It was a curious line, not just for what it said, but also because of who was saying it. And the goal here is to get back in power.”Vance was referring to the political theorist and Nazi jurist who provided much of the intellectual ballast for the Third Reich. Schmitt despised liberalism. That, at least, is what I think Vance was saying. “I think that challenging elections and questioning the legitimacy of elections is actually part of the democratic process,” Vance said.

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