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.
If anyone starts feeling like getting inspired and trying to run locally as well, my advice is always free.
Fact that they’re so scared of him tells me he’s doing something right.
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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’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.
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.
From November 5th to January 20th, a part of me thought somehow Trump wouldn’t actually become president
Yeah, same… How wrong I was.
Dumb as fuck! Just get on board with him. He’s not only right, he’s fecking winning!
This article is about Republicans, not Democrats. Yes, I know, it’s crazy that for once the opposition is coming from the enemy camp.
Wow. The Pearl Clutching is absolutely insane.
I’m worried it will turn into political violence. 😔
To do that (assuming rules mean anything to Republicans) they will have to swear Grijalva in as Congresswoman, and the Epstein files would be set for release so who knows if they will.
If?
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.
And the government will remain shut down, people will go hungry
Yes and that has nothing to do with the NYC mayoral race.
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.
My point was that they are all neoliberals.
Edit: What the hell? Democrats and Republicans are neoliberals. They both participate in neoliberalism as it has been since, like, the 1970s/1980s. When everything started being dismantled.
Neoliberalism is an economic and political theory advocating for free-market capitalism with minimal government intervention, emphasizing privatization, deregulation, and free trade.
This tariff stuff does not change anything, imo.
Are you guys all neoliberalism supporters or something?
They’re not…
trump was a neoliberal for decades before the normal effects of aging set in, then he went full… Well full maga. Be cause he was raised by psychopath narcissists.
Take people like Johnson, Rubio and Cruz tho who got a couple decades left, they’re republicans.
Like, there’s not a huge amount of differences, but neoliberals are inarguably better than republicans.
That’s why I still voted for Clinton, Biden, and Harris, despite knowing I’d hate them as presidents and that a popular candidate would win easier.
Trump was neoliberal when he served the markets and had to adapt to them. Trump went truly fascist when he realized the markets could serve and adapt to him.
What the hell? Democrats and Republicans are neoliberals. They both participate in neoliberalism as it has been since, like, the 1970s/1980s. When everything started being dismantled.
Neoliberalism is an economic and political theory advocating for free-market capitalism with minimal government intervention, emphasizing privatization, deregulation, and free trade.
So, NAFTA, deregulating all sorts of industries, a lack of regulation on the tech industry, dismantling or not supporting unions, etc.
This tariff stuff does not change anything, imo.
Are you guys all neoliberalism supporters or something?
Neoliberalism is maintained with the two party system we have. And the two sides participate in the ratchet effect.
This is why both sides are going crazy over Zohran.
It feels like you are just using labels a bit wrong. I’m not arguing against your point, just your choice of labels. All these downvotes without proper explanation to help me understand is really lame.
It feels like you are just using labels a bit wrong
No …
You just have personal definitions that are different than everyone else, and you’re getting upset everyone trusts the dictionary more than you
Get guns
These are republicans. They have them
Get guns www.socialistRA.org
Is this the mighty American democracy I keep hearing about?
The “smartest most capable people” in the democratic party defines democracy as voting for them or else.
Feeling free yet?
It is now. They’ve crushed democracy while everyone watched from behind screens. It’s over.
100%. Just look at the MAGA-level ad hominem attacks and defensive belligerence coming off US shitlibs when anyone suggests they take literally any action that isn’t a Saturday parade scheduled weeks in advance on social media. Absolute fucking cowardice from way-too-comfortable white garbage.
Election melding right out in the open. Sure to piss off more than a few people, to say the least.
It’ll only piss off the “right people”
What’s next? Not holding a presidential primary?
Something about interfering with elections
I’m guessing they don’t see the irony of this strategy…
To be clear, this is what I assume you’re referring to:
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.
To them, there is no irony because they think anyone challenging their power or ideologically inconsistent with them is an insurrection or rebellion.
I was generally referring to Trump and Jan 6.
Yeah, no, I get that…Sorry, my point was that they are so deeply hypocritical, even that irony wouldn’t register.
Well yeah, you’re 100% right about that.
Challenging them means insurrection to them. That it was charged against them, to them, means that they get to do it back. Or, at least muddy the idea to where it seems like everyone is charging everyone else with it in a hope to make it not matter. The only insurrection I’ve seen so far was Jan 6th. They should be embarrassed, but they won’t let it set in.
- Would you vote for someone that did XYZ?
- Fuck, no! That guy should be in jail!
- Trump did XYZ. Would you still vote for him?
- Yes.
That’s the level of hypocrisy.
I’ve had this exact conversation with my mother.
They see it, but don’t care. They’re in control, and are going to do every fucking absurd thing they can do to keep it since they have the Supreme Court rubber-stamping everything for them. It’s an all or nothing bet on maintaining power. They’re not that stupid, they’re just cravenly doing everything they can while they can to solidify their power.
I’ll just keep posting this quote on the topic.
'If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy."
it was up to Congress to enforcement the amendment…
I get that words are hard but come on.
The Democrats will work with Republicans to rig it against Mamdani
Just as they did against Bernie Sanders back to back
I’m sure they will just break any and all laws to get their way. I hope every last one ends up in prison for life.
a prison of privilege?
All I want from a new administration is to prosecute the criminals from this one.
Yeah. We wanted that from the last admin, but they fucked up by being worried about appearing partisan.
That didnt happen last time. What have you seen that next time would be different?
I said “I want” not “I think it’s gonna happen.” A Nixon situation is the absolute best we can reasonably expect. They didn’t prosecute the criminals from Nixon, or Reagan, or Bush, so I’m not hopeful.
