House Republicans are exploring ways to prevent Zohran Mamdani from ever being sworn in as mayor even if he prevails in Tuesday’s election by using the Constitution’s “insurrection clause,” The Post has learned.
The New York Young Republican Club is pushing to prevent the NYC mayoral frontrunner from taking the oath of office Jan. 1 under an idea floated this summer.
It cites language in the post-Civil War 14th Amendment to the Constitution barring from office anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or who has “given aid or comfort to the enemies.” The group argues that Mamdani’s own statements calling to resist ICE could violate the prohibition.
It’s the same provision Colorado used to try to kick Trump off the ballot last year, only to get slapped down by the Supreme Court. The high court ruled that it was up to Congress to enforcement the amendment, giving majority Republicans a chance to test their authority.
Republicans explore everything other than actually fucking helping their constituents.
Can’t win any way except to cheat.
Fact that they’re so scared of him tells me he’s doing something right.
And both parties are scared. That is even more revealing.
This is the part I don’t (figuratively) understand about US politics. Mamdani embodies what the US left has wanted all along but he’s being pictured as worse than MAGAt by Democrats.
Democrats are fighting him just as bad as Republicans and are resisting him more than they resist the traitors in office. It’s bonkers.
It becomes clearer when you realize that, in terms of political power, the left is a tiny insergency within the Democratic party. The party establishment itself is pretty solidly to the right.
It’s the billionaires.
Yup. The US is what happens when you let billionaires run the whole country. Mamdani is a threat to that dynamic.
That’s because you mistakenly believe that the Democrats are “the left”.
No, I don’t think I mistake those two.
Democrats are centre right, Republicans are insane. Once you undertanad that, it all makes sense.
Democrats protect Republicans because the reds are their only hope to seem like a reasonable political party.
This is a good summary of the us parties this millenium.
New York Post is absolute GARBAGE. Right-wing tabloid owned by Murdoch. Only place that would publish the hunter laptop conspiracy theory.
Congress has to meet, and they already said it won’t until sometime in January. Within minutes of opening the session Johnson will be challenged for the speaker position and the house will devolve into chaos for another few weeks. It won’t be until February before they are able to take any action about anything.
You’re pretending anyone would hold them accountable…
Cuomo is working with trump, like literally, trump and other Republicans are advising Cuomo, that’s why he keeps running all their racist ads.
The NY Gov is still his old Lt Governor who took his post when he stepped down.
There’s a non-zero chance republicans and neoliberal unite to steal an election Mamdani wins.
We’ve got a good DNC, but some of the state parties still suck. nY is one of the worst, because all the money from Wall Street.
Don’t forget trump was a NYC neoliberal for decades, even had the Clintons at his wedding. We can’t count on them even to stay out of it.
“Republicans and neoliberals” is redunant.
It’s clearly not…
The wealthy were never going to just buy off one of the only two options, neoliberals are conservatives that insist having a D by their names means they’re different.
Literally the only way it means they’re different is they’re not republicans.
Election melding right out in the open. Sure to piss off more than a few people, to say the least.
