The Growing Effort To Bar GOP Lawmakers From Holding Office

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The Growing Effort To Bar GOP Lawmakers From Holding Office

Tim Pearce

A group of GOP congressmen are facing legal challenges to their ability to hold office following the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Free Speech for People (FSFP), a legal advocacy group, has partnered with Our Revolution, an organization founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), to launch the 14Point3 Campaign, a push to bar GOP lawmakers from holding office for allegedly aiding “insurrectionists” at the Capitol last year. So far, FSFP has filed challenges against five Republican lawmakers, seeking to bar them from reelection.

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