{"id":24672,"date":"2023-01-07T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T19:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=24672"},"modified":"2023-01-07T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T19:57:01","slug":"jan-6-rally-reminds-public-that-trump-is-disqualified-from-running-for-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/jan-6-rally-reminds-public-that-trump-is-disqualified-from-running-for-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 6 Rally Reminds Public That ‘Trump Is Disqualified’ From Running for Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Members of Mi Familia Vota demonstrated in Denver, Colorado, on January 6, 2023\u2014the second anniversary of the insurrection\u2014to urge secretaries of state to block former President Donald Trump from future ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Mi Familia Vota\/Twitter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Secretaries of state now have a duty to uphold the Constitution and protect our democracy by ensuring Trump is barred from the ballot,” one campaigner argued, pointing to the 14th Amendment.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JESSICA CORBETT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 07, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years after supporters of former President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” stormed the U.S. Capitol, demonstrators gathered in Colorado on Friday to remind the American people\u2014especially election officials\u2014that “Trump is disqualified” from running for public office under Section 3 of the 14 Amendment to the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since January 6, 2021, some elected officials<\/a> and advocacy groups<\/a> have drawn attention to that section<\/a> of the amendment, which bars<\/a> from office anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion,” to call for excluding Trump and some congressional Republicans from government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Trump’s actions were a violation of his oath of office and therefore make him constitutionally ineligible for any future run for office.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Insurrectionists do not belong in office,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said<\/a> Friday. “And they do not belong on the ballot going forward. Elected officials who directly aided and abetted the deadly assault on our nation’s democracy on January 6 must be held accountable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The groups Free Speech for People (FSFP) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund have launched TrumpIsDisqualified.org<\/a>, a campaign pressuring secretaries of state and other U.S. election officials to exclude supporters of the insurrection\u2014particularly the twice-impeached former president\u2014from any future ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the “Jan. 6th Justice: Our Freedoms, Our Votes” day of action<\/a> on Friday, Mi Familia Vota held a rally in Denver demanding that Democratic Colorado Secretary of State Jenna Griswold use her power to keep Trump\u2014who formally launched<\/a> his current presidential campaign in November\u2014off the ballot in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Donald Trump violated his oath of office when he led the charge to overturn the results of the 2020 election,” declared <\/strong>H\u00e9ctor S\u00e1nchez Barba, executive director and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, a national group that works to build Latino political power through civic participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“His actions only confirmed what the Latino community has long known: He is dangerous,” Sanchez said of Trump. “The disqualification clause in the 14th Amendment is clear: Anyone who violates their oath of office is ineligible to run for higher office in the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Secretaries of state have the power to bar Trump,” he stressed. “There is ample evidence as to why he is not fit to hold office again, now all we are asking is for a secretary of state to act.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe that Trump is constitutionally ineligible for any future run for office bc of his role in inciting, encouraging, & supporting the #Jan6<\/a> insurrection. If we all come together, we can grow our movement to protect our democracy. Sign our petition: https:\/\/t.co\/61JKzYmle7<\/a><\/p>— Mi Familia Vota (@MiFamiliaVota) January 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>