Senator Amanda Chase (R-Chesterfield) is facing a potential censure from the Virginia Senate after she participated in and encouraged the protest-turned-insurrection on January 6. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Bell (D-13), Senator Jennifer Boysko (D-33), Senator George Barker (D-39), and Senator Adam Ebbin (D-30), cites Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which says that no person shall, "hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath . . . as a member of any State legislature . . . 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"
Senators file bill to censure Amanda Chase
Senators file bill to censure Amanda Chase
Senators file bill to censure Amanda Chase
Senator Amanda Chase (R-Chesterfield) is facing a potential censure from the Virginia Senate after she participated in and encouraged the protest-turned-insurrection on January 6. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Bell (D-13), Senator Jennifer Boysko (D-33), Senator George Barker (D-39), and Senator Adam Ebbin (D-30), cites Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which says that no person shall, "hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath . . . as a member of any State legislature . . . 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"