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[link removed] [[link removed]] John,

In just 17 days, we’ll be at the Supreme Court making our argument for keeping Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado.

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John, let’s break this down:

What did Trump do?

On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump took the oath of office, swearing to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Almost four years to the day after taking that oath, on January 6, 2021, Trump incited a violent insurrection that nearly shattered our democracy.

The attack on the Capitol was not a spontaneous event. It was the culmination of a multi-part scheme by Trump and his allies to use lies, intimidation, coercion and ultimately violence to keep Trump in office.

Why does that mean Trump is disqualified from office?

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection from holding state or federal office. It was put in place after the Civil War to ensure that those who rose up against the United States government would not then be put in charge of it. Many former Confederate officials did not even try to hold office because of it, and courts and legislatures disqualified others who did.

By leading an unprecedented, violent effort to subvert the Constitution and American democracy, Trump also disqualified himself under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from holding any federal or state office, including the presidency.

How do you prove Trump incited the insurrection?

Trump not only engaged in the January 6th insurrection, but was its central cause.

Here are just a few snippets backing up our argument:

*
Trump
spread
knowingly
false
claims
of
a
“stolen”
and
“rigged”
election
—
even
after
he
exhausted
legal
challenges,
his
advisors
told
him
he
had
lost,
the
states
certified
his
loss,
and
there
was
no
lawful
basis
to
contest
the
election
results.
*
Trump’s
lie
that
the
election
was
stolen
propelled
the
“Stop
the
Steal”
movement
,
which
tried
to
exert
pressure
on
Vice
President
Mike
Pence
and
Congress
to
unlawfully
refuse
to
certify
the
presidential
election
results
on
January
6th.
*
Trump
summoned
a
violent
mob
of
tens
of
thousands
of
his
supporters
—
including
now-convicted
seditionists
and
members
of
extremist
groups
such
as
the
Oath
Keepers
and
the
Proud
Boys
—
to
travel
to
Washington,
D.C.
for
a
“wild”
protest
on
January
6th.
*
Trump
incited
the
mob
to
“fight
like
hell”
to
overturn
the
election
results
by
marching
to
the
Capitol
to
“stop
the
steal,”
knowing
that
many
were
armed,
adorned
in
tactical
gear,
and
prepared
for
violence.
Trump
failed
to
act
for
nearly
three
hours
as
his
mob
ransacked
the
United
States
Capitol,
brutally
assaulted
police
officers,
and
called
for
the
murder
of
elected
officials.

John, the framers of Section 3 sought to protect American democracy from someone exactly like Trump when they barred constitutional oath-breakers from office.

How do we know that it can actually work?

Because CREW has done it before.

Last year a court in New Mexico, in a case brought by New Mexico residents represented by CREW, disqualified a county commissioner who played a role in the January 6th insurrection, including organizing and encouraging the violent mob.

Couy Griffin, a former New Mexico county commissioner who was a grassroots mobilizer for a “battle” to stop the certification process and a member of Trump’s mob on January 6th, was disqualified as a result of this lawsuit to enforce his constitutional disqualification.

Just like we removed Couy Griffin from office, we sued in Colorado to disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot, as the Constitution requires – and we won. But Trump appealed his loss, so now we’re going to the Supreme Court. It’s our biggest fight yet, and it won’t be easy, so we’re asking for your support.

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