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You might be shocked to think this case goes back to 2017, here’s why: On January 20th, 2017, Donald Trump swore an oath to protect the Constitution during his inauguration. John, since that day, we’ve taken a *lot* of actions to hold Donald Trump accountable, but nothing prepared us for the action that we’d have to take after January 6th, 2021. On January 6th, 2021, insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capital at Donald Trump’s urging. Trump incited tens of thousands of his supporters to “fight like hell” to overturn the election results by marching to the Capitol to “stop the steal.” He even poured fuel on the fire, targeting Mike Pence for lacking the “courage” to overturn the election in a tweet that measurably caused the mob to surge. Instead of intervening to defend the Capitol, Trump continued to urge members of Congress to deliver on the mob’s goal to delay the election certification. John, he swore an oath to the Constitution and on January 6th, he violated that oath. From that day forward, we knew we had to act. We knew that any person who participated in the insurrection had to be held accountable – even the president of the United States. Some of the people who participated in the insurrection on the Capitol had sworn an oath to the Constitution. And under the 14th Amendment, that meant they were no longer eligible to hold office. So we took action. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:
On March 21, 2022, CREW, along with our co-counsel in New Mexico, filed a lawsuit on behalf of three New Mexico residents to remove Otero County Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from office for his participation in the events leading up to and on January 6th during the insurrection. And just a few months later, on September 6, 2022, the judge ordered the immediate removal of Couy Griffin from office, marking the first time in 150 years that a court has removed an elected official under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. But we were determined it wouldn’t be the last. On September 6th, 2023, we filed our lawsuit in Colorado to enforce Trump’s disqualification from the ballot under the 14th Amendment – and on December 19th, 2023, in a 4-3 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the Colorado primary ballot. But Donald Trump appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court, and now we’re gearing up to defend our win. Our arguments to the Supreme Court are on February 8th, and if we want to defend all the progress we’ve made towards holding Trump accountable, we have to do everything in our power to defend this win and keep him off the ballot. This is without a doubt the biggest fight CREW has ever taken on. And this decision will have an impact for decades to come. So we need every person reading this email to get involved in this fight, because this is the most important time you can make a difference. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:
Thank you, Arielle Linsky Stogner Chief Operating Officer Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington |
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