The reason the media has been using the word "insurrection"-----Democrats are using the 14th Amendment to threaten Republican candidates - American Thinker

Democrats are using the 14th Amendment to threaten Republican candidates - American Thinker

"In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was amended to add Section 3, also known as the Disqualification Clause. 

It holds that no member of Congress or a state legislature “shall have engaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” 

In other words, any such official who swore to uphold the US Constitution may be banned from holding public office if engaged in what might be defined as an “insurrection” or “rebellion.”
...With the 2022 election looming, the Democrats have begun a robust campaign to accuse certain House Members of Fourteenth Amendment violations. 

A recent mailing from the 315electionfund.org states that “Nearly 70 Republicans who participated in the January 6 attack on our Capitol are currently HOLDING elected office throughout the country.”
More ominously, Rolling Stone magazine, which once had a good reputation as an investigative journal, relied on anonymous sources who provided no facts, no evidence, and no corroborating information to accuse seven Republican House members as “insurrectionists” who planned and participated in J6: Paul Gosar (AZ), Andy Biggs (AZ), Madison Cawthorn (NC), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA), Lauren Boebert (CO), Mo Brooks (AL), and Louie Gohmert (TX)..."