June 17, 2024

Crackpot Evangelical Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is floating a nonsensical idea to put Merrick Garland in jail to appease the MAGA cult.

Maria: Thank you so much for being here and Congresswoman, I want to start with you because the DOJ said it will not prosecute Merrick Garland over these contempt of Congress charges.

They sent a letter to Speaker Johnson, your next move in the House.

Luna: Yeah, so actually several months ago I introduced a resolution for something called inherent contempt of Congress.

So this is something that Congress has the authority to do and it hasn't been done since the early 1900s and essentially what that does is, I anticipated that the Department of Justice would not do their job and so I had this really teed up and ready to go.

I've brought this to Speaker Johnson's attention and what that allows Congress to do is really be the punitive arm and really hold Garland accountable by using the Sergeant at Arms to essentially go and get him as well as the tapes, bring him to the wall of the House and really be a check and balance on the Department of Justice.

Again, this hasn't been done since the early 1900s but that vote will be coming to the floor and hopefully we will be able to bring some accountability.

I know that if this goes to courts as Johnson has stated, that's really going to get stuck there.

It's not going to do anything and the American people deserve more than strongly worded letters.

I think we're all frustrated and so again we're hoping to bring that accountability.

Sorry you had to see this. We must continue to expose the lunatic fringe controlling the GOP.

There was no cause ever to subpoena Garland in the first place, let alone want him behind bars.

Looking for dirt is all the MAGA cult can do. They care nothing to legislate for the American people.

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