The bill to bar former President Trump from holding office would need to pass both chambers of Congress before the end of the year.
that would bar former President Donald Trump from holding any federal office in the future, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
"Donald Trump very clearly engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 with the intention of overturning the lawful and fair results of the 2020 election," Cicilline argued in a statement."You don't get to lead a government you tried to destroy. Even Mitch McConnell admits that Trump bears responsibility, saying on the Senate floor that '[t]here's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.
The legislation goes into detail about how Trump pushed then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the election results, failed to do anything to denounce the mob assaulting the Capitol for hours, andwho didn't support his false claims of mass election fraud, among other things.
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