The petition by FSFP and MoveOn argues that Republican Reps. Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene 'are ineligible to hold future public office' under the 14th Amendment.
from federal office anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution then"engaged in insurrection or rebellion."
In the weeks leading up to January 6, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly stated that violence might be necessary to keep Trump in power, exhorted her followers not to allow Congress to transfer power peacefully, and, the night before the attack, called the date"our 1776 moment" . Greene has since attempted to defend the violence on January 6 as justified by the Declaration of Independence, calling convicted participants in the insurrection"political prisoners of war.
Free Speech for People and MoveOn note that a member-elect of the House—soon to be controlled by Republicans who
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