Democrats should use 14th Amendment insurrection clause to keep Trump off the ballot in 2024

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

After the testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, is there any doubt that Donald Trump fomented the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021?

There are no longer any innocent explanations for what he did that day. Select Committee testimony has demonstrated that he knew he had no good factual or legal basis for his claim that the election was stolen, that he knew Vice President Mike Pence was not going to save him and that his only chance to remain in the White House was to stop the final ratification by Congress on Jan. 6. The testimony has also demonstrated that he knew some in the crowd assembled to hear him speak were armed, that a mob was heading to the Capitol, and that it was clearly in his power to call off the insurrection — but instead of trying to stop the violence, he chose to do nothing.

The question is: Can anything be done, short of a criminal conviction, to prevent Trump from seeking to recapture the presidency?

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies a person from being president who, while holding a federal office, participated in an insurrection against the United States.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-should-use-14th-amendment-insurrection-clause-to-keep-trump-off-the-ballot-in-2024/ar-AAZEz8K

[JohnSJ]

1. Yes, and not only that the Democrats should be framing Congressman republicans as anti-women

for wanting to force women to carry to term a rape, incest, or if the life of the mother is at stake.

There is no ambiguity here

[onecaliberal]

2. But, but, how can we know he meant to do an insurrection...

[duckworth969]

3. Strategy

This article actually points out the strategic advantages of Dems using the clause even if it’s not entirely successful.

Forces Chump’s hand on declaring and starts the Repug cat fight for the nomination earlier than usual.

Donors have to commit backing (or not backing) this or that person sooner in the election cycle.

Repugs riding Chump’s coattails have to start jockeying around to get noticed and clawing at each other for a seat at the table.

Yeah, I like this idea.