‘You People Are Sick’: Republicans Fire Back at The Hill Column Urging Congress Not To Ratify Trump Election
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The Hill is getting heat from some prominent Republicans over an opinion piece that urges Congress to “act now” to keep “oath-breaking insurrectionist” President-elect Donald Trump from taking office on Jan. 20, 2025.
The piece by opinion contributors Evan A. Davis and David M. Schulte begins, “The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president.”
The article continues:
This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … 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.” This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House.
Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump’s counsel.
On social media Thursday, both the President-elect’s son Eric Trump and Fox News’ Tomi Lehren called the column writers “sick” for their suggestion.
Incoming Communications Director Stephen Cheung cried hypocrisy, writing, “Oh, look. Democrats want to steal the election and invalidate the will of the American people. Threat to Democracy.”
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump for a second time on January 13, 2021 due to his actions on Jan. 6. He was ultimately acquitted by the Senate.
After Trump won in November, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s motion to dismiss criminal charges that Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election with claims and actions that allegedly led up to the insurrection.
Earlier this month, Trump told NBC’s Kirsten Welker he will pardon the hundreds of people who pleaded guilty to taking part in the Capitol Riots on his first day back in office, and that members of the Jan. 6 committee, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), “should go to jail.”
Read The Hill opinion piece here: Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now
