Posted on 01/23/2021 2:19:40 PM PST by MtnClimber
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are publicly speculating on whether or not they can utilize the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to bar former President Trump from ever holding public office again.
The 14th Amendment, passed in the wake of the Civil War, in part directs that no individual may hold any public office in the country if he or she “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. after taking an oath of office in support of the Constitution.
Democrats in Congress have claimed that President Trump’s fiery rhetoric at a Jan. 6 rally in Washington should be deemed “incitement” of insurrection due to a mob of individuals having stormed the U.S. Capitol following that speech.
“It’s an idea that’s out there that I think people are contemplating in the accountability space,” U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine told the Hill on Friday.
“The remedies of the 14th Amendment certainly may be appropriate for someone who incites an insurrection as Donald Trump did,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said, while Sen. Chris Murphy called the measure "certainly a possibility.”
Legal experts have argued that, under First Amendment jurisprudence, it’s unlikely that Trump actually “incited” the Jan. 6 rioters, given the high bar the Supreme Court has set to meet that standard.
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TRUTH IS that I hope that the DIMocRATS are CLUELESS ENOUGH to try that FOOLISHNESS, as that path leads to the death of the “Donkey Party” & permanent IRRELEVANCE of their plans.
Yours, ex-cadet
Why are they so worried about Trump? After all, they beat him fair and square, right? And if Sleepy Joe can do that think what a real candidate could do?
Besides, FReepers say they’ll rig the elections and we’re all screwed forever.
They think their twisted version of the constitution can protect them they are woefully foolish.
“It’s an idea that’s out there that I think people are contemplating in the accountability space,” U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine told the Hill on Friday.’
contemplate away; it’s not going to happen...
not biden’s.
‘They need 60 votes they won’t get 60 votes NO WAY!!!’
I thought they needed to reach two thirds in order to convict; that’s 67 votes...
regardless, neither 60 and certainly not 67 is happening...
“The Rats very much fear Trump.”
Rush has been making this point since the election (fraud).
President Trump got ~75 MILLION legitimate votes. This fact terrifies the dems. They are desperate to prevent him from ever being able to run again.
Rush has made the point that after 4 years of implementing their policies, the economy and our freedom will be so devastated that President Trump will become even more popular in the months and years to come.
Rush also agreed with Trump’s strategy of wishing Dementia Joe well and then laying low for several weeks to a few months to let the dems own the devastating effect their policies will be responsible for.
They are not “democrats.”
They are socialists monsters.
They want their way on a national scale.
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There’s something familiar about that...
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I know what I would like to do.
“Democrats in Congress have claimed that President Trump’s fiery rhetoric at a Jan. 6 rally...”
Funny, I watched that speech in its entirety and never once thought it was fiery. He was telling the truth, and maybe the truth is fiery to democrats.
As Conrad Black observed, Trump has been impeach based on two transcripts that prove his innocence.
I think I can’t wait for this trial
I’ve already seen multiple videos of the cops letting all these people in
We’ve already had antifa members on film causing the trouble
And we have the martyr Ashley Babbitt - what’s the name of her killer?
If the Republicans are stupid enough to go along with this trial it will be the end of the republican party
Smart/evil rats do. They KNOW Trump got 80 million+ votes and Biden got less than 60 million legal votes. Hell, without CA illegal alien fraud, maybe less than 50 million.
Lol. Pure projection.
The problem with that is that the aggressors that were attacking the cops were ANTIFA, and democraps have yet to denounce them. As a matter of fact Bannon showed a MAGA person bitching at the capital cops to call in for reinforcements.
https://m.facebook.com/nate.d.mcmurray/videos/338036494039429/?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F&_rdr
There already isn’t a Republican Party, they killed themselves off when they didn’t fight for President Trump.
Next election the establishment assigns us our next president thru some sort of twisted notion that "quality control" is a function of the state in political matters and we get our new president. Instead of parties, parades, and public enthusiasm, we get the National Guard with guns to force our acceptance of our assigned new executive and team of unelected bureaucrats.
Hmmmm.....
The DNC is a hive of scum and villainy: baby murdering, poofter adoring, socialistic scum and villainy.
It’s not the rats. There are some Rinos who fear him more.
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