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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No …
You just have personal definitions that are different than everyone else, and you’re getting upset everyone trusts the dictionary more than you
I was taught by various sources that the reason there is some truth to the idea that democrats and republicans are the same is that they are both participating in perpetuating and spreading neoliberalism. That’s the point of view I have. Do you disagree with that?
I’m not trying to redefine anything, I’m expressing a point of view. From what I can tell, republican/democrat and neoliberal are not mutually exclusive terms.
And the government will remain shut down, people will go hungry