Former President Donald Trump at a Save American rally in Perry Say hello to your supporters. Saturday, September 25, 2021, Georgia. (AP Photo / Ben Gray)
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The Washington Post published an editorial in 2024 calling on Congress to ban former President Donald J. Trump from running for reelection. An article written by NBC News election law analyst Edward B. Foley. Congress argued that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to Trump should be armed to prevent thepresumed GOP front runnerfrom running again.
"If the purpose of prosecuting former President Donald Trump is to protect American democracy from the resurrection of Trump in 2024, there is a better way than filing a criminal accusation." Foley writes.
"Instead, Congress should exercise constitutional power to ban Trump from seeking the president again," he continued.
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File-This year March 2020 File Photo 2, President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, NC (AP Photo / Mike McCarn)
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is Congress "Being involved in a riot" by DOJ prevents him from running for public office.
Some people, including lawyer Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, claim that January 6was not a riot. "I know everyone here will soon march to the Capitol to hear your voice peacefully and patrioticly," Mr. Trump told protesters. The January 6 Commission cut out a "peaceful and patriotic" line in a video of Trump's speech at the first hearing earlier this month.
Foley said, "Article 14 of the Amendment sets out the procedure, which states the federal government's" previously sworn "as a federal officer in support of the Constitution." It stipulates that no one has it. Foley argues that protesting Trump's election results is a crime, but by using the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, "additional criminal trials, including evidence beyond all reasonable doubt. Burden. "
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President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Twson International Airport on Monday, October 19, 2020 in Twson, Arizona (AP Photo) / Alex Brandon)
"In addition, put him in prison for his past crimes to protect the 2024 election from the kind of overthrow that Trump attempted in 2020. No need, I'm a candidate again. "
Foley concluded that "the republic is really in trouble" if Trump was not forbidden to seek presidential office in 2024.
Washington Commanders defense coordinator Jack Del Rioand several others have reported media coverage and prosecution of the January 6 riots and the BLM and ANTIFA riots. Criticized the obvious dual criteria between. To the summer of 2020. Del Rio was fined $ 100,000 for his comments.
As New York Post columnist Miranda Devinepointed out, "The 2020 BLM riots injured or blinded more than 2,000 police officers. , More than 20 people and property damage worth more than $ 1 billion are the most expensive in the history of insurance. "
President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference with the Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. .. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
Devine went on to say, "[A] s RealClearInvestigations discovered that the 2020 BLM riots increased police officers by 15 times and arrests by 30 times. And dollar-based damage that costs up to 1,300 times the estimated Capitol riot.'"
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Trump will announce whether he will run for Presidentafter the interim period of 2022.
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