Rep. Jaime Raskin: The 14th Amendment Is “The Most Democratic Disqualifier” To Run For President [VIDEO]

“Is it undemocratic that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer Granholm can’t run for president because they weren’t born in the country? If you think about it, of all of the forms of disqualification that we have, the one that disqualifies people for engaging in insurrection is the most democratic because it’s the one where people choose themselves to be disqualified.

“Donald Trump is in that tiny, tiny number of people who have essentially disqualified themselves. We have a number of disqualifications in the Constitution for serving as president. For example, age. I mean, I’ve got a colleague who’s a great young politician, Maxwell Frost, he’s 26. He can’t run for president. Now would we say that that’s undemocratic?

“Well, that’s the rules of the Constitution. If you don’t like the rules of the Constitution, change the Constitution.” – Rep. Jamie Raskin, speaking today on CNN.

.@RepRaskin tells @DanaBashCNN that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should “absolutely” recuse himself from any future 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case against Donald Trump, but “the question is, what do we do if he doesn’t recuse himself?” pic.twitter.com/1SW5F9v2Sj

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