The Constitution sucks.
My five-part series exposes exactly how Qatar built a pipeline into the American mind, why it targets youth, how the “The U.S. Isn’t a Democracy” video fits into a larger influence campaign, and what if anything is being done to stop it. Stay tuned.
Funding, Influence, and the Controversial “The Constitution Sucks” Video
Here’s how we change it: pic.twitter.com/AeApj2Rw9h— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 3, 2022
In an era where social media shapes public opinion faster than traditional news, few outlets have mastered the art of bite-sized activism quite like AJ+. Launched in 2014 as a subsidiary of the Qatar-backed Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN), AJ+ specializes in slick, short-form videos that tackle social justice, human rights, and global affairs. With millions of followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, it presents itself as the voice of progressive Gen Z. But AJ+ is not independent journalism – it is 100% owned and funded by a network that receives over 90% of its budget directly from the government of Qatar, an absolute monarchy with no elections, no opposition parties, and a long record of using media as a foreign-policy weapon.
That Qatari funding hit a raw nerve in July 2022 when AJ+ released a nearly 11-minute video bluntly declaring that the United States Constitution is the reason America can’t pass laws on abortion, gun control, or climate change. The official YouTube title is “The U.S. Isn’t a Democracy” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxG1cRgFS4c), but on July 3, 2022, AJ+ promoted it on X (Twitter) with the far more incendiary caption:
“The Constitution sucks. Here’s how we change it.”
https://x.com/ajplus/status/1543716212269621250The video opens with reenactors dressed as Founding Fathers ceremonially tossing the Constitution into a flaming metal barrel while modern abortion-rights protesters chant “My Body, My Choice” in the foreground. Over the next eleven minutes it argues:
- 00:00 – The Constitution no longer makes sense for the 21st century
- 01:14 – How it actively “suppresses democracy” through the Electoral College and Senate
- 03:42 – How it enables “minority rule” (twice in 20 years the popular-vote loser became president)
- 04:07 – It was written by men who enslaved people and deliberately excluded women, Black people, and Native Americans
- 06:44 – Gridlock on guns, abortion, and climate is built-in because amendment is almost impossible
- 10:17 – The solution: mass mobilization, possibly a new constitutional convention
Critics immediately pointed out the staggering irony: a media outlet bankrolled by a monarchy that ranks 118th in press freedom, still practices male guardianship over women, and can execute people for apostasy or homosexuality is paying American creators to teach other Americans that their founding document “sucks” and belongs in the trash.
The clip went viral again in late 2025, racking up fresh outrage on X: “Qatar, where you get 100 lashes for drinking alcohol, is funding videos telling Americans their Constitution is garbage.” Another user summed it up: “Foreign monarchy pays U.S. citizens to burn the Constitution on camera. This is peak 2025.”
The Constitution sucks.Here’s how we change it: pic.twitter.com/AeApj2Rw9h— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 3, 2022
