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Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Jan. 6
The Hill ^ | 06 January 2022 | JOHN KRUZEL

Posted on 01/07/2022 1:32:11 AM PST by blueplum

In the year since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a handful of Democrats, constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates have been quietly exploring how a post-Civil War amendment to the Constitution might be used to disqualify former President Trump from holding office again.

Calls for Congress to take steps to strip Trump of his eligibility, which reached a crescendo in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot, have since decreased. But those who remain engaged on the issue say discussions about applying Section 3 of the 14th Amendment have been ongoing....

...An analysis by The Hill found that around a dozen Democratic lawmakers have spoken either publicly or privately over the last year about how Section 3 of the 14th Amendment might apply to those who engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6.

Among those whose offices have spoken recently with Tribe are Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who sits on the Jan. 6 House Select Committee; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee; and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)....

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; didyousearch; maga; trump
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MAGA 2024 and damn the torpedos!
1 posted on 01/07/2022 1:32:11 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

SHOCKED!


2 posted on 01/07/2022 1:34:03 AM PST by period end of story (Give me a firm spot, and I will move the world.)
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To: blueplum

The democrat commies are running scared!


3 posted on 01/07/2022 1:35:52 AM PST by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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"constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates"

i.e. Constitutional re-interpreters and communists.
4 posted on 01/07/2022 1:38:25 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: blueplum

Not one “terrorist” or “insurrectionist” has been charged as such. These were the antifa, etc in the crowd and they should all be ID’d, charged and prosecuted with anything that’ll stick.


5 posted on 01/07/2022 1:44:52 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: blueplum

If they do this then blood on the streets Loretta lynch and plenty of active congressional and government folks need to be outed.
Trump just lays his mantle on someone else and runs it like Obama does.


6 posted on 01/07/2022 1:47:35 AM PST by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: blueplum

If these scholars are pro democracy, then they are not constitutional scholars.


7 posted on 01/07/2022 2:04:03 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: blueplum

The Democrats irrational fear of Trump has reached the point of a diagnosable phobia.


8 posted on 01/07/2022 2:13:08 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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I think the driving fear here is that it’s not all Republicans and Independents on this Trump ‘wagon’. There’s probably 10-to-20 percent of Democrats who were willing to vote Trump, instead of Hillary or Biden. In that type of environment, it hinders the entire party and various levels.

I will add this...DeSantis is the same ‘brand’ and the whole Democratic Party has a problem finding quality candidates to go against either Trump or DeSantis.


9 posted on 01/07/2022 2:20:24 AM PST by pepsionice
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I will add this...DeSantis is the same ‘brand’ and the whole Democratic Party has a problem finding quality candidates to go against either Trump or DeSantis.

The only kind of candidates the Democrats can find are those that want to be president for their own profit.

Being Democrat these days precludes being a good candidate.

10 posted on 01/07/2022 2:28:20 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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Quality candidates? I can’t think of one Democrat at the federal level who has achieve the level of simpleton, never mind the candidates.


11 posted on 01/07/2022 2:32:41 AM PST by HalfIrish
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To: blueplum
The prior section can strip states of their seats in the House of Representatives if they are found to have "in any way abridged" the rights of their citizens to vote.

Systemic stuffing of the ballot box by government election officials would be an abridgment of the votes cast by citizens of the state.

-PJ

12 posted on 01/07/2022 2:37:54 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Herakles

TRUMP IS NO FOOL. He will lead them like the pied piper right to election day


13 posted on 01/07/2022 2:49:16 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: blueplum

The DemonKKKraps lost their opportunity with their last impeachment attempt for what President Trump said at the January 6th rally.

They will be really surprised at what Trump comes up with when he gets access to video evidence of F.B.I. instigation efforts to promote the violence. If that evidence is not made available to him, it would be cause for a mistrial.


14 posted on 01/07/2022 2:52:17 AM PST by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” Newton


15 posted on 01/07/2022 3:03:27 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: blueplum

These sleeze balls think they can do whatever they want to Trump just because they hate him.


16 posted on 01/07/2022 3:11:41 AM PST by jersey117
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To: blueplum

This claim is a YUGE lie from the Left, just like the big lie claiming “Russian collusion.” Anyone who believes the Democrats current attempt at prevening Donald Trump from regaining the presidency is not operating with a brain capable of learning from recent past experience


17 posted on 01/07/2022 3:11:59 AM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now ( )
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To: blueplum

So quietly that we’re reading it here!

/sarc>

CC


18 posted on 01/07/2022 3:20:42 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: blueplum

Quietly????? They couldn’t be any more blatant!


19 posted on 01/07/2022 3:36:44 AM PST by Joann37
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“Quietly????? They couldn’t be any more blatant!”

This^^

Pretty sure The Hill used to be call “High Times” or “Mother Jones” or something.


20 posted on 01/07/2022 3:46:06 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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