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Friday, September 16th, 2022

It’s time to enforce the Constitution and ban seditious Republicans from Congress

Author:     Thom Hartmann
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     September 09, 2022
 Link: It’s time to enforce the Constitution and ban seditious Republicans from Congress
Stephan:   Thom Hartmann and I agree about holding members of Congress who spout and engage in seditious behavior accountable, removing them from office, and he gives a good explanation of the 14th Amendment and how this could and should be done.
MAGAt Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia holds a press conference to call for the dismissal of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2021. Credit: Jim Watson / AP

Before I even get into the guts of this argument, just ask yourself: if Democratic Members of Congress had engaged in a seditious conspiracy to overthrow our government to put or keep a Democratic president in power against both the popular vote and the Electoral College, and Republicans controlled Congress right now, what would those Republicans be doing?

It’s time to enforce the Constitution, and a judge in New Mexico just kicked off the process. Democrats need to jump on this with the vigor of Trump crashing a Miss Teen USA dressing room.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution clearly says that if an elected official “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States and the laws of the United States, “or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof,” that elected official may not “hold any office, civil […]

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