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Jilly_in_VA

(9,971 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:04 PM Dec 2022

'Marshall Law!': Dozens of GOP Politicians Texted Meadows About Overturning 2020

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows texted with at least 34 members of Congress about both legal and extralegal means that could be used by former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election, according to a new report from Talking Points Memo.

South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman, for example, called for “invoking Marshall [sic] Law!” in a Jan. 17 text to Meadows, three days before President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Texas Rep. Brian Babin, meanwhile, told Meadows on Nov. 6 that “when we lose Trump we lose our Republic.”

“We’re with you down here in Texas and refuse to live under a corrupt Marxist dictatorship,” Babin wrote. “Fight like hell and we’ll find a way.”

Meadows received at least 364 text messages from GOP members of Congress about overturning the results and sent nearly 100 of his own, Talking Points Memo reported. Meadows’ texts were obtained by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and the events leading up to it.

The text messages provide further evidence that the Trump administration’s effort to steal the 2020 election was backed by many rank and file House Republicans, most of whom are still in Congress. Come January, these Republican politicians will find themselves in the House majority.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy79jx/mark-meadows-text-messages-jan-6

These guys need to be arrested, charged with sedition, and court-marshalled! (sic) That Budd guy is right down there with RoJo and Tommy Tubs on the dumbass scale

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'Marshall Law!': Dozens of GOP Politicians Texted Meadows About Overturning 2020 (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Dec 2022 OP
Fucking morons don't even know how to spell it correctly, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2022 #1
Republicans could never SPELL correctly... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2022 #3
You could tell them the correct spelling, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2022 #5
The Marshall Islands, Matt Dillion U.S. Marshal, Marshall Field's Store, and Martial Law Botany Dec 2022 #10
Yes it does. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2022 #11
I had to marshall all my brain power to get that list together Botany Dec 2022 #13
There was also the Marshall Plan after WWII. nt grumpyduck Dec 2022 #12
E.G Marshall Casady1 Dec 2022 #22
Wilber Marshall Botany Dec 2022 #23
Thurgood Marshall Celerity Dec 2022 #28
The Marshall Plan Botany Dec 2022 #29
yes, that was already mentioned before I posted Celerity Dec 2022 #34
The real Marshall Law! Mr. Evil Dec 2022 #30
One of these things is not like the other... Probatim Dec 2022 #35
Marshall Faulk????? Botany Dec 2022 #38
'Marshall Law!' HAB911 Dec 2022 #2
LOL MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2022 #4
the inmates are taking control HAB911 Dec 2022 #7
K&R, uponit7771 Dec 2022 #6
Plausible cilla4progress Dec 2022 #8
"Marshall Law!" - a distant relative of Marshall Tucker. dchill Dec 2022 #9
I think that's Martial Tucker lol griffi94 Dec 2022 #27
Hoo noes! dchill Dec 2022 #39
Darn spell check Marthe48 Dec 2022 #14
Spell correctly? Hell, I'm amazed when these blockheads successfully make human sounds Aristus Dec 2022 #15
And? bluestarone Dec 2022 #16
I found Marshall Law 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #17
Some texts were flying around AFTER the January 6th insurrection (coup attempt) FakeNoose Dec 2022 #18
I hope we will get to see a complete list of those "dozens" very soon. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #19
Norman misspelled "Marshal". Marcuse Dec 2022 #20
Not To Be Confused With Deep State Witch Dec 2022 #21
New rule: If you can't spell it, you can't invoke it. tanyev Dec 2022 #24
Ha ck4829 Dec 2022 #47
22 months and counting DoJ republianmushroom Dec 2022 #25
So? You keep repeating that ad infinitum Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #37
Yes republianmushroom Dec 2022 #40
My favorite Marshall Law... CaptainTruth Dec 2022 #26
I have a little one of those Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #44
I've got a mid-size Marshall combo, love how it sounds! CaptainTruth Dec 2022 #49
Is this the best and brightest the GOP has to offer? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 #31
"when we lose Trump we lose our Republic." oioioi Dec 2022 #32
Marshall McLuhan? Botany Dec 2022 #33
The voters elect these illiterate imbeciles Mysterian Dec 2022 #36
There will be zero consequences for this "loose talk". maxsolomon Dec 2022 #41
Peter Marshall Botany Dec 2022 #42
Ralph Norman Only Regrets Misspelling 'Martial' In 'Marshall Law' Text Eugene Dec 2022 #43
Of course he does ck4829 Dec 2022 #46
K&R ck4829 Dec 2022 #45
This is why ReTHUGs threatened the communications companies malaise Dec 2022 #48

Botany

(70,504 posts)
10. The Marshall Islands, Matt Dillion U.S. Marshal, Marshall Field's Store, and Martial Law
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:26 PM
Dec 2022

I think that covers it.

