{"id":2047315,"date":"2023-09-27T22:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-unexpected-boost-from-democrat-in-2024-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T22:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:14:34","slug":"trump-gets-unexpected-boost-from-democrat-in-2024-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-unexpected-boost-from-democrat-in-2024-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat unexpectedly supports Trump in 2024 battle."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-gets-unexpected-boost-from-democrat-in-2024-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2047315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Michigan Secretary of\u2062 State Won&#8217;t \u200cBlock Trump from 2024 Ballots<\/h2>\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s secretary of state announced she will not \u2063attempt\u2064 to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state&#8217;s 2024 ballots, coming after activists and other \u2064groups\u2062 have sought to disqualify \u200cthe former president based on a reading of a section\u200d of the Constitution&#8217;s 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not the eligibility\u200d police. We are responsible for ensuring that basic facts are met to \u200bget someone on the ballot,&#8221; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a\u2063 Democrat who has \u200bfrequently been \u2063critical of the former president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/09\/25\/trump-ban-ballots-state-officials-resist-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Axios this week. She was responding to calls from pressure groups to keep him from \u2064the ballot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Activists in \u200bMichigan and other states have\u2064 argued that President Trump shouldn&#8217;t be able \u2063to appear on ballots based\u2062 on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which bars\u2062 anyone who has taken part in a rebellion against the \u2062U.S. government from holding federal or state office. Some scholars have noted that the Fourteenth Amendment, which was \u200cratified right after the Civil War, generally would refer to individuals who fought for the Confederacy more than\u200c 150 years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related\u2064 Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-visits-striking-auto-workers-in-michigan-as-trump-ditches-debate-for-motor-city-5499002?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Biden Visits Striking Auto Workers in Michigan as Trump\u2062 Ditches Debate for\u200b Motor City<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/26\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/biden-visits-striking-auto-workers-in-michigan-as-trump-ditches-debate-for-motor-city-5499002?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/auto-union-president-snubs-trumps-plan-to-rally-with-striking-uaw-members-during-2nd-gop-debate-5499559?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Auto Union President Snubs \u2063Trump&#8217;s Plan \u2063to Rally With Striking UAW Members During 2nd GOP Debate<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/27\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/auto-union-president-snubs-trumps-plan-to-rally-with-striking-uaw-members-during-2nd-gop-debate-5499559?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Colorado, a group called the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in \u200bWashington filed court papers in September to bar\u200b President Trump from the state&#8217;s 2024 ballot, and another similar group did the same\u2064 in Minnesota\u200b days later. A federal\u2064 judge in Florida in August rejected\u200c a lawsuit that was filed by \u200dthree people to bar the former president and ruled \u2062that they\u2064 lacked standing\u2063 to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a longshot Republican presidential candidate, John Anthony Castro, a Texas lawyer, filed a lawsuit in New\u2062 Hampshire weeks ago\u200d that seeks to \u2063block President\u200d Trump from the Granite State&#8217;s ballot. Mr. Castro\u2064 later filed paperwork to petition the Supreme Court over\u200b the case, and the\u200d high court has until\u200b early October to decide on whether to \u200btake \u200cit \u200dor not.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to\u2062 that activity, Mrs. Benson told\u200b Axios on Monday that secretaries of state shouldn&#8217;t get involved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If \u200cwe become political actors\u200d instead of election administrators, then we risk being a \u200bpart of,\u2062 even \u200cinnocently a part of, the\u200d deterioration of democracy in \u200dour country,&#8221; she said, adding that it isn&#8217;t her\u200d office&#8217;s duty to interpret the rules &#8220;in a way that could impact\u200d one&#8217;s ability to run for office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks \u200dat a news conference in Lansing, \u200bMich., on \u200dMarch 5, 2020. (David Eggert\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>More Secretaries \u200dof State Reject Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s not the first time that Mrs. Benson has said that the former president will\u200d appear \u2064on Michigan&#8217;s \u200bballots during the 2024 presidential primary. The courts should \u2063make a decision,\u2064 she argued.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;Is it up to secretaries of state to determine whether Donald Trump can \u2062ever\u200c serve\u200c in elective office again? That seems to be\u200d the nearly universal view \u200bof those who say the former president is\u200b disqualified from such service under the 14th Amendment and want state secretaries of state to unilaterally \u200bkeep him off the ballot,&#8221; the Democrat from Michigan wrote \u200bin a \u200dWashington Post\u200c opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/09\/13\/secretaries-of-state-trump-disqualification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>,\u200d dated Sept. 13.