Lobbyists for Citizens
PRESS RELEASE
Akron, OH: Today, Tom Zawistowski, President of the Ohio-based TEA Party-Affiliated We the People Convention (WTPC) and Executive Director of the Portage County TEA Party, called out Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff General James McConville for making inappropriate, inaccurate, and unauthorized political statements concerning the role of the U.S. Army as it relates to the current Constitutional crisis facing America due to election fraud, and the potential need for the President to invoke Martial Law to protect and defend the Constitution and to preserve our Republic.
McCarthy and McConville reportedly made the statement this past Friday, December 18, 2020, that “There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election” in response to an interview by Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn on Newsmax TV suggesting that President Trump may have to use Martial Law and military capabilities to address the massive election fraud that has been well documented and the ongoing attacks by Communist China and Russia on our nation.
Zawistowski explained, “No one, including the WTPC or General Flynn, is suggesting that the U.S. Army or any other branch of the U.S. Military be used to “determine the outcome of an American election.” For Secretary McCarthy and General McConville to suggest such a thing indicates that they are either ill-informed or were fooled by the left-wing media into confirming a lie that the left has been trying to sell to the American people to misrepresent our position.
If you read the full page Ad that our organization printed in the Washington Times it states EXPLICITLY that the role of the military would be to OVERSEE a free and fair national re-vote of all federal elections – not to DETERMINE ANYTHING. Their SOLE PURPOSE would be to ENABLE the American people to determine the TRUE WINNER OF OUR ELECTION.
Unfortunately the majority of the public now believes that the election was fraudulent and the only way to determine the truth is to use the Military and limited Martial Law to conduct a national or statewide re-vote. Second, our Ad made it clear that it was the SWORN DUTY of ALL members of the U.S. Military, as well as the President, to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. It is in fact the Highest Honor of any member of the military to fulfill that Oath! Nothing could be more important under that Oath than guaranteeing that the American people are able to have a free and fair election where every legal vote counts and no illegal votes are counted in order to elect OUR federal representatives.”
Zawistowski continued, “Furthermore, the President of the United States is the Commander In Chief and it is inappropriate at best for the Army Secretary or the Army Chief of Staff, or any member of the Military, to have anything to say in public regarding duties they may be called upon to perform at his order. To suggest that they would question or not carry out such an order is nothing short of insubordination or worse.
Despite what Leftist law professors are quoted as saying in the left-wing Military Times about the President’s ability to use Martial Law, the majority of the American people feel that nothing short of Martial Law can address the systemic breakdown of the rule of law in our nation. The failure of law enforcement, government officials, and our courts to even investigate, let alone address the corruption and lawlessness in our nation at the highest levels – including the fact that Joe Biden AND Kamala Harris, among others in our government, are compromised by the Communist Chinese and Russia – is more than enough reason for the American people to not just accept, but literally demand that President Trump invoke Martial Law to address these issues.
No less than the nationally recognized organization of former military, police and first responders, Oath Keepers, came out this week DEMANDING that the President invoke the Insurrection Act in a carefully documented letter spelling out the justification for such action!”
Zawistowski concluded, “We the People totally REJECT the outright cheating in this election, and the systemic, coordinated theft of our legal votes, by the Democrat/Socialists and their Communist Chinese enablers.
We the People DEMAND that President Trump act, as Lincoln did, to use the Extraordinary Powers of the Presidency to fulfill his Oath of Office and protect our right to vote to elect our federal representatives and preserve our Union. Members of the U.S. Military should be more than willing to play their appropriate role, to do their duty, and live up to their Oath to protect and defend the Constitution and our Nation.
Our position is that it is not a choice for the President and the Military to act, it is their sworn duty to act, and we will support whatever methods are necessary to assure that we have a fair election and that We the People decide who will be our President and our members of Congress.”
@ Joe S:
Well, the Democratic Bosses of their candidate have been “running the election” as has become obvious to all. I would expect the army to take their orders from their Commander-in Chief, and not delve into the murky pool of Constitution legality. Their oath to “uphold the Constitution” runs through the authority of their Commander-in-Chief, not the Supreme Court, which is not mentioned in their oath.
I’m sure we can take it for granted that The Constitution authors believed that a President would be presiding over the country with due adherence to his allowed Constitutional Authority.
When Trump announces a rally at 24 hours notice and gets 50,000 within hearing range of the loudspeakers, with tens of thousands more thronging all the routes to the venue, this is a very strong indication that he is not just a President, but the leader of a movement to bring back the country to Constitutional Rule. It may even lead to a new Party, ousting the Republicans as tainted by foreign money, (like McConnel)l, which many seem to be.
Nobody like Trump has ever been President before now.
I live in Canada, my interest is that of an onlooker -and a lover of right over wrong.
Who knows what’ll eventuate…? I don’t, and perhaps you don’t either.
You may anticipate in the event Trump tries to invoke the Insurrection Act the generals may determine that this is an illegal order and refuse to follow it. The Insurrection Act was not written for alleged (unproven in the courts) election fraud. It was written for violence in the streets in which regular security measures were not enough and the military had to be called in to put down a violent insurrection.
I personally do not believe Trump will issue such an order. I understand there are several commentators on this site who may disagree with me.
@ Edgar G.:
How can you expect members of the military to determine if an order of the President is constitutional or not when some Executive Orders go all the way to the SCOTUS to determine if they are constitutional?
And yes, my comment was meant to be taken as irony.
Finally the result of any re-election must be accepted by the populace as having been free and fair. That will not happen if one of the candidates is the boss of those running the election.
@ greenrobot:
I am usually quite acute and never stupid…. So I would prefer my own judgement as to what was irony and what was an expostulation….like “setting a fox to guard the henhouse”…sort of thing, only in Joe’s care much more so.
Thank you all the same. I’m not meaning to be rude so please don’t take it that way.
@ Joe S:
What happens if the orders of the President are directly contrary to the Constitution….???
@ Edgar G.: Joe is making an ironic statement , not a comparison.
Actually this is the military oath, “I (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”
@ Joe S:
You take the prize for the silliest comment this week. If you’re not aware of the HUGE fraud and the monstrous difference between the two parties by now…you never will be.
The Army is sworn to uphold their oaths, which surpass those to the President.
This is a joke isn’t it, to suggest that the military oversee an election in which their commander-in-chief is a candidate. That would be like suggesting the Democratic Party oversee an election in which Joe Biden is a candidate.
It’s time to wage war on china.