A group of 62 House Republicans is pushing a new resolution insisting Donald Trump did not engage in an insurrection during the January 6 Capitol riot. 

The fired up Republicans are attempting to issue a public exoneration of Trump's conduct on January 6 after he was thrown off primary ballots in Maine and Colorado for allegedly 'inciting' the mob that stormed the Capitol.

House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, who co-sponsored the resolution and is rumored to be on the shortlist for Trump's next vice president, accused Democrats of 'shredding the Constitution' in an attempt to stop him. 

Another member, Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., called it 'ironic' that 'not one of the [rioters] was armed.'

'It's ridiculous to say that someone with face paint and bison horns was here to take over the Capitol,' he added. 'We would call what happened that day a Wednesday in the Missouri Capitol.' 

'We are here today to authoritatively express that President Trump did not commit an insurrection and we believe that Congress has a unique role in making that declaration,' Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who led the resolution, said at a news conference Tuesday.

Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert called the cases 'bogus' and 'an act of fear.'

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump's legal battle on Thursday and determine if his name will be re-added to Maine and Colorado's ballots. 

For the first time, the court will wrestle with a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who 'engaged in insurrection' from reclaiming power.

The case has the potential to upend the presidential election by throwing Trump off the ballot.