Thread by @JoyceWhiteVance

If there is any line Mitch McConnell can’t permit Trumpers cross it’s this: direct incitement to violence. Sure it’s a low bar, but honestly, so are our expectations for him to protect democracy. But at some point, this draws perilously close to the legal definition of sedition.

https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1345384590119202816

Having spent a fair bit of my career as a prosecutor on domestic terror & white supremacist groups, I know how important it is for a society to unequivocally condemn violence & commit to justice if it occurs. No responsible leader can ignore the obligation to condemn violence.

In case you haven’t seen it already, Louie Gohmert has moved on from being smug & dumb to being a dangerous threat to the republic and to public safety. GOP leaders must speak up for a change.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1345377936300453891?s=21

Unfortunately, just now, a Joint Statement from Senators Cruz, Johnson, Lankford, Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun & Sens-Elect Lummis, Marshall, Hagerty & Tuberville refuses to accept Biden’s win & repeats baseless accusations, rejected by every court to consider them.

Here’s the deal-Cruz is right when he says there’ve been more allegations of voter fraud in this election than any other. But that’s all they are, unfounded assertions. When given chances to do so in court, under oath, Trump’s lawyers never offered any evidence. Fraud is a myth.

So, as if Tuesday's Georgia vote wasn't enough, on Wednesday we'll have the Gohmert/Hawley faction of the GOP forcing debate & a vote on Biden's win vs. the Cruz faction calling for an election audit. Again, looks more like first maneuvers for 2024, nothing that will impact 2020.