{"id":22638,"date":"2023-12-29T18:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=22638"},"modified":"2023-12-29T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:39:46","slug":"maine-secretary-of-state-gleefully-explains-why-she-unilaterally-barred-trump-from-2024-ballot-and-its-worse-than-you-think-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=22638","title":{"rendered":"Maine Secretary of State Gleefully Explains Why She Unilaterally Barred Trump From 2024 Ballot\u2026.and It\u2019s Worse Than You Think (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s psychotic Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows unilaterally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/12\/breaking-far-left-maine-secretary-state-kicks-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barred<\/a> Trump from the 2024 ballot because she decided the former president is an insurrectionist. <\/p>\n<p>Bellows issued the order after the Colorado Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/12\/breaking-colorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-trump-2024-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disqualified<\/a> Trump from the 2024 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The legal theories are based on Section 3 of the US Constitution\u2019s 14th Amendment which states public officials who have \u201cengaged in insurrection or rebellion against\u201d the US may be disqualified from public office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not been charged with engaging in insurrection or rebellion against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Bellows, who isn\u2019t even a lawyer, concluded: \u201cTrump\u2019s primary petition is invalid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Bellows appeared on MSNBC where she gleefully explained how she concluded Trump is not qualified to be on the 2024 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I was duty-bound to follow Maine law, to ensure the candidates \u2013 all the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek,\u201d Bellows said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not, unfortunately\u2014or fortunately\u2014wait for the Supreme Court to make a decision,\u201d Bellows said. \u201cI smile because we were number one for voter turnout per capita in 2022\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Shenna Bellows explains that she personally decided that Trump was guilty of engaging in an insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>So she unilaterally removed the leading Republican presidential candidate from Maine&#8217;s ballot.<\/p>\n<p>She gleefully tells MSDNC &#8220;I could not, unfortunately\u2014or\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jPpmaxx9yr\">pic.twitter.com\/jPpmaxx9yr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1740589267427205273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>CNN conceded Bellows, who isn\u2019t a lawyer, made her decision to unilaterally bar Trump the ballot based on YouTube clips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe based her ruling on a lot of documents, but also YouTube clips, news reports, things that would never pass the bar in normal court. She\u2019s not a lawyer, by the way,\u201d CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig in Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removing Trump from the ballot: \u201cShe based her ruling on a lot of documents, but also YouTube clips, news reports, things that would never pass the bar in normal court. She\u2019s not a lawyer, by the way\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQeMzKeAtY\">pic.twitter.com\/aQeMzKeAtY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ALX  (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx\/status\/1740593989470797986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>On Thursday night, State Representative John Andrews (R-Paris) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/12\/state-rep-john-andrews-moves-impeach-maine-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a request<\/a> with the Maine Revisor\u2019s Office for a Joint Order to impeach Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/12\/maine-secretary-state-gleefully-explains-why-she-unilaterally\/\">Maine Secretary of State Gleefully Explains Why She Unilaterally Barred Trump From 2024 Ballot\u2026.and It\u2019s Worse Than You Think (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s psychotic Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows unilaterally barred Trump from the 2024 ballot because she decided<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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