Public interest in the case was extremely high after more than 120 Republicans signed onto an amicus brief supporting the lawsuit, and CNN's article about the dismissal of the suit received nearly 2 million engagements. There were many other highly engaged stories, with coverage from NPR, NBC News, and the New York Times all independently receiving more than a million engagements, making this one of the most engaged political narratives since the election.
There were also a number of spin-off narratives that emerged from the news, including Democratic representative Bill Pascrell calling for representatives that signed the amicus brief not to be seated, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
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