Sun
May 17 2026
01:22 pm
By: bizgrrl
Lamar Alexander Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump.
In a new memoir, the former senator, governor and cabinet member says President Trump committed an impeachable offense on Jan. 6 and calls on Congress to assert its power.
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writes with disgust about how the president exhorted the crowd that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and penetrated the Senate chamber in an effort to block certification of the election.
He asserts that the president undermined the Constitution and assaulted the hallowed concept of the peaceful transfer of power.
“If those actions do not constitute a ‘high crime or misdemeanor,’ I do not know what does
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The former senator thinks the current occupants of the Senate could do with a constitutional refresh...
If only... For some reason I cannot fathom why the Republican establishment prefers Trump over the American people.
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