In an op-ed for The Hill, attorneys Evan Davis and David Schulte claim that “insurrectionist” Trump is disqualified from serving as president again.
Without a trace of irony, the lawyers are demanding that Democrats delegitimize Trump’s victory when Congress meets to certify the election results on January 6th, 2025.
The scheme is based on the 1887 Electoral Count Act.
This is the same law that was amended after the January 6, 2021, protest.
It was amended to clarify that the vice president’s role in certifying the results is only ceremonial.
Under the Act, Congress can object to electoral votes if 20% of each chamber signs a petition, the lawyers wrote for The Hill.
In their op-ed, the lawyers wrote:
“If the objection is sustained by majority vote in each house, the vote is not counted and the number of votes required to be elected is reduced by the number of disqualified votes.
“If all votes for Trump were not counted, Kamala Harris would be elected president.”
The lawyers echo an argument that was previously made by anti-Trump Democrat Rep. Jamie Raksin (D-MD).
Raskin touted a similar claim at the height of the Democrats’ failed anti-Trump lawfare campaign.
At the time, Raskin suggested that Congress would have to delegitimize a Trump victory if the Supreme Court refused to block him from the ballot.
The justices ultimately ruled unanimously against an effort by Colorado to enforce the so-called “insurrection ban” in the 14th Amendment.
“They want to kick it to Congress, so it’s going to be up to us on Jan. 6, 2025, to tell the rampaging Trump mobs that he’s disqualified, and then we need bodyguards for everybody and civil war conditions,” Raskin said at the time.
Raskin’s trash talk has been quieted by Trump’s resounding victory, however.
Trump’s historic win has left Democrats broken and demoralized.
Compared to his shocking 2016 victory, which was met with a protest movement, riots, and objections in Congress, Trump’s epic comeback has resulted in little resistance so far.
Just a handful of “election deniers” who refuse to face reality have publicly objected to Trump’s win.
If Democrats want to start winning again, attempting to block Trump from office after he won the popular vote is surely a bad way to go about it.
Democrats must accept that voters rejected them.
There are no magic words they can say to make Trump – and the people who support him – disappear.
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