GOP Rep. Paul Broun wants to repeal the 16th and 17th amendments to reverse socializing of America.
Wingnuts sure love the Constitution. That’s why they’re always trying to flush the bits of it they find inconvenient down the toilet:
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) has been touring his northeast Georgia district as part of the Republican Party’s “America Speaking Out” tour, discussing his ideas with his constituents. During a stop in Athens, Georgia, the congressman revealed some of his more radical ideas about where he wants to take the country. At one point, Broun told a constituent that Teddy Roosvelt and Woodrow Wilson “started this process of socializing America” by passing the 16th and 17th amendments and endorsed repealing both of them:
Transcript and video at link. More on Broun:
In addition to his endorsements of eliminating the income tax and ending direct election of U.S. senators, Broun also called for ending birthright citizenship, endorsed making English the official language of the country to stop Georgia from being “invaded,” advocated for completely de-funding the Department of Education, and suggested he’s unsure about whether or not Obama purposely inhibited the government’s response to the oil spill so he could push an “energy tax.”
Links in original.
I can’t keep track anymore of the number of amendments wingnuts are calling to repeal; search the tags here for more info especially about the 14th amendment, which Rand Paul and others would like to revoke.