A far-left Democratic lawmaker has been caught on video discussing a diabolical plan to deny Donald Trump the presidency if he wins in November. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) specifically referenced Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, expressing a chilling determination to use Congress as a barrier against Trump’s reinstatement.
“What can be put into the Constitution can slip away from you very quickly. And the greatest example going on right now before our very eyes is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which they’re just disappearing with a magic wand, as if it doesn’t exist, even though it could not be clearer what it’s stating,” Raskin said, adding this chilling remark: “They want to kick it to Congress. So it’s going to be up to us on January 6, 2025, to tell the rampaging Trump mobs that he’s disqualified, and then we need bodyguards.”
Raskin then criticized the Supreme Court for its alleged reluctance to interpret the 14th Amendment as he believes it should. “For everybody in civil war conditions, all because the nine justices, not all of them, but these justices who have not many cases to look at every year, not that much work to do, a huge staff, great protection, simply do not want to do their job and interpret what the great 14th Amendment means,” he said.
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Jamie Raskin is saying that congress will STOP Trump from taking office even if he’s chosen by the voters.
This is extremely dangerous. Every Democrat needs to be on the record about this immediately. pic.twitter.com/9IwRoGrrQu
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 5, 2024
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has attracted considerable attention recently, thanks to activist Democrat officials and groups in states who are trying to falsely claim Trump “led an insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, despite the fact that he specifically told a rally crowd to “march peacefully” to the Capitol to protest what he believed was an irregular election. The clause was designed in the aftermath of the Civil War to bar former Confederates who had participated in insurrection or rebellion against the Union from resuming governmental positions without the consent of Congress.
Some state-level secretaries of state and state courts attempted to remove Trump from the ballot this year using the provision as justification, though he has never been charged with ‘insurrection,’ much less convicted of the act. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can’t boot him off the election ballots over those claims. The decision aimed to prevent a messy, state-by-state fight over who gets to be on the ballot—avoiding potential electoral chaos.
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