The U.S. state of Maine election ** said on the 28th that the former **Trump is not eligible for the 2024** election party primary in the state. According to the U.S. "Capitol Hill" newspaper, the Trump campaign condemned the decision on the same day and slammed Maine Secretary of State Bellows, who made the decision, as a "vicious leftist and an extreme Democrat who supports Biden."
According to the report, Maine's top secretary of state in charge of elections, Democrat Bellows said in a 34-page ruling on the same day that Trump spread false claims about election fraud in 2020 and incited supporters to go to Congress to prevent election certification and the peaceful transfer of power, "He used inflammatory rhetoric to encourage violence, but did not act in time to stop the violence." ”
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I note that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a candidate of his ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. "But I've also noticed that no candidate has been involved in the rebellion before." ”
The Hill said Maine's decision marks the first time a state has removed a candidate under the Fourteenth Amendment clause of the U.S. Constitution, following a similar ruling in Colorado by a court.
According to the report, the Trump campaign condemned the decision that day and slammed Bellows as a "vicious leftist and ultra-Democrat who supports Biden." "We are witnessing in real time attempts to steal elections and disenfranchise American voters. Steven Chang, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, said, "There is no doubt that this partisan interference in the election is a hostile attack on American democracy." The Trump campaign said it would appeal the ruling.
CNN and a number of other ** previously reported that the top Maine election** said that Trump would be removed from the vote in the state's 2024 Republican primary. According to the report, this is a surprising decision based on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution regarding the "insurgency ban". Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (known as the "Insurgency Prohibition") prohibits those who swore an oath of support for the U.S. Constitution and later participated in the rebellion from holding public office.
Previously, the U.S. Supreme Court of Colorado ruled on the 19th that Trump was not eligible for the 2024 U.S. ** election party primary in the state because of his involvement in the "Capitol Hill riot" on January 6, 2021. The Trump campaign said it would appeal to the Supreme Court.