Claremont Institute’s finest takes issue with the New York Times:
An editorial board member, Jesse Wegman, responded on twitter:
So now @DrJohnEastman claims, in a letter to the editor, that our editorial on his Jan. 6 memo misrepresents the advice he gave to Trump and Pence about how to subvert the election.
Au contraire, mon traitre.
Our editorial reflects the content of that memo — which states, among other things, that the VP is the “ultimate arbiter” and should move ahead with the plan “without asking for permission.”
His attempted clean-up job nine months after the fact is less than compelling.
I’ll note that, as a general matter, when you help foment an insurrection, you shouldn’t expect to be welcomed back into polite society, which includes faux-high-minded complaints about media coverage of your acts.
You’ve found your tribe, Dr. Eastman; go lie with them.
Originally tweeted by Jesse Wegman (@jessewegman) on October 12, 2021.
He is trying to salvage his reputation after helping to foment a coup which fortunately he and his fellow conspiracists failed to pull off. Good luck. Even the Federalist Society is queasy about him now, although that’s probably just a pose. After all, Eastman’s fellows on the right have been working up this “state legislator” theory of legal coups.
And it’s now become a GOP article of faith: