We can disagree about politics. Abortion, LGBTQ rights, how we spend money, what wars we support…no problem there. But we cannot support a president who crossed the line and actively attempted to undermine the peaceful transfer of power. This single act posed an existential threat to our democracy.
On January 6th, 2021, Donald Trump did just that.
The founders of our great nation (wrongfully) assumed that the president would play by the rules. Would not be a criminal. Would faithfully support the constitution and the principles that our country was founded on. And when the Civil War arrived, it became apparent that guardrails needed to be put in place to protect our fragile democracy.
Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment was born.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
It’s that simple. Case closed.
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“Something’s wrong here. Something’s really wrong. Can’t have happened. And we fight. We fight like Hell and if you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.“
-Donald Trump on Jan 6th 2021, seconds before sending the crowd to storm the Capitol.
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“My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!”
– Trump post on Truth Social, March 11, 2024
