A Timely Quotation From General Winfield Scott

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In 1861 with furor over the election of Abraham Lincoln, the general had this to say about rumors of a disruption of the electoral vote count,

"I have said that any man who attempted by force or unparliamentary disorder to obstruct or interfere with the lawful count of the electoral vote should be lashed to the muzzle of a 12-pounder gun and fired out of a window of the Capitol. I would manure the hills of Arlington with fragments of his body, were he a Senator or a chief magistrate of my native state! It is my duty to suppress insurrection- my duty!"
 

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In 1861 with furor over the election of Abraham Lincoln, the general had this to say about rumors of a disruption of the electoral vote count,

"I have said that any man who attempted by force or unparliamentary disorder to obstruct or interfere with the lawful count of the electoral vote should be lashed to the muzzle of a 12-pounder gun and fired out of a window of the Capitol. I would manure the hills of Arlington with fragments of his body, were he a Senator or a chief magistrate of my native state! It is my duty to suppress insurrection- my duty!"
Unfortunately Trump won't be sucessfully impeached because there is no way seventeen Repubs will vote to convict Trump and even odds if Manchin D-Wv will.
If we're lucky Trump will be tried in Ny state court for tax evasion or by the Fulton County DA for voting interference.
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