Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft couldn’t justify why Biden should be removed from state ballots during a contentious interview on CNN.

Jay Ashcroft flopped when faced with the most dreaded predicament amongst grandstanding blowhards: a follow-up question

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s attempt to justify his ludicrous threat to have President Joe Biden removed from the state’s electoral ballot spiraled into chaos over the most basic of questions: “How so?”

During a Monday interview with CNN’s Boris Sanchez, the Republican was asked how he justified his threats to have Biden removed from the state’s ballot in retaliation for recent attempts to remove Trump from state ballots on grounds that his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election constitute insurrection. The constitutionality of such a removal will soon be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

“What would then be your justification for removing Joe Biden from the ballot in Missouri. Has he engaged in your mind in some kind of insurrection?” Sanchez asked.

“There have been allegations that he’s engaged in insurrection,” Ashcroft replied. He was then met with the most dreaded predicament amongst grandstanding blowhards: a follow-up question.

“How so?” Sanchez asked, prompting Ashcroft to demand that Sanchez stop interrupting him. “You can’t say something like that and not back it up,” Sanchez countered.

“You interrupted me before I could back it up,” a flustered Ashcroft complained. “Are you scared of the truth?”

  • ripcord@kbin.social
    1142·
    10 months ago

    I’ll watch it somewhere, but it’s not going to be at TwitX.

    Edit here: https://youtu.be/pIsVB-H_M_8?feature=shared

    The most relevant part starts around 4:22 but the whole thing is good (well, up until the YouTuber jumps in with his take, which fortunately is after the CNN segment)

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      46·
      10 months ago

      Holy shit that was embarrassing for Jay Ashcroft. He proved he’s a legal scholar equivalent of a nepo baby because he is so grossly incompetent at understanding how state law works. If this guy was your attorney, the very real question of capability and competency would come up.

      Hopefully his dad will help him understand the law better because having 2 J Ashcrofts be that hilariously dumb is a bad look.

      • NovaPrime@lemmy.ml
        13·
        10 months ago

        I’ve heard better arguments from an L1 than this bozo. But you know what they say: if the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If neither is on your side, pound the table. All he has is the table.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        In the sense of being genuinely ignorant of the proper way to act, no. In the sense of being petulant brats throwing a tantrum, yes.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      I couldn’t get over his use if the word “extrajudicial” to describe what’s happening in court cases. What a bumbling moron.

    • Infinity187@lemm.ee
      85·
      10 months ago

      BTC is actually a pretty well established political YT’er and has some great rundowns of the political climate. I’m sure you’d change your tune if you watched a few vids.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
        13·
        10 months ago

        He’s got a very intense delivery style that comes off very used-car-salesman to me. I don’t think he’s wrong about stuff, I just don’t enjoy watching his presentation style.

      • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        But I don’t want to watch any Youtubers talk. They are all annoying, and I don’t care to see their talking faces.

        Any information that they could present by talking it to a camera with their face, could be more efficiently delivered as a blog post. There’s no reason but self-promotion for these people to be talking to their camera. Videos that show things happening, and are about actual stuff, are what Youtube should be for. Not a bunch of talking heads giving their opinions to a camera.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      “b-b-but, but twump was taken off for allegations, and allegations mean stuff someone said, so I heard someone say Biden bad so slippery slope then I take bidens name off”

      He said “well if they do it, slippery slope, I’ll do it!” He SERIOUSLY used a well known logical fallacy to prove his point.

      my grasp upon my own native tongue is a failure, as I simply don’t have the words to describe the level of idiocy we see regularly from republicans.