Pretty sure the U.S. Code says it means to act or incite to act against the authority of the United States. Such as the authority of the United States says it’s time for Congress to count and certify electoral votes, and you try to stop it from doing so. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383

It means that time you shit your pants thinking the Trump Gang was going to hang your enabling asses. That was an "insurrection."

Let me add a reminder that Trump's state, Florida, is moving to ban dictionaries...

What does "mean" mean anyway ?

Didn't McConnell himself say it was a "violent insurrection"? So he could probably define it.

We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next. That’s what it was

insurrection - an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence.

Anyone have the turtle and the zodiac killer's numbers? I think I can help them out.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/insurrection

Traitorous scumbags.

Republicans: The federal government is too big and acting like a nanny state!

Hillbillies: The Civil War was all about states' rights!!

Hillbillies/Republicans/Same thing: How can a state do this?? Hurry federal government and overturn the state's ruling!!

Trump is never held accountable. Nobody else would get this type of treatment.

They don't want the supporters going after them.

You know it when you see it. And we all saw it.

Ah yes. The collective vanishing of the republican spine every 4 years.

“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”

What's a little treason among co-conspirators, eh?

The legal definition of "insurrection" is "If you're reading this, pick someone else."

This is the best summary I could come up with:

That's the question top Republican lawmakers — including Mitch McConnell, who previously held Donald Trump responsible for the riot on January 6, 2021 — are asking the Supreme Court in a brief defending him from being disqualified in the 2024 election.

Trump appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court, which agreed to take up the pivotal case in the coming weeks.

In their legal brief, the lawmakers argued Congress should enforce the 14th Amendment and that loose definitions of "insurrection" would allow "widespread abuse of Section 3 against political opponents."

"Both Trump and Biden partisans could try to disqualify each other under Section 3, in tit-for-tat retaliation that has already been threatened," the Republicans wrote.

"But once 'engage in' is defined so broadly, even significant countervailing evidence can simply be labeled as a ruse, as insufficient, or even as an implied recognition and praise of ongoing violence."

A recent report by ABC News cited sources that claim Trump himself was reluctant to post the message and that one of his aides had to do it instead.

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Interference in transfer of power. Duhhhhh. Ted and Much take the short bus to school.

I understand that "insurrection" is defined as an act of revolt or uprising against an established government or authority. It typically involves the use of force or violence by a group of individuals seeking to overthrow or challenge the existing government or political order. Insurrections are characterized by organized rebellion against a nation's laws or governing bodies, often in pursuit of political, social, or ideological changes. This term is commonly associated with actions that are considered beyond the realm of peaceful protest or civil disobedience, veering into the territory of armed resistance or violent uprising.

I…I’m really not sure how you can read something like that and still make this argument. Despite my familiarity with the utter lack of morality in the GOP, this new low surprises even me. Also, McConnell, just die already.

Both Trump and Biden partisans could try to disqualify each other under Section 3, in tit-for-tat retaliation that has already been threatened," the Republicans wrote.

They forgot to add "by us" at the end of that sentence.

It's bad enough when Neoliberals make these slippery slope fallacies when it comes to holding fascists accountable, but Republicans‽

Now let's point out that to the extent the term is not defined, it's definition is Congress's responsibility (that is to say their responsibility). To the extent that their definition is unclear, it is the responsibility of the Court to interpret it. So are they complaining that they haven't done their own job?

18 U.S.C. section 2383 has Congress's current definition of insurrection.

In short, this is just grandstanding to distract their gullible base.

Durrrr

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