Ruben Gallego: January 6 Coup Attempt Won’t Be Last, Next Will Be ‘Legal’ – By Adrian Carrasquillo (Newsweek) / Jan 5, 2023
Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego of Arizona, a former Marine who two years ago leaned on his combat experience in Iraq to help lawmakers put on gas masks, regulate their breathing, and survive the attack of rioters who broke into the U.S Capitol building on January 6, says he thinks there will be another assault on American democracy — but next time it will be different.
“This type of brazen action probably won’t happen the same way,” he told Newsweek during an interview that occurred as drama unseen in 100 years unfolded on the House floor, as the newly elected Republican majority was unable to agree on a Speaker. “It would be through legal decisions, the Supreme Court, lower courts, and state houses to make decisions of this nature and corrupting other forms of government.”
Beyond a conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court that has already overturned federal abortion protections, Gallego was also referring to restrictive state election laws that could disenfranchise voters of color, as well as to the rise of election deniers running for critical offices that work to administer elections in key states.
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