A Dec. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows Rep. Jim Jordan speaking into a microphone and claims the Ohio Republican is barred from seeking another term.
“BREAKING: Rep. Jim Jordan is disqualified from running for Congress in 2024 due to a violation of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment,” reads the text of the post from X, formerly Twitter, shown in the photo.
It was liked more than 1,000 times in two days. The X post from the Politics Video Channel was shared more than 1,000 times in a day.
More from the USA TODAY Fact Check Team:
A spokesperson for Jordan said the claim is false. There is no credible evidence that, as of December 2023, any entity with the power to disqualify Jordan from the 2024 election has done so.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies anyone who has taken an oath of office and then engaged in an insurrection or rebellion from holding a federal or state office unless a supermajority of Congress votes to allow it. Its original intent was to keep former officeholders who sided with the Confederacy from holding power during the post-Civil War...
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