{"id":107386,"date":"2022-02-19T12:15:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T16:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=107386"},"modified":"2022-02-19T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T16:15:52","slug":"fourteenth-amendment-threatens-2022-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=107386","title":{"rendered":"Fourteenth Amendment Threatens 2022 Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->by Renee Parsons<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">As the mid term 2022 elections approach, there is an expectation that with thirty Democratic House retirements and the continued unraveling of the Biden Administration that the Dems are about to experience historic losses in both the House and Senate. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">However, the evil geniuses within the Democratic party have identified the Fourteenth Amendment as a vehicle to thwart Republican dreams of achieving a massive political realignment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Therefore, it may be shortsighted to count what was once the party of Jefferson down and out until their last glimmer of frenzy has been extinguished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/amendment-14\/section-3\/\">Section 3<\/a>,<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> also known as the Disqualification Clause, was added to the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 allowed that No Member of Congress or a State legislature <\/span><span class=\"s5\">\u201c<i>shall have engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof<\/i>.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In other words<i>, <\/i>any such official sworn to uphold the US Constitution may be banned from holding public office if engaged in what might be defined as an \u2018<i>insurrection<\/i>\u2019 or \u2018<i>rebellion.<\/i>\u2019 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Soon after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/10\/transition-integrity-project-founder-suggested-military-coup-against-trump-days-after-inauguration\/\"><span class=\"s3\">2016<\/span><\/a> election, one hundred senior government staffers with links to Never Trumpers, former Obama White House and Open Society Foundation staffers were organized by Marc Elias, Democratic party Super Duper Fixer and top brain trust strategist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Elias is credited with the ultimately ineffective Russiagate scandal and establishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Transition-Integrity-Project-Report.pdf\"><span class=\"s3\">Transition Integrity Project<\/span><\/a> which now reads like a blueprint on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/09\/no-surprise-transition-integrity-project-working-remove-president-trump-office-no-matter-connections-china-soros-obama-hunter-biden\/\"><span class=\"s3\">remove Trump<\/span><\/a> from the White House if he won the 2020 election.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Elias\u2019 efforts concede that if the Dems cannot win with public support on the issues, they must then resort to whatever nefarious deception they can concoct.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">With the Fourteenth Amendment in his back pocket, Elias has now taken the lead promising that<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201c<i>Before the midterm election, we will have a serious discussion about whether individual Republican House Members are disqualified by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from serving in Congress<\/i>. \u201c<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">While a joint session of Congress was to scrutinize and certify each State\u2019s 2020 election results during the January 6 (J6) certification process, the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d Capitol demonstration became the ideal foil to allege that a violent assault was organized to stop Congress from declaring Joe Biden to be the 2020 winner.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">As the 2022 election is upon us, the Democrats have begun<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>a robust campaign to accuse certain<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>House Members of Fourteenth Amendment violations as a recent mailing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/action.314actionfund.org\/survey\/jan6-attendees-petition\/?akid=4640.5031779.7bWzFQ&amp;rd=1&amp;source=314_EM_PT_220213_1MC-1MO-1MD_RSND_3_jan6&amp;t=7\"><span class=\"s3\">315electionfund.org<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> states that \u201c<i>Nearly 70 Republicans who participated in the January 6 attack on our Capitol are currently HOLDING elected office throughout the country<\/i>.\u201d <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Once a first rate investigative journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/exclusive-jan-6-organizers-met-congress-white-house-1245289\/\"><span class=\"s6\"><i>Rolling Stone<\/i><\/span> <span class=\"s6\">magazine<\/span><\/a> relied on anonymous sources who provided no facts, no evidence and no<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>corroborating information while accusing seven Republican members of the House of Representatives who acting as \u2018insurrectionists\u201d in planning and participating in J6.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Those named included Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as well as US House of Representative Members Paul<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Gosar (Az), Andy Biggs (Az), Madison Cawthorn (NC), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Lauren Boebert (Colo), Mo Brooks (Ala) and Louie Gohmert (Tx) who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?511626-1\/house-passes-pregnant-worker-accommodations-bill-315-101&amp;live=&amp;vod=\"><span class=\"s7\">claimed<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s8\">\u00a0there was no evidence of an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/28\/politics\/armed-insurrection-january-6-guns-fact-check\/index.html\"><span class=\"s3\"><i>armed insurrection<\/i><\/span><\/a>&#8221; and that &#8220;<i>Not one person has been charged with bringing a firearm to the Capitol<\/i>.&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">To date, the first Fourteenth Amendment attack has been against US Rep. Madison Cawthorn<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>(R-NC) who attended J6 and participated in the Congressional J6 House vote count.