Forward Kentucky: Will Congress use the 14th Amendment on Trump?
Berry Craig
And what happens if they don’t? Jesse Wegman of the NYT and historian Brian Clardy weigh in.
By BERRY CRAIG
Nobody is more devoted to Donald Trump and the GOP than conservative white southern menfolk who worship their Confederate forebears.
Time was, Republicans roundly condemned Confederates as traitors. So when GOP lawmakers drafted the 14thAmendment in 1866, they added a provision barring ex-rebels from government or military service. Last month, Rep. David N. Cicilline of Rhode Island and 40 fellow Democrats proposed legislation to apply that proscription to Trump.
“It is a totally different Republican Party and a totally different Democratic Party today,” said Murray State University historian Brian Clardy.