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Rachel Maddow Roasts GOP Rep Over ‘Marshall Law’ Text<!-- wp:html --><p>MSNBC</p> <p>Rachel Maddow on Monday mocked the ignorance on display by Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in the form of a text he sent then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 17, 2021 telling him to urge President Donald Trump to invoke “Marshall Law.”</p> <p>The misspelling of “martial law,” the MSNBC host joked, occurred as if Norman “thinks there’s a Marshalls law and maybe also a Ross Dress for Less law, [and] possibly a TJ Maxx law that can be invoked as well.”</p> <p>“What he means is martial law,” Maddow continued. “‘Martial’ as in suspend the Constitution and put the military in charge to <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/martial-law-united-states-its-meaning-its-history-and-why-president-cant">rule by force</a>.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/rachel-maddow-roasts-gop-rep-over-marshall-law-text?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Rachel Maddow on Monday mocked the ignorance on display by Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in the form of a text he sent then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 17, 2021 telling him to urge President Donald Trump to invoke “Marshall Law.”

The misspelling of “martial law,” the MSNBC host joked, occurred as if Norman “thinks there’s a Marshalls law and maybe also a Ross Dress for Less law, [and] possibly a TJ Maxx law that can be invoked as well.”

“What he means is martial law,” Maddow continued. “‘Martial’ as in suspend the Constitution and put the military in charge to rule by force.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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