Talk about taking something out of context! Section 4 and 5 read as:
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Section. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
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In plain english, it means the nation must pay its debt when that debt has been accrued by means which were authorized by law. The fact that the debt was accrued and payment owed will not be questioned. This does not apply any aid of insurrection or rebellion against the U.S. or claim for the loss or emancipation of a slave. Section 5 clearly states Congress has the power to enforce the provision of the 14th Amendment and not the POTUS. This is just more sleight of hand the Dems are trying to pull.