Thread by @mhbx

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh Lets start here:
My understanding of the constitutional structural organization of power does not include a president going rouge & trying to override the will of the citizenry with stupid as well as outrageous claims of "I won". The constitution could only provide for

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 2/ an attempt to balance the power between the functional grouping of a civilized & complex society. Specifically the entire edifice of government rested upon the singular principle of "Consent of the Governed". From there the std 3 branches of gov are articulated & premised on

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 3/ the expectation that while there would be expected threats of corruption & drifts toward tyranny, by breaking up the power in this way it was presumed, or assumed, that the various branches would mitigate any attempt by a rogue executive to take over the government.

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 4/ What was not accounted for, and could not be, was if Congress capitulated its responsibilities or worse, became complicit in the attack.
But this is the condition we find ourselves in.

It is called the Big Lie, because the damage it is doing is massive. The patterns are

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 5/ concerning [which is a euphemism for dreadful...]

These things of course did not begin w Trump, but he has used the loopholes that are implicit in any principled based system (as opposed to legalistic where everything has to be spelled out as a law...).
The accumulation of

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 6/ principle violations against the constitution, small to large, from emoluments to outright insurrection and denial of election realities... has created the crisis we are in now.

As Lincoln said, the constitution did not allow for the nation's dissolution.
We are approaching

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 7/ that impass again.

So, back to the beginning.

You, and your tribe, as I understand your affiliations, are fulfilling a pattern that is toxic & corrosive to the well functioning of the constitutional form of gov.
It will end badly if allowed to work itself out to the end.

@tommy_pane @tfamerica3000 @adamsteinbaugh 8/ There are ways to address the various concerns & issues...but they cannot be addressed in the context of a demagogue and wanna-be dictator who denies everything, is not bound to reality in any meaningful way, is a liar as a core way of being & as a strategy.

Read the books.