WTH is Going On with Kicking Trump Off the Ballot? John Yoo Explains the 14th Amendment, Biden Impeachment and More
What the Hell Is Going On
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4.4 • 633 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The projected Biden-Trump rematch is not merely depressing, it is causing policymakers on the left and the right to abandon good sense. The result? A double-whammy Biden impeachment and Trump constitutional crisis as the country heads into the election season. Is it correct that election officials can disqualify Trump based on the 14th Amendment? Was it really necessary or strategic to begin impeachment proceedings against Biden now? Is our Republic unraveling? This is precisely why Marc and Dany called on Biden to pardon Trump. This is why Abraham Lincoln said that a compass that points true north is only useful if one also knows the terrain we traverse.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by the American Enterprise Institute. |
| 0:03.1 | If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, review, and share. Thanks for listening. Here's our show. What the hell's going on? What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? I don't know what the hell is talking about. You don't have to know what the hell is on it. What hell's the matter with these guys? We don't know what's going on. What hell's going on? |
| 0:01.1 | Who in God's name knows what it's all about. |
| 0:23.6 | Hi, I'm Danielle Pletka. |
| 0:36.6 | And I'm Mark Tiesin. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome to our podcast. What the hell is going on? Mark, what the hell is going on now? |
| 0:47.1 | Your voice gets sadder and sadder every time you ask me that question. I know, because everything is just so freaking hellish. |
| 0:52.2 | Here's what the hell is going on. |
| 0:59.9 | We've got a situation where now the effort to stop Donald Trump has reached a new low because we're now deciding that there are people and on the left and some on the right |
| 1:05.5 | that we can just use the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to kick him off the ballot as an insurrectionist, |
| 1:12.0 | and that will solve all of our problems. Because Donald J. Trump is by virtue of his participation |
| 1:17.7 | in the January 6th insurrection, unqualified under the Constitution to hold federal office, |
| 1:23.8 | and therefore can be removed from the ballot, and that'll solve all of our problems. |
| 1:28.4 | So we're good, right? |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, yay. |
| 1:31.3 | Problem solved. |
| 1:32.5 | Right. |
| 1:32.9 | Just take him off the ballot. |
| 1:34.3 | And, you know, also, by the way, you should just add whoever you want, right? |
| 1:38.5 | Don't just take him off. |
| 1:40.2 | Add whoever you think would be good. |
| 1:41.9 | Your mom, your wife, your husband, whoever it is. |
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