Tom Feeney: “I find almost a surreal debate going on with my friends on the left side of the House saying to us don't you like…”

“I find almost a surreal debate going on with my friends on the left side of the House saying to us don't you like democracy. We have got soldiers fighting for democracy throughout the world, while we are saying to our friends on the left, don't you like the Constitution? The question is are we a pure democracy or a constitutional republic? The Constitution is made up of powers delegated by the States, and the States alone, to the Federal Government. The States and the States alone, according to the language of the Constitution, are represented in the U.S. House. If you believe in democracy, use the constitutional amendment process, use the retrocession process. If you have a quarrel with the Constitution, it is not because you don't like the position of the Republicans and the minority in this House. It is because your quarrel is with the Founding Fathers. Hamilton tried to get this provision in the Constitution, representation for D.C. The Founding Fathers considered it and they rejected it. So, again, we are for democracy within a constitutional republic status. We are not an unadulterated democracy. We are a constitutional republic.”