Mona quotes Ramaswamy saying: “the left calls January 6 a threat to ‘our democracy,’ but the ultimate threat is when politically unaccountable actors literally remove democratically elected officials from office.”
Which "unaccountable actors" does he think are "literally" removing democratically elected officials from office?
Mona quotes Ramaswamy saying: “the left calls January 6 a threat to ‘our democracy,’ but the ultimate threat is when politically unaccountable actors literally remove democratically elected officials from office.”
Which "unaccountable actors" does he think are "literally" removing democratically elected officials from office?
We have a constitutional impeachment process by which elected officials can remove other officials from office.
We have constitutionally established courts of law that adjudicate charges of criminal behavior -- which can be brought against officials while they are in office, except for presidents.
Is he suggesting that courts of law are not democratically legitimate insofar as judges and juries are not elected - and therefore are "unaccountable"?
He seems to be reciting the Trumpite concept of "accountability," in which Trump, having been "duly elected,' was therefore fully "accountable," and nothing he did thereafter could properly be held in judgment by anyone else, including other institutions of government. But when the electorate chose to deny him another term, Trumpites rebelled against democratic accountability.
Now, people like Vivek seem to be suggesting that holding Trump accountable in a court of law is tantamount to "unaccountable actors" blocking him from an office that he is entitled to hold (regardless of what the voters say).
It's really quite cynical to wave around the high-minded concept of "accountability" in defense of someone who so clearly scorns any rule or principle that might contravene his will.-- and as an attack on the very institutions that are designed to hold people accountable.
Mona quotes Ramaswamy saying: “the left calls January 6 a threat to ‘our democracy,’ but the ultimate threat is when politically unaccountable actors literally remove democratically elected officials from office.”
Which "unaccountable actors" does he think are "literally" removing democratically elected officials from office?
We have a constitutional impeachment process by which elected officials can remove other officials from office.
We have constitutionally established courts of law that adjudicate charges of criminal behavior -- which can be brought against officials while they are in office, except for presidents.
Is he suggesting that courts of law are not democratically legitimate insofar as judges and juries are not elected - and therefore are "unaccountable"?
He seems to be reciting the Trumpite concept of "accountability," in which Trump, having been "duly elected,' was therefore fully "accountable," and nothing he did thereafter could properly be held in judgment by anyone else, including other institutions of government. But when the electorate chose to deny him another term, Trumpites rebelled against democratic accountability.
Now, people like Vivek seem to be suggesting that holding Trump accountable in a court of law is tantamount to "unaccountable actors" blocking him from an office that he is entitled to hold (regardless of what the voters say).
It's really quite cynical to wave around the high-minded concept of "accountability" in defense of someone who so clearly scorns any rule or principle that might contravene his will.-- and as an attack on the very institutions that are designed to hold people accountable.