Former President Donald Trump should be ineligible to appear on either of Michigan’s 2024 ballots due to his involvement with the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol, according to a lawsuit filed in the Michigan Court of Claims Friday.

The suit hinges on the concept that Trump, during his 2020 re-election campaign – and afterwards, when it became apparent he lost the contest to now-President Joe Biden – engaged in insurrection and should be legally barred from holding office again under a section of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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    11 months ago

    Why the fuck isn’t every democrat saying this every time a microphone in their face? Trump is disqualified under the 14th amendment. This narrative should be pushed by every single person in public office who doesn’t want to see fascism return.

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          11 months ago

          If they are they will just guarantee the Supreme Court forces them to put him back on the ballot while also galvanizing his base even further.

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          I’m actually partial to the idea that the two parties are playing for different factions within the same team. Democrats are finance and big tech, Republicans are industry and big ag.

          Mostly the same, and fight furiously over their very minor differences.

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              11 months ago

              Remember, the manufacturers dont have the same interests as manufacturing workers. Manufacturers are transnational and they want to use undocumented labor, child labor, union busting, and outsourcing for anything they can’t use those three things to make. Republicans help with all of that.