In your opinion…should the Radical Republicans who spearheaded the impeachment of Andrew Johnson been charged with sedition?
Their articles of impeachment were a rambling number of vague charges and one specific one…that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act by firing Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. And that charge was utterly false…Stanton had served beyond the year and a day of his appointment by Abraham Lincoln.
So they made up a bunch of false charges and used their constitutional powers soley to remove a President they didn’t like. Even worse…unlike in the present case, Johnson wouldn’t have been replaced by another person the Radicals didn’t like. He would have been replaced by Ben Wade…who was himself a Radical Republican!
Have you always been on record these Congressmen that led the charge were seditious?
Of course, but what Sneaky seems to be misinformed about is that sedition requires “force”. A constitutional political process does not amount to force. It cannot be sedition.
Oh wait, I just caught up. He simply ignored the “by force” part. He doesn’t realize that those list of items preceding “by force” are all under the requirement of “by force.” So it’s a lack of understanding of grammar.
It’s their job for the safety of the country to look into matters that affect its security. That’s what they did. This overblown meme is complete and utter nonsense.