Maine's Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Thursday disqualified former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot, citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.
Lawyers for Trump unsuccessfully sought to disqualify Bellows from ruling on the challenges to Trump's ballot eligibility, pointing to her past social media posts as proof she "Has already concluded that President Trump engaged in insurrection." For instance, on Feb. 13, 2021, Bellows posted on Twitter that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was an "Insurrection" and "An unlawful attempt to overthrow the results of a free and fair election." "One year after the violent insurrection, it's important to do all we can to safeguard our elections," she wrote on Jan. 6, 2022.
" AP "Democrats in blue states are recklessly and un-Constitutionally suspending the civil rights of the American voters by attempting to summarily remove President Trump's name from the ballot.
The Trump campaign spokesman argued that myriad 14th Amendment challenges to Trump's candidacy are "bad-faith" and "bogus," pointing to court rulings in Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Arizona, Florida, Rhode Island and West Virginia.
" Two of Trump's GOP primary rivals immediately came out and criticized the ruling by Maine's secretary of state.
"Can you have a Republican secretary of state disqualify Biden from the ballot because he's let in 8 million people illegally?" DeSantis added that he doesn't believe the Maine ruling and other challenges to Trump's ballot access will hold up in the Supreme Court.
" "The Far Left Democrat Maine Secretary of State just unilaterally removed President Trump off the ballot," Stefanik said in a statement.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/28/news/maine-secretary-of-state-removes-trump-from-2024-ballot/
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