West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin says removing sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., And Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on their objections to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election should be a consideration. ‘
In an interview Friday on PBS ‘”Firing Line”, Manchin said the senators’ insistence on objecting to votes in Pennsylvania’s Electoral College, even after supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol, was “totally unscrupulous” the 14th Amendment unleashed is now an option.
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The third section of the amendment states that no official holding office would have had an uprising or rebellion against him or helped or comforted its enemies’.
Congress may “remove such disabilities from the House by a two-thirds vote,” the division said.
Manchin added host Margaret Hoover to the constitution after the Civil War.
“That those people should never hold public office, that they should never have the public microphone; that they should never be allowed to be in a position of power or decision-making or purpose, because they are going to serve themselves,” he said. said. said.
“Would you, Senator, support the removal of Senator Hawley and Senator Cruz by the 14th Amendment, Section 3?” Ask Hoover.
“Well, they should look, absolutely,” he said, referring to the Senate. “I mean, basically, that should be a consideration.”
Cruz “understands this,” Manchin added. “Ted is a very bright person, and I get along well with Ted. But what he did was completely outside the realm of our responsibilities or our privileges.”
None of the senators immediately responded to requests for comment from Fox News.
The Capitol siege on January 6 left five people dead, including Capitol 42-year-old Captain Brian D. Sicknick.
Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in front, followed by Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Walked out of the House during a joint sitting to confirm the votes of the Electoral College on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Washington, DC, U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told reporters Friday that by the end of the day, the investigator will have more than 300 public criminal cases.
Democrats have accused Hawley and Cruz of inciting Trump supporters for political gain, a charge the senators have vehemently denied.
In an interview with Politico last week, Cruz said he was debating principles, legislation and the Constitution, which he said were “the exact opposite of inciting violence.”
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Manchin, however, said there was “no way” the Republican senators could not be considered complicit in the day’s events.
“That they think they can walk away and say, ‘I just exercised my right as a senator?’ “Especially after we came here and after they saw what happened,” he said.
“I want to see that all the people who objected and stuck to it … would send out fundraising requests while it was going on – the uprising to our Capitol – tell me that,” he told PBS.
After violent protests loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Walked to the living room to face the outcome of the Pennsylvania presidential election. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
Cruz and Hawley were also charged with sending fundraising messages to their constituents when rioters knocked on the Capitol’s doors.
Respond to a tweet of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., on January 7, Cruz said he had instructed his team to stop fundraising “within minutes” after the attack, denying the debate over the formation of ‘ a commission to review election results somehow supports terrorist violence. “
Hawley, though he does not name his fundraising efforts, wrote a Wednesday report in The Missouri Times in which he exploded a large section of the media and “many members of the Washington establishment” who “want to mislead Americans into thinking that incited those who cause concern. violence, simply by expressing concern. ‘
“Some have wondered why I raised my objection to the violence at the Capitol,” Hawley added. “The reason is simple: I will not bow down before a lawless mob or criminals will drown the legitimate concerns of my constituents.”
Hawley said voters contacted him about concerns about electoral integrity following Trump’s loss in states he does not represent.
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Manchin said he had spoken to Hawley, and he could say that the case ” lay on him. ”
Both senators are appealing to resign as they continue their objections to an election in which allegations of widespread voter fraud are unleashed and thrown out of court.