Ted Cruz, one of the key participants and organizers of the Coup Vote in Congress, has announced that when Republicans retake a majority in Congress, they will once again ignore the Constitution and use the Legislative branch as a political tool to suppress their opponents. In no uncertain terms, they will continue the self-coup which they had fully enacted during the Trump administration.
"Ted Cruz says GOP will impeach Biden if it retakes Congress — whether it’s “justified or not”
Cancún frequent flyer floats Republican revenge fantasy, claiming Democrats "weaponized" impeachment against Trump
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last week predicted that Republicans would impeach President Biden if the party wins control of the House in the 2022 midterms (as is widely expected).
On the latest edition of his "Verdict with Ted Cruz" podcast released last Friday, the senator said he expects House Republicans to retaliate against the Biden administration for the numerous investigations Democrats launched into Donald Trump's scandal-plagued administration.
"If we take the House, which I said is overwhelmingly likely, then I think we will see serious investigations of the Biden administration," Cruz said. He predicted that Republicans may also impeach the president "whether it's justified or not."
"They used it for partisan purposes to go after Trump because they disagreed with him," Cruz said, referring to Democrats. "One of the real disadvantages of doing that, and it is something you and I talked about at great length, the more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel, what is good for the goose is good for the gander."
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I said at the time, when we have a Democratic president and a Republican House, you can expect an impeachment proceeding," Cruz said on the podcast. "That is not how impeachment is meant to work. But I think the Democrats crossed that line."
Cruz claimed that there are "potentially multiple grounds" to consider a Biden impeachment.
"Probably the most compelling is the utter lawlessness of President Biden's refusal to enforce the border," he said, even though Biden has left many of Trump's controversial border policies in place. "That is probably the strongest grounds right now for impeachment, but there may be others," Cruz continued. "Because the Democrats decided this is just another tool in the partisan war chest, I think there is a real risk that this turnabout will be fair play."
Cruz predicted that Republicans have a 90% chance of regaining the House this November. Election analysts generally expect Democrats, who control the House by just a handful of seats, to lose the chamber due to a combination of aggressive Republican gerrymandering, Biden's low approval ratings, the party's unusual 2018 success in red areas during Trump's tenure, and the stalled Democratic agenda in Congress, largely due to resistance from "centrist" senators such as Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
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In fact, Republicans are not even waiting for a legitimate chance to impeach Biden. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, and three other House Republicans filed articles of impeachment in September, seeking to remove Biden from office over his border policies, his withdrawal from Afghanistan and his extension of the pandemic eviction ban. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed similar articles of impeachment last summer. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., went further in September, introducing articles of impeachment against both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing them of "giving aid and comfort to America's enemies and colluding with the Taliban" by going through with Trump's plan to withdraw from Afghanistan."
Yep, that's right. Cruz has announced they are going after Biden simply because they disagree with him. Not because he committed any crimes (like Trump did on an almost monthly basis). Not because he did anything unethical (like Trump did on a daily basis). Just because they can. Because they have successfully gotten away with violating the Constitution and operating with unlimited power in the past without any consequences, they will continue to do so.
Ironically, Cruz is correct about Biden being "lawless". ...Because Biden and his so-called Justice Department refuse to arrest the politicians (such as Cruz) who attempted to overthrow our government. Multiple organizers of the previous self-coup and coup attempt are publicly announcing their intentions to continue committing crimes, and STILL aren't facing any consequences. The Democratic Party is encouraging this lawlessness by legalizing all of this criminal behavior through their active refusal to do anything about it.
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The Constitutional Crisis that began over 6 years ago has only intensified and has no end in sight. Republican politicians and far-right militias are openly declaring that there will soon be "bloodshed" and a civil war. Republican politicians and strategists have time and time again announced that they not only support additional coup attempts in the future, but THEY ARE ALREADY ORGANIZING THEM. As Cruz is demonstrating, they are not even pretending to care about following the Constitution any more.
And the Democratic Party has done nothing to keep us safe and enforce the most basic of laws...
We are not safe. We must prepare for the worst. Non-treasonous Americans must arm ourselves, train, and organize within our communities so we can defend ourselves from the chaos that they are going to unleash against us. If the Republican Party can simply suspend the Constitution whenever they have a majority, then we do not have a functional system of laws or government, and we are not safe.
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