John,

Please see Robert Reich’s important message below and then add your name
to demand action now.

Disqualify Trump: [link removed]

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Dear John,

Donald Trump has announced his plans to run for president. The twice
impeached, disgraced ex-president made the official primetime announcement
from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

Under no circumstances should the former guy be permitted to run for
president again.

The reality is section 3 of the 14th Amendment could not be clearer:^[ [link removed] ]

“No person shall … hold any office … under the United States … who,
having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the
United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same.”

On his inauguration day in 2017, Donald Trump took an oath to “preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Four years
later, Trump incited an insurrection against the U.S. government.

[1]Join me in demanding Secretaries of State, State Election Boards and
Federal and State Courts reject and disqualify Trump from running for
President under the Fourteenth Amendment.

ADD YOUR VOICE: [link removed]

Ballot disqualification for insurrection is not unprecedented. Courts have
already ruled that January 6 insurrectionists can be barred from
office.^[ [link removed] ]

In fact, Judge Francis J. Mathew ruled recently that Couy Griffin was
ineligible to continue to serve as Otero County Commissioner in New Mexico
for his involvement on January 6 and barred for life from ever serving any
office in the United States again.

If Griffin is deemed ineligible, why shouldn’t the same standard be
applied to Trump?

The House Select Committee on January 6 laid out the facts. Trump sought
to intimidate state officials into reversing the election outcome. He then
recruited the violent mob to the Capitol.^[ [link removed] ] He encouraged and incited
them to take action against the government despite knowing the crowd was
heavily armed.^[ [link removed] ]

He provided aid to those participating in the attack by choosing not to
act, failing to call in the National Guard or any other law enforcement to
assist the overwhelmed Capitol police^[ [link removed] ] despite repeated requests.^[ [link removed] ]

[2]If Section 3 of the 14th Amendment means anything, it clearly
disqualifies Donald Trump from becoming President. When he disrupted the
transition of presidential power mandated by the Constitution after having
sworn to defend it, he became immediately ineligible. Demand election
officials reject and disqualify Trump now.

I believe Attorney General Merrick Garland must indict Trump and hold him
accountable, but election officials do not need an indictment or
conviction to reject and disqualify Trump from holding office.

The only thing they need is the Constitution.

Working together, we will protect democracy from those who want to destroy
it.

Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action

^[1] [3]Constitution of the United States Fourteenth Amendment

^[2] [4]Insurrectionists May Be Barred From Office, Court Rules, Bloomberg
Law

^[3] [5]How Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on
Jan. 6, NPR

^[4] [6]Trump Urged Armed Supporters to Capitol, White House Aide
Testifies, New York Times

^[5] [ [link removed] ]House panel says Trump ‘chose not to act’ during attack on US
Capitol, The Guardian

^[6] [ [link removed] ]Capitol riot: Trump ignored pleas to condemn attack, hearing told,
BBC




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