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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Work your State Legislators and Governor if you are in a Red State... get them to pass a Legislative Resolution declaring the 2020 Election a Fraud and have them issue a Writ Quo Warranto to remove the Biden Administration and those elected to Congress until an accurate count can be established or new elections held.
This is the fear Democrates and Republicans rinos are afraid President Trump running for President We the People are not voting for this idiots so now they are looking for the other party for their help they don't care about the country so it's time to tell them in their face
I agree with you.
We need to take back the reigns of the GOP and RNC... too, throw out the RINO. Why should we leave our party... when they are the problem. Attend your next county GOP meeting and become active in the local group... vote out the leadership and then co-opt the State leadership... once we control the GOP and RNC we can SUMMARILY KICK out the RINO stripping them of their place on any GOP ticket in any state. We don't need to leave or even primary RINO's we need to throw out the RINO and take over the Party. We do that with our numbers/votes beginning with the local committees and working up to the National Committee.
I see your point but since the impeachment is unconstitutional, it IS unconstitutional. We have enough battles to win, like standing up to lying opportunists like Collins. The proof of the unconstitutionality of her modus operandi will come out in the pudding. Frankly, i can't see the necssity of a "swing voter" like Collins. It's just a foothold to violate her oath of office. She is never where she is supposed to be by upholding the Constitution instead of violating it to support her own self image rather than that of our country.
they are already against the constitution can someone see that? or is it me that see this they try to impeach Donald Trump they don't care to follow the law of the land.
For her to even be in the Republican Party, no less a RINO, is idiocy. She should be expelled along with those other RINO's who signed on to the impeachment stunt by the democraps whose sole intent is to destroy the voice of any conservative.
Diane, the gop is controlled by leftist deep state TRAITORS. They are the only ones who can gain positions in congress because to do so one must first sell their souls to satan!!!!!
Well, this is tyranny, but its stated as tyranny and the reason the constitution was written, and her oath. A true and meaningful motion should be, realistically, to remove both rhe Virginian and Collins from thr government they have just created an act against the constitution more of the same we dont pay attention to and look where we are now, an outright stolen election a media that is so corrupt both China and Russia eye in envy. This is treason, take a vote and with the few, like Rand Paul Matt Gates, there are none of these legislators that poll in a pool of all segments of the country that polls as high as Trump, even after the expert CIA war correspondent that was at thr Capitol that had joined the Antifa and they were in the Capitol before the speech atbthe White-house. Really impeachment as a conspiracy with all perjured evidence is just cause by the military to assist we the people, the majority, in this communist ingecred take over of our country by a minority. Collins and every congressman must be removed and these weak ass Senstors too, everyone .ust be put under oath and asked if they has material evidence these things happened and where in their greater proof than the FBI has released. We know the FBI negates in a small way the crooked congressmen, but its much worse, Pelosis, BLM fan was right outside of her office in the middle of the Capitol building lying saying he was thr media, three days before on YouTube, he was quoting Pelosi "Going to the whitehouse and dragging Trump out by his hair" again caught on camera, and answering questions in the Capitol and all was before the speech 45 minutes away. Rhis is where an above fact and law mentality of all these persons in the double standard that is comppaoned of everyday, one set for them and one set for us. I disagree with dismissing this impeachment, I think its time to finally use thid platforms to present evidence that with photo evidence the members of Congress planned this to stop the evidence of an absolute presidential win..... Why cant anyone but me see what happened... An active lawsuit that cannot ne dismissed in Michigan since the error rate was 68% and election errors cant be more than .008, this is 85,000 greater, a conspiracy, thinking in this overt criminal conspiracy by Michigans state police, Goveenor, Attorney General and the glase electors (we saw one that media took down threatening the one elector that would not certify this fraud as the federal law says. Well on Jan6, Arizona had the real electors, that new conspiracies in AZ hatxhedbjust yesterday that Arizona went to Trump... But at the Jan 6, we would not have upset that we were there to finally get to put up evidence, 3 minutes after Arizona were headed back to show proof all of a sudden, "on que" this so called attack happened "while Trump was still speaking. Atnum County Michigan that county proven illegal ballots swung the state to Trump, mindful absolute crime as at thr Capitol are planned to be disrupted by the over a year long attacked by the democrats hit groups. But when the real electorates shows to Michigans electorate meeting, it was started early and the AG, Governor and state police chained the doors and deniednthe legal electorates in, a federal crime, Of Course the FBI openly covering this up. Abd more so, the man that caught the Postal worker, this massive conspiracy to change dates on ballots him perfectly proven a great fact witness, he recorded the FBI and the FBI openly lied to the media saying this man recanted.. In his recording of the FBI heard then grilling this great witness about tryingbto get his to vahnge his story, it shows a clear crime.of obstruction of justice, the focus again off the fake votes that were votes that were illegal of thrir face, and that's at the self induced attack on themselves occurred, Pence never to ever b trusted again. Openly violated the constitution and when the lying politicians came back in, and one out spoken congressman, Louie Gommer (former Federal Judge) first interviewed said he had spoke to Capitol Police the night before and they told him that they had evidence of the disruption that was coming. So, what happened was like every corrupt judge and massive proof of voter fraud, refused to let the case be shown in any court any where. But, on January 6, this attack planned on themselves (if you know how the rules of evidence works) that the congressmen on Jan 6 and after even after being directly informed of this impeding disruption planned the next day 1/6 they all lied and proof is they had no proof to give testimony of. However, for them all to return and all lie and deny our right to present and install the real electors in the 4 states, was openly said theybwere all going to deny us our constitutional rights. Worst, the absolute worsts, was that blond from Ga, muffler, man did she ever openly lie. She is toast, she literally blamed TRUMP and she knew it was part of helpingbsteal the election, I winder what part she played, as dis Burnie Sanders, in taking a Senator spot in GA to just allow it taken by caught voter fraud another time in GA and was caught adding votes through a thermostat connected to China where this time over night the mcahines had a file of registered voters who did not vote then generated tjose for the democrats, and the person who pulled that trigger was seen doing it. So we are a vey corrupt country while trying to find a place itbdoes not exist, you would do better to.move to Venezuela to find less corrupted government officials, sounds like a joke? NO, IT IS NOT.
At some point and time we need to get down and dirty just loke them. Tired of the mantra "Conservatives don't do this"
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