Lawsuit seeks to block 'insurrectionist' Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection bid
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Georgia voters on Thursday asked state officials to block Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, alleging she is unfit for office because of her support of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol.
In a legal challenge filed with the Georgia Secretary of State, the voters claim Greene has violated a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the "Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause."
The clause, passed after the 19th Century U.S. Civil War, prohibits politicians from running for Congress if they have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" against the United States, or "given aid or comfort" to the nation's enemies.
The Georgia voters are represented by Free Speech For People, a Texas-based advocacy group that brought a similar challenge to Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn's qualifications for office.
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mysteryowl
(7,323 posts)2naSalit
(86,059 posts)I hope they succeed.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,777 posts)pandr32
(11,447 posts)FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)Better yet, force the Repuke Party vet its own candidates so we don't have to go through this agony, getting rid of them after they've been elected.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)William Seger
(10,742 posts)... that specifies a minimum IQ.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Are you now or have you ever been a Russian puppet?
ificandream
(9,196 posts)Nothing to go on there, but just a feeling. I really hope it goes through, though. She needs to be out of office.
brooklynite
(93,871 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)Maybe, vote her out?
Can the voters elect a Republican primary candidate who is relatively sane? Or, if not, could they (gasp!) elect the Democratic challenger?
Her constituents should be aware that, on some level, her antics reflect on them and national perception of them.
If they identify with, and want to be represented by, a completely wack-a-doodle bigoted ignoramus, well, that's democracy.
brooklynite
(93,871 posts)Bayard
(21,805 posts)Or, former presidents.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)brooklynite
(93,871 posts)...just like Cawthorn won't be blocked in NC.
Neither have been convicted of insurrection; no electoral agency is going to presume guilt.
oasis
(49,151 posts)orangecrush
(19,236 posts)JI7
(89,180 posts)The problem is there are people that actually support people like her.