Is this the sound of desperation?
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I wouldn't call that the sound of desperation. Sounds more like business as usual to me.
"Prosecute all the criminals you want, as long as it isn't us." - GOP, Circa since the beginning of time
They don't see themselves as criminals, but heroes.
It's psychotic.
Most everyone is the hero of their own story and not as criminals. What you say is actually pretty meaningless.
If people could actually see/know objective truth things would be a lot easier.
It's more than just self perception. They are INSISTING they are the heroes of the human story. The fascists are intent on eradicating all that don't comform to their racist patriarchal/misogynistic/homophobic/transphobic nightmare vision for the future and rewriting the history books to reflect their ”superior” and ”moral” right to inherit the Earth.
Either the sound of desperation or power. If they can kill this criminal case through impeachment then it’s an exercise in power.
At what point does this become, in itself, obstruction of justice?
Georgia passed a law back in May specifically allowing for the removal of DAs.
Ostensibly, it's to be used on prosecutors who are failing to do their jobs. For example, one Georgia DA refuses to prosecute marijuana charges.
I predicted that the instant she filed charges, there would be a move to remove her and I hate being right. :(
Everyone predicted what it would actually be used for. You did something I don't like? Gone.
DeSantis has been doing this to elected Democratic state attorneys in Florida over the past year, which may have inspired the Georgia law.
"We, the undersigned … hereby certify to you..."
Oh man, I wonder who else signed it...
looks at letter
Literally just this fuckstick.
I hate news stories that are just “someone tweeted”. The journalist who wrote this did nothing beyond add some trump quotes.
What response, if any, has Kemp made? Are other legislators on board? What are the rules governing how the legislature may review or impeach the acts of a county prosecutor? When does the legislature convene if there’s no special session? What are the rules for special sessions if there is one? Didn’t the legislature recently pass a law giving themselves expanded powers over prosecutorial discretion? Does that apply here?
Is this just a publicity stunt by some no name state legislator posted on their Twitter, or is this a serious move? If it’s the former, we needn’t have wasted our electrons.
A letter bearing multiple signatures compelling the Governor to make action is serious and an example of an attempt to test the political waters before trying something bolder.
I think it only has the one signature though.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Republican state senator in Georgia has moved to impeach the Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis.
On Thursday, Colton Moore wrote a letter to Governor Brian Kemp in which he called for an emergency review of Willis’s actions.
“We, the undersigned … hereby certify to you … that in our opinion an emergency exists in the affairs of the state, requiring a special session to be convened … for all purposes, to include, without limitation, the review and response to the actions of Fani Willis,” Moore wrote.
In a statement reported by the rightwing media outlet Breitbart, Moore said: “We must strip all funding and, if appropriate, impeach Fani Willis.”
We cannot stand idly by as corrupt prosecutors choose to target their political opposition,” the website read underneath a headline of “God.
Following Willis’s delivery of the 41-count indictment, the Fulton county district attorney, who is African American, has faced a wave of racist abuse online including from Trump, who, using a thinly veiled play on the N-word, wrote on Truth Social: “They never went after those that Rigged the Election … They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!”
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How much more obvious can’t they get….
Republican party are such cucks to Donald Trump's greasy. cheeto dick.
Hmmm, it seems these lawmakers are attempting to meddle in an ongoing case.
What's the word for that again 🤔 hmmmmm