@AlexandraChalup "As MAGA World’s hopes for an election redo have slipped away, an equally improbable idea has begun to percolate among Donald Trump’s most bitterly disappointed followers: secession." 12/21/20 h/t @AlexandraChalup 1/ politico.com/news/magazine/…
@AlexandraChalup 2/"Texas GOP chair Allen West floated the idea of a new union of 'law-abiding states,' and Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann—previously best known for dressing up as “gay Hitler”—pledged to file a bill in Austin to put the question of Texas secession to voters."
@AlexandraChalup "Rep. Randy Weber also posted pro-secession material on his Facebook page, becoming the first official in Washington to advocate for disintegrating the U.S. Trump’s most reliable media supporters have likewise spread the idea nationally." 3/
Before the election, Republicans killed a proposed law, the #SAFEAct, which would have required robust manual audits for all federal races & banned internet connectivity to voting systems. You & your Republican colleagues have unclean hands on the issue of election integrity. 1/
This is reminiscent of the US attorney firing scandal under Bush/Cheney/Rove. The concern was that they had fired US attorneys who refused to propagate the mass voter fraud myth. In response to a subpoena, the Bush WH claimed to have “lost” 22 million emails. 1/