If you watched any of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) testimony on Friday, you may have come away from the court hearing wondering whether or not those seeking to have her removed from the November ballot had proven their case against her.
According to Andrew Celli Jr., the attorney who questioned Greene, one moment in the hearing made it clear that the congresswoman did indeed commit an “act of insurrection” which disqualifies her from running under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Celli was a guest on CNN Monday morning and was asked by host John Berman to lay out the case against Greene:
“What do you think is the one action, if there was more than one action, specific action, she committed that constitutes engaging an insurrection?”
The attorney replied:
“On January 5, the day before the insurrection, Congresswoman Greene told her followers on her Facebook page, on a national broadcast, that ‘Tomorrow is 1776.’ Now, that’s the kind of rhetoric that, you know, we all can talk about historical references and so on, but in the context that she was dealing with it, where people understood that 1776 was code for break into the Capitol, do violence, and most importantly, block the certification of Joe Biden — that is an act of insurrection. And we demonstrated and proved that.”
Berman followed up with this query:
“Even if the judge makes a recommendation, which, look, the judge didn’t seem to be inclined to, but who knows, makes a recommendation for this case to proceed, the secretary of state in Georgia will be the one to decide the next step. Yes, he would not engage in the shenanigans [Donald] Trump was asking him to, but do you think he’ll take your side?”
Celli responded:
“I believe in the processes of government. I mean, Secretary of State [Brad] Raffensperger is going to have to decide this issue and then there will be court appeals. This will go to the Georgia Supreme Court ultimately. There’s partisanship in our country, that’s very clear, but I committed my life as a lawyer to the belief that the rule of law will prevail in the end and I think we have the rule of law on our side.”
