this particular clause, this falsification clause was introduced after a bunch of confederates, former confederates including the former vice president of the confederacy showed up in 1865 to take the oath and resume seats in congress. a lot of people barred it and said you can t do that. that was an actual rebellion and over 700,000 people died. that was a group of people that have their own army, own currency, own foreign policy. so to say this is a rebellion like that and that members who question the electoral vote are the equivalent to confederate traders, really shows how this debate has become. laura: they are worried about trump running again, well met, they are really, really worried about that. professor, good to see you tonight. we want to focus on the political theatrics and media remembrances of january 6th. for that we turn to fox news
when they were given the choice of calling this and insurrection or a protest gone awry, they chose the latter because they all watched it unfold. laura: now the hill is reporting a handful of democrats, scholars and pro-democracy advocates greatly exploring how a amendment to the constitution might be used to disqualify former president trump from holding office. and then politico, jonathan reported former trump staffers are trying to prevent him from ever being able to run for office. okay, so, these are people lecturing to us about democracy? what? right because nothing says democracy by keeping people voting for the people they want to vote for. this is the 14th amendment being abused in a way that i think would shock the people that wrote that amendment. this particular clause, this falsification clause was