A Right-Wing Think Tank Has a Plan to Prevent Democrats From Being Seated in Congress

A post published last month by the Center for Renewing America, an influential right-wing think tank, suggests a more radical strategy, asserting that a number of Democrats could be prevented from holding office even if they win their elections.

The post, titled, “Can Congress Seat a Member-Elect Who Vows to Destroy our Constitution?” argues even winning candidates from what it believes to be a purported “Red-Green Alliance” between “neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Muslims,” can and should be kept from being seated in Congress. The post, in effect, claims that Muslim and progressive candidates don’t have to be legally accepted into their elected positions.