Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene fights for re-election in court

By Mona Austin

Five citizens challenged the re-electabilty of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in court on Friday. The permanently ousted former Twitter abuser has a reputation for causing controversy after repeatedly spreading coronavirus misinformation on the social media platform. She is also a staunch Conservative and Trump devotee who they suspect had prior knowledge about the January 6 insurrecation. On Friday Greene defended herself, denying that she knew an insurrection was planned.

The Georgia Congresswoman said she was using her first amendment rights to take a stance for election integrity related to the vote counts for the 2020 presidential race. Green was permanently removed from Twitter this year for repeatedly spreading misinformation about the Coronavirus. Inder questioning she told the court that she recorded a video callin for calm while locked away in the Capitol.

The greater controversy that landed Ms. Greene in court is the claim that she should be prohibited from serving in Congress by a clause in the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution which says anyone who has “engaged in insurrection” after swearing an oath to defend the constitution cannot be a senator or representative.

Attorney James Bopp argued that his client did not engage in the riot and was afraid for her life.

“Rep. Greene was a victim of this attack,” Bopp said.

Bopp said that Greene was engaging in protected political speech. He also argued that the administrative hearing process is meant to address basic qualification questions, not to evaluate major constitutional and federal claims.

She had met with former Pres. Donald Trump within days of the insurrection.

Her case calls into question whether former President Donald Trump can seek re-relection. Trump, who was the first president in hisotry to be impeached twice by the House of representatives -- once for inciting the riot -- is considering a second run for the presidency. He's hosted several "Save America" rallies across the country to test the support of his base. The Charlotte News Observer reports there were between 1-2k attendees at a rally on Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, North Carolina. Why can Trump run for office again? He was not impeached by a simple majority in the Senate.