Trump has launched a brand-new assault on the rule of law: Trying to illegally fire the Chair of the Federal Election Commission (#FEC).
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Ellen L. Weintraub
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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If this is indeed the case, then the only possible remedies lie outside the constitution.
Impeachment would take just a vote or two to flip. But conviction on impeachment charges would take 20 of 53 Republican senators to flip.
I hope congressional Democrats see this. They might learn something.
Do you remember that "you won't have to worry about voting again" statement? This is where that gets moving,