Jan. 6 “QAnon Shaman” is running for Congress
Jan. 6 “QAnon Shaman” is running for Congress
Jacob Chansley, sentenced to three years for his role in the Capitol riots, will run as a libertarian in Arizona
Jacob Chansley, sentenced to three years for his role in the Capitol riots, will run as a libertarian in Arizona.
The 14th Amendment disqualifies him.
It only applies if he took an oath to uphold the constitution prior to committing the treason.
I.E. government officials and ex military personnel who took place in the Jan 6 riots would be disqualified, but not every random yahoo that was there.
EDIT: Others have pointed out that he is ex-military, so it looks like the 14th amendment does apply to him after all.
Hello again! Once more, you're blatantly incorrect!
You're clearly not a lawyer. The only people I have EVER met who are as prodigious at misinforming others about the law are currently incarcerated people, who are commonly referred to as "jailhouse lawyers." Please, stop spreading misinformation here; I'm actually begging you.
You do a disservice to EVERYONE that you hope will vote against these people. You allow them to think some obscure, rarely -prosecuted thing written somewhere will magically just solve all the problems. They won't. This is an ENORMOUS stress test of American democracy, and "hoping words on paper" cures everything is farcical. These systems we have in place are slow, the Supreme Court is stacked in ideological opposition to your hopes and dreams, and placing faith in these miracle words is just fucking naive.
People, please, I beg you all to campaign for people who uphold your principles and defend the constitution, then go VOTE for them. Additionally, I implore you to actually follow these court cases and read up on the law. Or at least, listen to actual constitutional lawyers talk about these topics. Then, completely fucking disregard everything YoBuckStopsHere says because they're flat out wrong every fucking time.
will run as a libertarian in Arizona
Neither of these surprises me.
Jacob Chansley can eat a whole cauldron of gently boiled dicks.
He's vegan or something. Remember how butthurt he was in prison because the food wasn't up to his standards?
White people, man...
I hope that, once a year, at the most inopportune possible time of that year, he shits himself loudly and thoroughly. For all the years of his life.
Is this like, an ordeal you think he should go through, or are you saying that you know for a fact, that this man can slurp down a whole caludron of al-dente dicks?
Don't forget to let the dicks rest for a few minutes before serving.
We don't want to burn the back of his throat.
Good deal. Let him siphon off the republican vote.
Gee, let me think about it. According to this article he may be uniquely suited to run as a Republican.
In an interview, defense lawyer Albert Watkins said that officials at the federal Bureau of Prisons, or BOP, have diagnosed his client Jacob Chansley with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety.
If you throw in a low IQ, he'll do well with Republican voters.
Felons can't run for office
I'm pretty sure they can and do.
In 2016, the libertarian convention had a guy strip to his underwear on stage. At the convention debate, one of the candidates was boo'd for saying you shouldn't be able to sell heroin to five year olds.
The QAnon Shaman isn't the craziest thing in the Libertarian Party. They are not serious people.
will run as a libertarian in Arizona.
Well at least we won't have to worry about him winning.
It is just a money maker for him.
Is that even legal?
If you’re part of an insurrection, you shouldn’t be able to run for any public office anywhere.
If Germany would have had this same rule/law the whole world in this timeline would look completely different.
Hey look, you could theoretically identify as an anarchist, and have constructive ideas about how a government system could be improved
Unfortunately, yeah. Can’t vote but can be voted into office.
No. He's ex-military, 14th amendment applies.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same...
He took an oath as a member of the military, he also took part in insurrection.
The crimes charged in the indictment involve active participation in an insurrection attempting to violently overthrow the United States Government. By Chansley’s own admissions to the FBI and news media, the insurrection is still in progress and he intends to continue participating.
As much as I want to say no, to my knowledge he technically hadn't "previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States" so I think he'd be eligible under Amendment 14, Section 3, article 1... quoted here in full:
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Though, he had previously been in the US Navy, and the Navy oath of enlistment begins ""I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic....," he was not even an officer in the Navy let alone in a legislative, executive or judicial branch position.
Pretty sure he would be eligible to run this time, whereas trump would not.
Enlisted have non-commissioned officers so if he ever made it to E-5 then maybe?
This guy is t elligible…. Trump might be able to weasel it, but this guy was an insurrectionist through and through.
As much as I want to agree with you, to my knowledge he technically hadn't "previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States" so I think he'd be eligible under Amendment 14, Section 3, article 1... quoted here in full:
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3:
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Though, he had previously been in the US Navy, and the Navy oath of enlistment begins ""I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic....," he was not even an officer in the Navy let alone in a legislative, executive or judicial branch position.
Pretty sure he would be eligible to run this time, whereas trump would not.
Getting some "Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho"-vibes from this, lol
For all his flaws, Camacho at least tried to enlist the help of, and listen to, people he knew were smarter than him. And at the end of the day, he tried to help his people.
This guy just wants to play dress up and smear shit on the walls.
I feel bad for Jamiroquai that this asshole stole their mascot
He'd best have a good security detail. If anything goes awry, a bunch of Leftists are going to be peacefully asking him pointed questions that might make him uncomfortable.
If you're assuaged to believe that winning means everything, I can't speak for you. It assumes that you start and stay on the same side of any moral argument and you have to fight for it to the end regardless of if new evidence nullifies your opinion.
That's not how humans understand each-other. Humans garner nuance and discern things in new and meaningful ways over time and social interaction. We understand others - people that we can identify with in profound ways even if they don't necessarily share our point of view.
I would give him a moment of our time - maybe 30 seconds if he doesn't state one of the over-used vitriolic statements on the Bingo cards that I will be handing out now.
I think he’s in a well protected place lol
Agreed, he is, but not from internet rhetoric.
He and Bimbert can have a dumb-off for that seat.
Uh…She’s not in AZ…
He should be required to wear that costume the entire time on the campaign trail.
He should be in jail.
No argument here. But if he’s out and running, no one should forget what a weirdass goofball he is.
You'd be more productive sticking a fork in an outlet, Jacob.
Republicans stopped using "cuck" as an insult because the person who epitomizes what they're all about wore horns.
What a crazy world we live in.
As an Arizona voter I'm not voting for him but there are worse people running in politics. This guy is Qanon crazy but not morally bankrupt like some others. Watch the Channel 5 with Andrew Callihan video. I guarantee the image you have in your head is different than who this guy is in reality.
Channel 5 is the bomb.
Haha sick