Leftist hysteria over Simulated Article V Convention

Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, author of “The Constitution in Jeopardy,” a fear-tinged diatribe against Convention of State’s alleged attempt to “destroy” the Constitution, caught wind of the upcoming Article V simulated convention and, to say the least, he isn’t pleased.

Exploiting the same tactics that propelled his book last summer (after “Constitution in Jeopardy” released, everyone from The New York Times to The Guardian published anti-COS hit pieces), Feingold avowed that next month’s simulated convention is part of our radical plan to upend democracy.

“If the adage ‘practice makes perfect’ has merit, be afraid—be very afraid,” he wrote. “This August, a far-right group is convening their third-known practice session on how to rewrite the Constitution to advance partisan goals. The organization, Convention of the States, is not only rehearsing how to amend the Constitution, it is promoting a highly undemocratic method of doing so. If the Convention of the States gets its way, our country will be thrown into a constitutional crisis with no guarantee that our democracy survives.”

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“When you’re planning to hijack the Constitution, it is important to practice,” he later added. “And the right’s practice of how to radically amend the Constitution should scare the rest of us and motivate us to speak up.”

“In sum, the Convention of the States is charting a course for a constitutional crisis, and too few people are paying attention. This threatens all of us, and we need to be collectively engaged in sounding the alarm bells. If we wait until Congress is compelled to call a convention, it’ll be too late.”

Interestingly, Feingold admits that an Article V convention is constitutional and that “our founders anticipated that the Constitution would be amended.” Even George Washington knew the document was imperfect, he noted. The Founders gave “We the People” the ability to rectify federal abuse in Article V, knowing that when government takes too much power, it never willingly gives it back. However, the author suggests (without evidence) that racist Americans will abuse that power to “perpetuate the political dominance of white people, who make up a declining percentage of this country’s population.”

As always, Feingold’s narrative is fraught with misinformation and relies heavily on his readers' fear of an “extremist right.” He fails to relay critical information, including, for example, that any amendment that passes out of the convention must then be ratified by 38 states. That fact alone debunks most of Feingold’s narrative, therefore, he conveniently ignores it.

But there is one fact that not even Russ Feingold can ignore: despite his and George Soros’s and corrupt D.C. politicians’ best attempts to dissuade us, the Article V movement is picking up steam—and there is, ultimately, nothing they can do to stop us.

To learn more about the Article V Simulated Convention in Colonial Williamsburg, visit cossimulation2023.org. To join Convention of States in the fight to save liberty using Article V, sign the petition below.