunt. And @JonathanTurley...

...goes on national television, takes this ridiculous stunt, and lies that this suggests something was going on, when we know DAMN well that if it was democrats who pulled this ridiculous thing (which democrats would never do, because they love America) he’d be saying how...

...ridiculous it was. If you went on TV and commented on this without even knowing the facts of what happened, @JonathanTurley, you’re incompetent. If you did know, you’re a liar. Either way, you were willing to throw doubt on electoral integrity based on falsehoods....

...I used to respect you, @JonathanTurley. I even used you as a legal expert on articles I wrote for the NYTimes. But you have demeaned yourself into a shameless, ignorant, dishonest huckster who spins bullshit to harm America. Apologize. Or this lie will haunt you forever.

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