Democrats could make ‘Hail Mary’ effort to stop Trump’s return: Byron York

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The Washington Examiner’s Byron York suggested that Democratic lawmakers could make last-ditch efforts to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from returning to the White House, with these attempts becoming more “desperate” as January 2025 draws closer.

A week after the election, York cited how Democrats sought an effort “behind the scenes” in 2016 to prevent Trump from entering office and suggested new efforts using the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits one who engaged in insurrection against the United States from holding office, could be made in the wake of Trump’s second victory.

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