A censure effort led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins would bar former President Donald Trump from holding the office again while avoiding an impeachment trial, a Democrat drafting it with her said on Wednesday.
The proposal from Collins and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, was criticized by some as toothless after it was first reported by Axios on Tuesday. But it was fleshed out in interviews over the course of Wednesday in which Democrats pitched the effort as a bid to disqualify the president from running again — perhaps without a trial.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, told reporters in Washington that Collins and Kaine’s censure will “include the elements of the 14th Amendment” — a response to the Civil War that says those who have engaged in insurrection against the country cannot serve in federal office and allows Congress to enforce that provision — “that lead to disqualification from future office.”
“This is an alternative that would impose, in my view, a similar consequence but it does not require a trial and it does not require a two-thirds vote,” Kaine told CNN on Wednesday. “That’s what I have drafted.”
The wording has not been finalized and the legal theory is questionable. It is also unclear whether it would gain enough support to move forward with Democrats looking to try the former president and his fellow Republicans generally resisting it. But the development could mark a major escalation from Collins, a Republican who opposed House Democrats’ first attempt to remove the former president from office last year and has not said how she would vote in the second impeachment trial against Trump to begin next month.
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Shirley, I agree with you. It is time to take the gloves off. Enough of being silent even if we are the large majority.
She's another RINO that needs to go!
Just when you think the "Collins mob" cannot go ANY LOWER...
Totally third world country move. Trump should be able not only run for office but form any political party he wants. What is stopping them from barring any Republicans from running for office.
Collins and Sen. Tim Kaineare engaged in and fomenting insurrection.
In a sane world where it is acknowledged that seven states failed to conduct a valid election and the constitution was then followed, Trump would still be the president and we would not have to put up with Biden.
Where is the guts of our leaders? Do they even have any Balls?
Jacuelyn, where is Trump? We the people are reay to follow his orders, no, we are eager to follow his orders come what may.
The old Republican party that refuses to stand on principles, rolls over on its back, and whines and cries while the left rips out their throat, is dead with their clubhouse scheduled for demolition in November 2022.
I have always thought of the current leadership of the GOP as an exclusive club with a secluded place to meet and plan to weaken the constitution and stab the people in the back by agreeing with the Democrats. That clubhouse!
The new Republican party, the Trump Republican party, cleaning itself of RINOs, will stand up in November of 2022.
I wonder if there is a Republican party.
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