- Her vote is blatantly inconsistent and not on an inconsequential matter.
- Why didn’t she explain to Dems that her states rights distortion regarding the electoral college resulting in getting rid of Orange Man and maybe the Republic, required her to oppose the Violence Against Women Act as written?
- As the bill moves to the Senate, Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley have the same issue
- We will not be surprised if Joni Ernst goes all MMM, but we hope not
Here we are getting around to fleshing out our criticism of Miller-Meeks as inconsistent and out of step, but at least not resident evil (post two days ago)
First of all the legislation in question, The Violence Against Women is not inconsequential, it is a huge power grab and precedent essentially federalizing aspects of domestic crime and punishment reserved to the states.
Analysis of such legislation is available at PJ Media and Heritage.org
The Real Reason Why 172 Republicans Opposed the Violence Against Women Act
Serious Flaws in the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Bill
Readers will understand that the constitutional subversion is real and the implications are beyond states’ rights and federalism impacting individual rights covered by the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 10th, 14th Amendments and more.
What does MMM not understand about our Constitution and how crime and punishment is largely left to the states? The founders did so to control federal power. Does MMM not understand or appreciate that for example murder is a state crime, individual states are responsible for establishing the degree of criminality, the investigation and any trial and prosecution and in applying the punishment. Why are or should the matters addressed in the Violence Against Women Act be any different? Injecting a federal punishment, onus whatever into a domestic crime matter is an assault on states rights.
So her position regarding fealty to states rights pronounced in her statement about why she voted to rubber stamp electoral processes in all states (see earlier post) is at odds with the incredibly weak excuse to federalize domestic crime and punishment. Her vote is definitively inconsistent.
The out-of step part is evidenced not only by her minority position within the caucus as a whole on the matter but also as regards Republican women in the House. Indeed Republican women opposed the legislation to the same degree as other Republicans so it was not a “women vote thing”. Only four Republican women House members supported it including MMM.
Miller-Meeks should have been asking what do fellow caucus members and women Elise Stefanek, Claudia Tenny, Virginia Fox, Nancy Mace, Diana Harshbarger,
Beth Van Dayne, Cathy Rodgers,, Kay Granger, Carol Miller, Ashly Hinson, Debbie Lesko, Michelle Steel, Lauren Boebert, Kat Carmack, Marjorie Greene, Michelle Fischbach, Mary Miller, Lisa McClain, Ann Wagner, Vicky Harzer, Jackie Walorski, Viktoria Sparta, Yvette Herrell, Liz Cheney know about states rights and domestic violence and the Constitution that she does not?
The Republican men voting for it included the likes of Fred Upton . . . nuff said.
