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| Republican lawmaker in Maine files to impeach secretary of state Shenna Bellows after her decision to disqualify Trump from the ballot - as Bellows reveals she's been receiving DEATH threats since her ruling |
| 2023-12-30 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Maine Republican has filed notice of his intent to impeach their secretary of state, accusing her of overstepping her authority by removing Donald Trump from the state ballot and arguing that, by her rationale, Joe Biden should also be removed. John Andrews, was elected in 2018 to the Maine House of Representatives, said on Friday he filed a request with the Maine Revisor's Office, saying he wanted 'to file a Joint Order, or whichever is the proper parliamentary mechanism under Mason's Rules, to impeach Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.' Bellows on Thursday announced that Trump was disqualified from their state primaries for violating Section Three of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits anyone who has engaged in insurrection from holding office. Her ruling made Maine the second state to strike Trump from the ballot, after Colorado's Supreme Court on December 19 came to the same conclusion. Colorado's ruling was temporarily reversed on Thursday when the Republican party filed an appeal, and the decision in both Maine and Colorado is expected to go to the U.S. Supreme Court - something which Bellows said she welcomes. Andrews said he wants to impeach Bellows 'on the grounds that she is barring an American citizen and 45th President of the United States, who is convicted of no crime or impeachment, their right to appear on a Maine Republican Party ballot in March.' Bellows argued that, under Maine law, Trump did not have to be convicted to be disqualified - merely to have engaged in insurrection. She has been receiving death threats as a consequence of her decision. Trump's campaign has denounced the decision and called Bellows a 'virulent leftist and a hyper-partisan Biden-supporting Democrat.' Steven Cheung, Trump's spokesman, said: 'We are witnessing, in real-time, the attempted theft of an election and the disenfranchisement of the American voter. 'Make no mistake, these partisan election interference efforts are a hostile assault on American democracy.' Andrews on Friday morning told Fox News that he felt, under her rationale, Joe Biden could also be removed from the vote. 'Under Shenna Bellows' new standard you could argue that President Biden be barred due to section three - the giving of aid or comfort to the enemies thereof,' he said. 'I would argue that releasing billions to Iran and selling our strategic oil reserves to Chinese interests could qualify as that, if no convictions are required under Shenna Bellows' new rules. 'And that is why this is such a dangerous game that she has created.' Andrews said that Bellows, a Democrat who tweeted in 2021 that she believed Trump had engaged in insurrection, was a partisan who was not qualified to make the decision. Related: Maine: 2023-12-29 Maine's top election official removes Trump from 2024 primary ballot Maine: 2023-12-27 Federal Judge Sides with Osage Nation, Orders Removal Of 84 Wind Turbines Maine: 2023-12-25 Chris Christie Gets More Bad News As Campaign Continues to Flounder |
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