Denver Post Comment Section

Those Confederates you mention made the situation very cut and dry by clearly declaring their intentions, adopting a separate constitution, putting on uniforms, etc. Trump and his followers haven't done that; rather, they position themselves as true American patriots fighting to defend the country against malicious actors. Simply invoking the 14th amendment and kicking Trump to the curb will play directly into his side's narrative. We need to go through the courts to give the process legitimacy.