A top Democrat sounded the alarm on the actions of a MAGA senator and feared he’ll “tee up a coup d’etat.”
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During an interview on Bulwark Takes, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) shared his thoughts on remarks made earlier this week by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), in which he questioned the legitimacy of several Democratic senators.
“If you want to rot your brain really quickly, you’ll read Tommy Tuberville quotes,” Himes said, telling host Sam Stein that he hadn’t heard the comments. Stein explained that Tuberville’s comments came as reports circulated that Trump would declare Georgia’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, illegitimate amid his push to find voter fraud in the state.
“Is this the next level?” Stein asked Himes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. “Where people who are already seated are going to have their validity in Congress challenged?”
“What worries me most about that is not that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are being kicked out of the Senate. That’s not going to happen,” Himes responded. “I’m not even sure there’s a legal mechanism for that to happen.”
Tuberville’s allegations were made with “zero evidence,” Himes noted, and explained they still pose a threat.
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“What is devastating is that a United States senator, and maybe more than one United States senator, would effectively tee up a coup d’etat,” Himes said.
Himes explained that when one or multiple senators question the legitimacy, as Tuberville did, they’re challenging a “process that nobody questioned” and that courts upheld.
“What you have is somebody who is demented,” Himes said. “They are either wittingly or unwittingly participating in a coup d’etat.”
Tuberville is not just doing the work of Trump with his comments, but he’s also accomplishing “Russia’s objective,” Himes warned.
“Russia’s objective here is, yes, to elect Donald Trump because Donald Trump loves him some Vladimir Putin, but Russia’s core objective here is to create chaos,” Himes warned.
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