we can disqualify Trump from the ballot, but only with your support

Pamela, This week, we'll be at the Supreme Court making our argument for keeping Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado. We're going to break down why we sued and why we think we can win, but first, we wanted to ask you to make a donation to CREW. We're going to need your help to defend our win barring Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. Please, make a donation today to CREW and show us that we have Rockledge supporters standing with us in this lawsuit against Donald Trump → If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately, with 100% going directly to CREW Chip in $15 now Chip in $30 now Chip in $60 now Chip in $100 now Chip in $250 now other amount Pamela, let's break this down: What did Trump do? On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump took the oath of office, swearing to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Almost four years to the day after taking that oath, on January 6, 2021, Trump incited a violent insurrection that nearly shattered our democracy. The attack on the Capitol was not a spontaneous event. It was the culmination of a multi-part scheme by Trump and his allies to use lies, intimidation, coercion and ultimately violence to keep Trump in office. Why does that mean Trump is disqualified from office? Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection from holding state or federal office. It was put in place after the Civil War to ensure that those who rose up against the United States government would not then be put in charge of it. Many former Confederate officials did not even try to hold office because of it, and courts and legislatures disqualified others who did. By leading an unprecedented, violent effort to subvert the Constitution and American democracy, Trump also disqualified himself under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from holding any federal or state office, including the presidency. How do you prove Trump incited the insurrection? Trump not only engaged in the January 6th insurrection, but was its central cause. Here are just a few snippets backing up our argument: Trump spread knowingly false claims of a "stolen" and "rigged" election — even after he exhausted legal challenges, his advisors told him he had lost, the states certified his loss, and there was no lawful basis to contest the election results. Trump's lie that the election was stolen propelled the "Stop the Steal" movement, which tried to exert pressure on Vice President Mike Pence and Congress to unlawfully refuse to certify the presidential election results on January 6th. Trump summoned a violent mob of tens of thousands of his supporters — including now-convicted seditionists and members of extremist groups such as the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys — to travel to Washington, D.C. for a "wild" protest on January 6th. Trump incited the mob to "fight like hell" to overturn the election results by marching to the Capitol to "stop the steal," knowing that many were armed, adorned in tactical gear, and prepared for violence. Trump failed to act for nearly three hours as his mob ransacked the United States Capitol, brutally assaulted police officers, and called for the murder of elected officials. Pamela, the framers of Section 3 sought to protect American democracy from someone exactly like Trump when they barred constitutional oath-breakers from office. How do we know that it can actually work? Because CREW has done it before. In 2022 a court in New Mexico, in a case brought by New Mexico residents represented by CREW, disqualified a county commissioner who played a role in the January 6th insurrection, including organizing and encouraging the violent mob. Couy Griffin, a former New Mexico county commissioner who was a grassroots mobilizer for a "battle" to stop the certification process and a member of Trump's mob on January 6th, was disqualified as a result of this lawsuit to enforce his constitutional disqualification. Just like we removed Couy Griffin from office, we sued in Colorado to disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot, as the Constitution requires – and we won. But Trump appealed his loss, so now we're going to the Supreme Court. It's our biggest fight yet, and it won't be easy, so we're asking for your support. Donate to CREW today to help us enforce the 14th Amendment and disqualify Trump from serving in office → Thanks for your support, CREW HQ © Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington 2020–2023 CFC 42218   Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.