Dear John,

Donald Trump is well on his way to once again winning the Republican nomination for president, and I’m afraid about the future of American democracy.

We’ve already seen the deadly lengths that Donald Trump is willing to go in his pursuit of power. By all indications, Trump’s 2024 campaign will be even more dangerously unhinged than the last.

But we don't just have to stand by and watch Donald Trump set our democracy on fire — because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution disqualifies any public official who has engaged in insurrection from ever holding public office again.

That’s right. As a result of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump is disqualified from serving in any public office, including president. If state election officials enforce the 14th Amendment, Trump’s campaign is over.

But the corporate media isn’t telling that story — and that’s why Inequality Media Civic Action is launching a major public education campaign to explain why Trump should be disqualified and call on state election officials to keep the insurrectionist Donald Trump off the ballot.

Will you donate to Inequality Media Civic Action to educate the public and call on election officials to apply the 14th Amendment and keep insurrectionist Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot?

Adopted in the wake of the Civil War, the 14th Amendment explicitly prohibits elected officials who’ve engaged in insurrection from serving in public office again.

During the Reconstruction years, the 14th Amendment was routinely applied to keep former confederate officials off the ballot, even those who were never formally charged with crimes.

In fact, just last year, a New Mexico judge removed a county commissioner who participated in the January 6 insurrection from his elected position and banned him from seeking further public office.

Donald Trump should not be immune from the same consequences.

We all watched in horror when Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election and rallied a murderous mob to block its certification. Now he’s poised to attack our democracy again.

In state after state, and in Congress, Republicans who stood up to Trump in the last election have been purged from the party. Those who remain have made it clear that they will bend or disregard any rule that gets in their way.

It all points toward a second attempt by Trump to seize the White House by any means — whether by convincing state legislatures to throw out legally cast ballots, pressuring Congress to cast aside legitimate electors, or staging another violent attack. Trump is even promising to pardon many of the January 6 insurrectionists if elected to a second term.

In most states, filing deadlines for 2024 presidential candidates will come in the next six months. That’s why Inequality Media Civic Action is ramping up pressure on secretaries of state to fulfill their constitutional duty and refuse to put Trump on the ballot.

Inequality Media Civic Action is educating the public and pressuring state officials to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot. Will you donate?

Thanks for joining with us in the fight for truth,

Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action