{"id":79479,"date":"2017-07-31T18:22:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79479"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:22:46","slug":"mccain-rino-conduct-warrants-reconsideration-of-17th-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=79479","title":{"rendered":"McCain RINO conduct warrants reconsideration of 17th Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Huckabee Urges Repeal of 17th Amendment Following Healthcare Defeat<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79480\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GetFile-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79480\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GetFile-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GetFile-16.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/GetFile-16-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Jeffrey Rodack<br \/>\nNEWSNAX<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is calling for a repeal of the 17th Amendment, which would dramatically change the way senators are elected.<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee&#8217;s comments came in an early Friday morning tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time to repeal 17th Amendment. Founders had it right-Senators chosen by state legislatures. Will work for their states and respect 10th amid<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMikeHuckabee\/status\/890837365891018752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p>The amendment, ratified in 1913, set up the popular election of senators,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/344275-huckabee-calls-for-repeal-of-17th-amendment-after-healthcare-failure\"><strong>The Hill noted.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Until then, senators had been elected by state legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans had failed to push through the &#8220;skinny repeal&#8221; of Obamacare after GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in voting against it.<\/p>\n<p>And Huckabee, a Republican, singled out the three senators in another tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN reports Dems will give Lifetime Achievement Award to Murkowski Collins and McCain. Schumer so happy he cried.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMikeHuckabee\/status\/890834234457210880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/huckabee-repeal-17th-amendment-healthcare\/2017\/07\/28\/id\/804342\/\">http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/huckabee-repeal-17th-amendment-healthcare\/2017\/07\/28\/id\/804342\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huckabee Urges Repeal of 17th Amendment Following Healthcare Defeat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}