In an interview aired on the Friday edition of PBS’s “Firing Line,” Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that he should absolutely “consider removing Republican Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-TX) from office. Josh Hawley (R-Texas), which is entirely possible under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and what Cruz has done is completely outside the scope of his responsibility or privilege.”
When it comes to Trump‘s impeachment, Senator Manchin said it would be more difficult for the Senate to pass an impeachment bill, requiring 19 more Republican senators to vote in favor of it, a number that has not yet been reached.
Senator Manchin believes that the actions of Giuliani and President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. are also clearly inflammatory.
Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, no person who has previously taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of the Congress of any state, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, and who subsequently commits rebellion or insurrection against the United States, or gives aid or encouragement to the enemies of the United States, shall be eligible to serve as a Senator or Representative in Congress, or as an elector for President and Vice President, or as any civil or military officer of the United States or of any state. The removal of such restrictions would require a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress.
Senator Cruz is an American political heavyweight, born in Calgary, Canada, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and the current Chairman of the Science and Space Committee.
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Jan. 3 urged Congress to establish an election commission to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election results.
Hawley received a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors or history from Stanford University in 2002 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2006. He served as a clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts and as an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law in 2011. he was elected as Missouri’s attorney general in November 2016. Hawley officially took office as a U.S. senator on Jan. 3, 2019.
Hawley, a constitutional lawyer by training, became the first senator to confirm a challenge to a swing state’s Electoral College vote late last December.
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