How MAGA Republicans are determined to 'trample' the 'pillars and foundations of democracy'
When House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded that Fani Willis hand over key documents in her case against former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies, the Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor gave him a scathing response.
Jordan argued that he had a federal interest in obtaining those documents, and Willis responded that he lacked "a basic understanding of the law."
But The New Republic's Michael Tomasky, in an article published on September 8, points out that Jordan is an attorney. And the truth, Tomasky laments, is probably worse than Jordan being ignorant of the law — it's more likely that Jordan "knows the law" but "simply doesn't care."
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MAGA Republicans' efforts to undermine Willis' prosecution and their campaign to impeach Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, Tomasky warns, underscores their total disdain for the rule of law.
"(Jordan) and his staff understand federalism," Tomasky argues. "They just wish to trample it. In this case, that is. If and when defending Donald Trump requires howling about the precious importance of federalism, they'll do that."
Tomasky says of Protasiewicz, "On what basis can the GOP impeach a judge who hasn't violated any law and hasn't done anything wrong?.... These radicals don't want to 'conserve' anything, except for white people's political power. They want to destroy. They aren't just willing to trample law and custom. They are eager to do so."
MAGA Republicans, the journalist adds, "seek opportunities to hack away at the pillars and foundations of democracy."
"They used to try to be sneaky and at least a little bit subtle about it," Tomasky writes. "But since Trump, that's out the window."
Find Michael Tomasky's full New Republic article at this link.
