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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Top Democrat says ‘powerful argument’ 14th amendment disqualifies Trump

Trump in December 2020. The former president holds a commanding poll lead in the Republican primary.
Trump in December 2020. The former president holds a commanding poll lead in the Republican primary. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Democratic senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said that he believes there is a “powerful argument” to be made that Donald Trump can be disqualified from running in the 2024 presidential elections under the 14th amendment.

“In my view, the attack on the Capitol that day was designed for a particular purpose at a particular moment and that was to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power as is laid out in the constitution,” he said in an interview with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. “So I think there is a powerful argument to be made.”

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