{"id":1609243,"date":"2022-08-16T16:41:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609243"},"modified":"2022-08-16T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:42:18","slug":"exclusive-santorum-mar-a-lago-raid-is-another-reason-for-a-convention-of-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-santorum-mar-a-lago-raid-is-another-reason-for-a-convention-of-states\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Santorum: Mar-A-Lago Raid Is Another Reason For A Convention Of States"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-santorum-mar-a-lago-raid-is-another-reason-for-a-convention-of-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum called the FBI\u2019s raid on Mar-a-Lago \u201canother example\u201d of why America needs a convention of states to propose constitutional amendments that limit federal power in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/whitaker-fbi-trump-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raided<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home as part of an investigation into classified White House documents he allegedly took when he transferred out of office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat (the raid) indicates is the fact that the left is so focused on accumulating power and dictating to the American pubic how we should live our lives under their woke philosophy,\u201d Santorum said. \u201cThis is going to become the norm if we don\u2019t do something to take power out of Washington and place the checks and balances that we need to restore federalism and freedom in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7497415\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7497415\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7497415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242395984-scaled-e1660059020888-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7497415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PALM BEACH, FL \u2013 AUGUST 08: Palm Beach police officers keep watch near the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago on August 8, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. The FBI raided the home to retrieve classified White House documents. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Santorum\u2019s solution is a convention of states, which he calls an \u201cemergency provision of the constitution that if Washington got out of control, those outside of power in Washington could restore freedom back to the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>\u201cArticle V is something that our Founding Fathers realized could keep the federal government within the bounds of the Constitution, which is a restraining document on the federal government,\u201d Lt. Col. Allen West, a COS advocate, told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Under Article V, the Constitution can be amended either by Congress or by state legislatures. Either two-thirds of both houses of Congress or two-thirds of the state legislatures, 34 out of the 50 states, must vote to demand a convention.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of COS, 19 states have voted to demand one so far, making them more than halfway to the first convention of states to occur in American history. All other amendments have been proposed by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how the States are supposed to act,\u201d former Sen. Jim DeMint, senior advisor of COS, told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>COS calls for states to propose amendments they claim will give people greater say over their own rights than the federal government. Their goals include balancing the federal budget every year, imposing term limits on elected officials and \u201ccareer bureaucrats\u201d and removing federal power over education, energy and health care, according to their background statement obtained by DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/constitutional-convention-states-conservatives-amend-constitution-2022-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">framed<\/a> these goals as \u201cgutting federal environmental standards, nixing nationwide education requirements, and creating an incredibly high threshold for Washington, DC, or a territory to earn statehood.\u201d They claimed the COS attracts \u201cacolytes of Trumpism savoring the means to MAGA-fy the Constitution, and therefore, the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their piece on COS also accuses some of its supporters of wanting to make it harder, \u201cif not impossible, for someone \u2014 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, for example \u2014 to work for decades within the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey see it as a legitimate threat to their power grab,\u201d Santorum responded. He called COS \u201cthe great disruptor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tyranny we see accumulating in Washington is not just a tyranny of philosophy, but a tyranny that will use power to crush anybody in its path,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just Donald Trump. If I were a liberal, in the truest sense of the word, which is someone who believes in a liberal democracy, I would be as upset as the biggest MAGA voter in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>COS acknowledged the \u201cattempted hit pieces\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/conventionofstates.com\/news\/progressives-fearful-threatened-by-feasibility-of-a-convention-of-states-begin-mainstream-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post<\/a> and noted they are being published right before the midterm elections, when states could win over enough representatives supporting COS to reach their mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy the attacks? Because our movement threatens to take control away from people who have acquired an enormous amount of power and wealth,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Democrats, the left, the media and big corporations always want central power,\u201d DeMint told the DCNF. \u201cThey don\u2019t believe in states having authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cPart of the socialist mindset is the superiority of the institution of government,\u201d West added. \u201cThey want to see everything be dictated from the federal government on down, and not allow the states to be any way possibly involved in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice did not respond to DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. Sen. 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