… in other words gaetz and company are admitting (knowingly or unwittingly) that
- trump is an insurrecionist
- trump is very likely to lose at the supreme court in his colorado 14th amendment appeal hearing
- that the plain text reading of section 3 of the 14th amendment says congress can waive the condition (but only if 2/3 of both houses agree to waive the condition)
the funny thing is how when this passes the house, it won’t be anywhere close to the 290 they need but they’ll try to act as though it’s binding. and they’re doing this before the hearing, where the plaintiff’s attorney and/or the colorado solicitor general can point out that since the house and senate have initiated resolutions declaring trump not an insurrectionist that the colorado supreme court ruling should hold since the congress has started the process of returning trump to the ballot.
and if I a non law talkin guy could see this and figure it out then so should the supreme court. especially if someone points that out to them.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) unveiled a resolution Tuesday that declares former President Trump “did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”
The resolution — which spans one page and has more than 60 GOP co-sponsors — comes as groups across the country try to disqualify Trump from appearing on their 2024 presidential election ballots on claims that he engaged in an insurrection during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
“We are here today to authoritatively express that President Trump did not commit an insurrection, and we believe Congress has a unique role in making that declaration,” Gaetz said.
The resolution, which is nonbinding, would declare that it is “the sense of the House of Representatives” that Trump “did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or give aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
“If we’re the purported victim, in Congress, and we’re saying this was not an insurrection, I think that will hold a great deal of weight,” he added.
or GOP leadership that they will bring the resolution to the floor for a vote, but he alluded to the Louisiana Republican’s closeness to Trump.
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