The Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank that ex-Trump legal adviser John Eastman works for as a senior fellow, on Monday defended Eastman’s memo that laid out how then-Vice President Mike Pence could hijack the 2020 election certification process to keep Donald Trump in power.
Once again, they blame it on the media. I’m sick of that excuse.
He’s actually got a point. John Yoo didn’t require anybody to waterboard anyone, he merely opined that it was legal to do so.
Give it a few days and the negative publicity that comes with it.
So, to summarize, crackpot seditionist right wing nut job who is also a terrible lawyer is employed by a crazy right wing chop shop that supports sedition and offers mendacious defenses for its employee.
The perfect match.
Contrary to almost universally false news accounts, which have done great damage, John did not ask the Vice President to murder Kamala Harris. John advised the Vice President to accede to requests from state legislators to tie Senator Harris onto an office chair and shove her down the Capitol steps so Trump supporters could exercise their First Amendment right to assemble and protest. See, that’s totally different!
Insular - surrounding yourself with like-minded people. Insular.
Good summary, man. And the chassis they’re chopping is our democracy. Shameless doesn’t even begin to describe these scum, employer and employee alike.
It’s not Tuck Chodd’s job to explain what Eastman was doing.
Have they tried to blame it on the rain, the alcohol, the Boogie, or how about
Is this what booger boys mean when they say they love their country, but hate their government?
The Claremont Institute created the Tom Cotton bot. Its slogan is “Recovering the American Idea”, which is kind of vague. In this case, however, I think the focus on the institute itself is unwelcome, much like when the LA Times turned on the John Birch Society in San Marino (the Claremont Institute is a bit east in Upland).
If it’s now coming back to you, yes, these are the guys.
Just in case anyone was forgetting about Eastman’s “here’s how we’ll do it” memo, the Claremont Institute has to jump in with both feet.
I’d be perfectly happy to skip another civil war and just let conservatives set up a homeland and new nation in the states that comprised The South during the 1st civil war. And I’d be damned pleased to have a shitload of my tax money used to build a tall wall once it was done.
Breathtakingly stupid. Now if we can just get Anonymous to hack and publish their membership info.
Can I copy this? 
So, let’s see the logic of the defense being presented here: we provided a gun and ammo to our client, gave careful instructions on it’s use, and suggested the appropriate target and occasion. However, we didn’t advocate that our client should kill someone.
Completely blameless.
Oh, how we love the squeal of criminals in the morn!
And managed to step on both.
Quite a feat.