Thursday, June 9, 2022

Censure Chuck Schumer: The New Joe McCarthy

In the wake of the arrest of Nicholas John Roske for the attempted murder of Kavanaugh, Schumer’s blatant call that Kavanaugh “will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions” is nothing if not a call for censure by his Senate colleagues.
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 The American Spectator  ". . .The question now is obvious: Will the United States Senate punish Schumer for his open incitement of violence?

"Specifically, when will the Senate censure Chuck Schumer?

"There is one particular moment in Senate history that should be recalled here — the censure in 1954 of Wisconsin Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy.

"Recall that in the early 1950s, McCarthy was investigating communists in the U.S. government. But a legitimate investigation went out of control, with McCarthy’s Senate colleagues believing that McCarthy had allowed his political power and the headlines to go to his head. In short, they believed McCarthy should be censured.

"Over at the National Constitution Center is the tale of what happened:

By the summer of 1954, the Senate decided to take action against McCarthy. On July 30, 1954, Ralph Flanders, a Republican, introduced a censure motion that his conduct as chairman of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was “contrary to senatorial traditions.”

McCarthy verbally abused some of his colleagues during hearings that started in August. The Senate then reconvened in a lame-duck session after the November election to consider two charges. And McCarthy again attacked committee members who leveled the challenges. But Republican Arthur Watkins of Utah, who led the selected committee, spoke about how McCarthy violated the Senate’s dignity.

On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted on a motion that said that McCarthy “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute, to obstruct the constitutional processes of the Senate, and to impair its dignity; and such conduct is hereby condemned.” The motion passed by a 67-22 vote.". . .

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