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Under the guise of an independent nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/freespeechforpeople.org\/north-carolina-voters-challenge-rep-madison-cawthorns-candidacy-for-reelection-under-fourteenth-amendments-insurrectionist-disqualification-clause\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Free Speech for People<\/span><\/a>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>a <a href=\"https:\/\/freespeechforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nc-14.3-complaint-cawthorn-final-2022-01-10.pdf\"><span class=\"s3\">complaint<\/span><\/a> has been lodged<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>on behalf of some Cawthorn constituents<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>with the North Carolina Board of Election.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The FSP asserted<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>that Cawthorn does not meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/madison-cawthorn-reelection-challenge-14th-amendment-insurrectionists_n_61dcbb7be4b04b42ab83bf0b\"><span class=\"s3\">constitutional<\/span><\/a> requirements as outlined in Section 3<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and is therefore ineligible to run for re-election.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Cawthorn has responded with a suit <a href=\"https:\/\/smokymountainnews.com\/archives\/item\/33002-cawthorn-sues-n-c-board-of-elections-over-attempt-to-disqualify-him\"><span class=\"s3\">against<\/span><\/a> the five member<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>NCBE citing that under North Carolina law, the candidate has the burden of proof to show that he is qualified to be elected. In addition, Cawthorn cited that Section 3 is unconstitutional since it is the <\/span><span class=\"s11\">U.S. House of Representative\u2019s exclusive power to determine the qualifications for its Members.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s5\">More recently, Indiana Rep. Jim Banks is the latest to receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/indiana-rep-banks-facing-insurrection-ballot-challenge\/ar-AATWmyQ?cvid=46343e43fdad4e2c9b6e027daf9ad7ec&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar\"><span class=\"s3\">legal challenge<\/span><\/a> for removal from the ballot per the Fourteenth Amendment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Banks had been denied a place on the Democratic House J6 Investigation by Speaker Nancy Pelosi after which Republicans boycotted the panel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Banks is Chair of the Republican Study Group and on J6 voted against Biden\u2019s Electoral<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>College win.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"> While<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Rep. Lauren Boebert (Co) attended the J6 rally, she has been identified as an \u2018insurrectionist and is looking at a <a href=\"https:\/\/d.docs.live.net\/37d063c0b07240a9\/Documents\/According%2520to%2520RNC%2520Chair%2520Ronna%2520McDaniel,%2520the%2520January%25206th%2520select%2520committee%2520represents%2520a%2520%2522Democrat-led%2520persecution%2520of%2520ordinary%2520citizens%2520who%2520engaged%2520in%2520legitimate%2520political%2520discourse.%2522\"><span class=\"s3\">primary contest<\/span><\/a> by a well-funded former RINO State Senator.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If Boebert\u2019s opposition makes it on the ballot, it may be expected that formal accusations of being ineligible per the Fourteenth will become a campaign issue.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"> One such J6 attack against a state legislator has been lodged against Colorado State Rep. Ron Hanks who is running in the Republican US Senate primary to challenge Democratic incumbent Senator Michael Bennett who recently sent out a fund raising email citing Hanks\u2019 attendance at J6: <\/span><span class=\"s11\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>\u201c<\/i><b><i>Proud January 6th insurrectionist<\/i><\/b><i> and Michael\u2019s leading Republican opponent, State Rep. Ron Hanks won a straw poll following a Republican primary debate, beating out other Republican Senate candidates.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This momentum is putting a spotlight on Hanks that is drawing supporters into his campaign, so we have to act fast. Ron Hanks <\/i><b><i>rallied with rioters who attempted to overthrow our democracy.<\/i><\/b><i> His views are extreme, and he doesn\u2019t represent Colorado\u2019s values<\/i>. <i>He is out to undermine Democracy<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s9\">A<\/span><span class=\"s2\">ccording to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Reuters<\/span><\/a>, the FBI found \u201c<i>scant evidence<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>of an organized plot<\/i>\u201d to overthrow certification of the 2020 election, according to four current and former federal law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Those same sources further declared that the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>U.S. Capitol demonstration<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>was \u201c<i>not centrally coordinated<\/i>\u201d by far right Trump supporters and<\/span><span class=\"s13\"> that \u201c<i>there was no grand scheme\u2026 to storm the Capitol and take hostages<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s13\">In addition, the alleged Congressional J6 Oversight committee has yet to hold a public <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/26\/exclusive-house-democrats-wont-release-required-staff-reports-in-j6-probe\/\"><span class=\"s3\">hearing<\/span><\/a> with bona fide testimony or facts as<\/span><span class=\"s5\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-says-154347893.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\"><span class=\"s3\">RNC Chair<\/span><\/a> Ronna McDaniel, said the J6 select committee represents a &#8220;<i>Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse<\/i>.&#8221; <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amnesty_Act\"><span class=\"s3\">Amnesty Act of 1872<\/span><\/a> reversed the majority of office holding disqualifications of Section 3, the Elias forces will continue to snarl 2022 campaign era in pursuit of legal retaliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>Renee Parsons\u00a0served on the ACLU\u2019s Florida State Board of Directors and as president of the ACLU Treasure Coast Chapter. She has been an elected public official in Colorado, staff in the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth and a staff member of the US House of Representatives in Washington DC. She can be found at\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"mailto:reneedove3@yahoo.com\"><span class=\"s3\"><i>reneedove3@yahoo.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}