Senate Democrat claims 14th Amendment makes ‘powerful argument’ to disqualify Trump from 2024 bid

Sen. Tim Kaine mentioned Sunday he believes Donald Trump’s 2024 White House bid may very well be quashed below the Constitution’s 14th Amendment over the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault and the previous president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The modification states that an individual can’t be elected president if he has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

“In my view, the attack on the Capitol that day was designed for a particular purpose at a particular moment. That was to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power as laid out in the Constitution,” Mr. Kaine, Virginia Democrat, mentioned on ABC’s “This Week.”

“I think there’s a powerful argument to be made. My sense is it’s probably going to get resolved in the courts,” he mentioned.

However, Mr. Kaine’s authorized principle has already been tried and rejected.

An Obama-appointed decide final week dismissed a case introduced by a Florida tax legal professional searching for to oust Mr. Trump from the state’s presidential poll below the 14th Amendment.

Mr. Kaine appeared to acknowledge that, by saying his social gathering has “just got to win in 2024.”