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'There's a powerful argument' Trump is disqualified for presidency under 14th Amendment: Kaine

Tim Kaine believes a strong legal argument can be made to use the 14th Amendment to remove Trump from the ballot in 2024, citing Trump's actions related to Jan. 6 Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia on Sunday said that he believes a strong legal argument can be made to use the 14th Amendment to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024, citing Trump's actions related to the Jan. 6 on the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Shortly after Jan. 6, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for inciting an insurrection amid his push to overturn his election loss. He denied any wrongdoing and was acquitted by the Senate. "In my view, the attack on the Capitol that day was designed for a particular purpose at a particular moment, and that was to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power of as is laid out in the Constitution," Kaine said in an interview with ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. "So I think there's a powerful...