Texas Republican Party Chairman Allen West has Unleashed on the Supreme Court after it rejected the Texas sponsored lawsuit Friday that hoped to overturn the election in Pennsylvania and other states.
"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections," the Court wrote in an unsigned ruling Friday evening.
West's comments, which in part called for a separate Union of States, unleashed a Firestorm both online and off.
His statement, posted as a press release on the official Texas GOP website, said that by tossing of the lawsuit, which had the support of over a hundred congressmen, the US Supreme Court had, "decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law. Resulting in damaging effects on other states that abide by the law, while the guilty state suffers no consequences."
His statement, posted as a press release on the official Texas GOP website, said that by tossing of the lawsuit, which had the support of over a hundred congressmen, the US Supreme Court had, "decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law. Resulting in damaging effects on other states that abide by the law, while the guilty state suffers no consequences."
He said that the decision, "establishes a precedent that says states can violate the US constitution and not be held accountable," and had "far-reaching ramifications for the future of our constitutional republic."
The final statement in his response, however, is what has drawn most criticism. He's suggested that, "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution."
Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a frequent Trump critic, condemned West's statement on Twitter.
"I believe @TexasGOP should immediately retract this, apologize, and fire Allen West and anyone else associated with this. My guy Abraham Lincoln and the Union soldiers already told you no," he wrote.
Democrats of course gleefully joined in on the condemnation, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) tweeting:
"The Texas Republican Party is officially in favor of leaving the Union. They have lost their minds. Biden will be President, but these people are deadly serious about secession and sedition. And this is the only question that media should ask any elected Republican tomorrow."
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