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Arotrios OP ,
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Relevant text of the 14th Amendment, Section 3:

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

undercrust ,

So, like fully half of the GOP senators then?

Arotrios OP ,
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Yep, and if Trump goes down, it sets a very strong legal precedent for barring them from the next election as well, which is why this particular indictment is so much more powerful than the previous ones. In practice, it probably would only affect the most egregious violators like Hawley, but nonetheless, the potential consequences shouldn't be underestimated, especially in the House elections.

tjp ,
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It's too much text, but otherwise I'd love to see this over the image of Hawley with his fist in the air

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