Rep. Raskin said Congress can disqualify Trump even if he wins the 2024 election [VIDEOS]

A resurfaced video shows Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin at a panel discussion in 2024, suggesting that Congress may have to invalidate an election victory for former President Donald Trump.

Mr. Raskin alluded to the possibility of “civil war” if Congress does not act.

Red Beach Nation Freedom-Loving Beachwear – Save 10% with code RVM10

It is unclear whether Raskin had a well-thought-out plan or was making a hypothetical argument.

During the speech at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, the Democrat predicted that the US Supreme Court would be against the Democrats' plans to exclude Trump from the ballot in several states based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment .

Jamie Raskin says Congress WILL STOP Trump from taking office even if elected by voters.

This is extremely dangerous. All Democrats must come clean on this immediately. pic.twitter.com/9IwRoGrrQu

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 5, 2024

Instead, Raskin believes the Supreme Court would argue that Congress has the responsibility to decide the matter.

To put that into perspective, Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment was put in place after the Civil War to prevent former Confederates from holding federal office.

Radical zealots on both the left and right, under the charge of “insurrection,” have tried to argue that Trump could not run for president again and should therefore be banned.

It wasn't until March, after ruling unanimously against those lawsuits, that the Supreme Court made Congress, not the states, responsible for enforcement.

If Mr. Raskin's predictions and analysis are correct, that means Congress would hypothetically have to take matters into its own hands should Trump win the election.

This is something of deep concern as it could lead to severe “civil war conditions” in the country.

Mr. Raskin was prominent in proceedings during Trump's second impeachment trial as one of the House's top impeachment managers.

Full video below:

From Constitution Annotation: Analysis and Interpretation of the US Constitution:

“Ratified after the Civil War, Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, sometimes known as the Insurrection Clause or the Disqualification Clause, disqualifies any person from being a senator, representative, or elector for the President or Vice President, or from holding any federal or state military or civil office, if such person has: (1) sworn to support the Constitution as a member of Congress, an officer of the United States, a member of a state legislature, or a state executive or judicial officer; and (2) subsequently engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution or gave aid or comfort to his enemies.Section 3 further provides that Congress may remove the bar of one person from another disqualified by a two-thirds vote in each House.

Section 3 has rarely been applied. In 1872, Congress removed the bar of disqualification to all persons except senators and representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, officers of the judicial, military, and naval service of the United States, heads of departments, and ministers of 'Foreign Affairs of the United States. states And in 1898, Congress enacted broader legislation removing the Section 3 disability remaining during the Civil War. On March 4, 2024, in its only decision specifically interpreting Section 3, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Trump v. Anderson that states cannot enforce Section 3 against federal officials or candidates. In that ruling, the Supreme Court overturned a Colorado Supreme Court decision that had found former President Donald J. Trump ineligible for the office of president under Section 3 because he had participated in an insurrection and, therefore, he could not. will be on the ballot in Colorado's presidential primary.”