Probatim

(2,529 posts)
35. One of these things is not like the other...
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 02:54 PM
Dec 2022

If these dumbasses had watched Sesame Street while growing up, they'd know the difference. And they probably wouldn't be dumbass republicans.

Marthe48

(16,960 posts)
14. Darn spell check
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:55 PM
Dec 2022

but these back of the class, bottom of the barrel traitors don't care about right or wrong in any situation.

Aristus

(66,369 posts)
15. Spell correctly? Hell, I'm amazed when these blockheads successfully make human sounds
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:58 PM
Dec 2022

with their face-holes. Spelling correctly is just a bridge too far...

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
18. Some texts were flying around AFTER the January 6th insurrection (coup attempt)
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 01:13 PM
Dec 2022

From the OP article:

South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman, for example, called for “invoking Marshall [sic] Law!” in a Jan. 17 text to Meadows, three days before President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Texas Rep. Brian Babin, meanwhile, told Meadows on Nov. 6 that “when we lose Trump we lose our Republic.”


The hundreds of text messages to and from Mark Meadows were ongoing - even AFTER January 6th. Didn't these assholes realize they'd be investigated? Why weren't they smart enough to use burner phones?

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
19. I hope we will get to see a complete list of those "dozens" very soon.
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 01:15 PM
Dec 2022

We deserve to know who are all the traitors in our government.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
37. So? You keep repeating that ad infinitum
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 02:56 PM
Dec 2022

By copy-pasting a nonsensical statement of a meaningless factoid because you provide no context and perhaps have no real viewpoint. How are we to know? You want to incite some outrage but can't say it? You don't dare provide some information because other will contest that with debunking or counter-info or other facts? Nothing new to say? The last 20 posts or so I can remember seeing of yours have all been copies of this one or "LIKE".

It's more than 22 months since Jan. 6, since Jan 21, 2021.

So? It's not as if nothing happened.

You really can do better.

What are you up to?

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,346 posts)
44. I have a little one of those
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 03:32 AM
Dec 2022

Just below knee-cap high. Powering it up makes my dog leave the room.

Or maybe it's what comes out of it that makes him leave.
Naaa, couldn't be that.

In January, GOP should investigate the anti-dog emanations from the demon portals of Marshall!

oioioi

(1,127 posts)
32. "when we lose Trump we lose our Republic."
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 02:38 PM
Dec 2022

JFC how do you even get a dentistry qualification with this level of stupid?

Texas Rep. Brian Babin, meanwhile, told Meadows on Nov. 6 that “when we lose Trump we lose our Republic.”

“We’re with you down here in Texas and refuse to live under a corrupt Marxist dictatorship,” Babin wrote. “Fight like hell and we’ll find a way.”



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Babin

Babin graduated from Lamar University in 1973 and served as an officer in the United States Air Force from 1975 to 1979, leaving with the rank of captain. While serving, he earned a B.S. in biology from Lamar University in 1975[2] and then enrolled in the University of Texas Dental Branch and graduated with his D.D.S. in 1976.[3] To pay for his tuition, he worked as a janitor, merchant seaman and postman and sang folk and country music in local restaurants with his wife Roxanne, whom he met in college.[3][4]

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maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
41. There will be zero consequences for this "loose talk".
Tue Dec 13, 2022, 03:19 PM
Dec 2022

Sure, it violates the oath of office, but on the other hand, they're idiots.

Eugene

(61,899 posts)
43. Ralph Norman Only Regrets Misspelling 'Martial' In 'Marshall Law' Text
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 12:34 AM
Dec 2022
Ralph Norman Only Regrets Misspelling 'Martial' In 'Marshall Law' Text (HuffPost)

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ralph Norman’s biggest regret about urging the Donald Trump White House to declare martial law so Trump could remain in office seems to be that he did so with bad spelling.

The South Carolina Republican texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 17, 2021, that Trump should declare “Marshall Law” to prevent Joe Biden from taking office.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ralph-norman-marshal-law_n_6398dbafe4b09e0de49758f1

malaise

(269,003 posts)
48. This is why ReTHUGs threatened the communications companies
Wed Dec 14, 2022, 06:14 AM
Dec 2022

when call logs became part of the investigations.

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