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mrs. Benson added: &#8220;But\u2062 that view \u200dis\u200c misguided.\u2062 Whether Trump is \u200deligible\u2062 to run for president \u2064again is a decision not for secretaries of state but for the courts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And Mrs. Benson\u2062 is not the\u2063 only secretary of state who has signaled\u2064 they won&#8217;t attempt to block President \u200bTrump from appearing on their state ballots\u200c next \u2064year. Georgia&#8217;s Brad \u200cRaffensperger and New Hampshire&#8217;s David Scanlan have publicly stated in recent days it&#8217;s not happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvoking the Fourteenth Amendment\u2062 is merely \u200cthe newest way of attempting to short-circuit the ballot box,\u201d Mr. Raffensperger, a\u200c Republican who has frequently\u2064 criticized\u2062 President Trump, \u200bwrote for the Wall Street \u200dJournal in \u2063mid-September. \u201cSince 2018, Georgia has seen losing candidates and their lawyers try to sue their way to victory. It doesn\u2019t work. \u2062Stacey Abrams\u2019s claims\u200d of election mismanagement following the 2018 election were rejected \u2062in court, as\u2063 were Mr. Trump\u2019s after the 2020\u2062 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around \u2062the same\u2064 time, Mr. Scanlan, a Republican,\u200d told reporters there is no state statute in New Hampshire that a candidate in\u2064 a &#8220;new presidential primary can be disqualified using the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution \u2064referencing insurrection or rebellion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilarly, there is nothing in the 14th Amendment that \u2062suggests that exercising the provisions of that amendment should take place during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-secretary-of-state-speaks-out-on-14th-amendment-challenge-to-trump\/\" title=\"NH Secretary of State addresses Trump's 14th Amendment challenge.\">delegate selection process held<\/a> by \u2063the different states,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Recent\u200b opinion polls suggest that President\u200b Trump&#8217;s lead in the GOP 2024 primary is only growing even as he faces \u200dmore \u200cand more legal trouble\u200c in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>An average of polls provided by \u2064RealClearPolitics shows that the \u200cformer president, who\u2063 has \u206456.6 percent support, is about 42 points ahead of the survey&#8217;s second-ranked candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Since he launched his campaign in, Mr. DeSantis, who stands at about 14.4 percent in the polling aggregator, \u200bhas failed \u2062to make much headway \u2064against President Trump, while other GOP candidates\u2063 have remained in the single-digits.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u2064the implications of \u200ballowing Trump \u2063to appear on \u200dthe 2024 ballots for the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment<\/h2>\n<p><span>  OP Debate<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/26\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<p>          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/auto-union-president-snubs-trumps-plan-to-rally-with-striking-uaw-members-during-2nd-gop-debate-5499559?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The debate \u2064over whether former President Donald Trump should be\u200c allowed\u2063 to appear on\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gets-unexpected-boost-from-democrat-in-2024-fight\/\" title=\"Democrat unexpectedly supports Trump in 2024 battle.\">future election ballots continues<\/a> to stir controversy. Michigan Secretary of \u200cState Jocelyn Benson has recently announced\u2063 that \u2063she will not take any steps to block Trump \u2063from appearing on the state&#8217;s 2024 ballots, despite calls from activists and pressure groups.<\/p>\n<p>Activists in Michigan and other states have argued that Trump should be disqualified from running based on\u2064 Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. This section prohibits anyone who has participated in \u200da \u200drebellion against the\u200c U.S. government from holding \u2063federal or state\u200b office. However, scholars\u2063 have noted that the amendment, which was ratified after\u200d the\u2062 Civil War, primarily targets individuals who fought for the Confederacy \u200dmore\u200b than \u2063150\u2062 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State\u200c Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who has been \u2064critical of the former president in the past, stated that her office is not\u200d responsible for determining the eligibility of candidates. Instead, they focus \u200bon \u200censuring that basic requirements are met to\u200d get someone on the ballot.\u2064 Benson\u200d emphasized that they are not the\u2063 &#8220;eligibility police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This decision \u200dby\u2062 Michigan&#8217;s Secretary of State \u2062comes amidst\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-government-official-woke-culture-is-very-dangerous-and-we-shouldnt-bring-it-to-france\/\" title=\"French Government Official: \u2018Woke\u2019 Culture Is \u2018Very Dangerous, And We Shouldn\u2019t Bring It To France\u2019\">ongoing debates<\/a> and legal battles surrounding Trump&#8217;s\u2062 presence on future ballots. While \u200dsome argue that Trump&#8217;s \u2062alleged role in the January\u200d 6th Capitol insurrection should disqualify him from public office, others assert that the Fourteenth Amendment targets historical cases rather \u200dthan contemporary political figures.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome\u2062 of this debate \u200bwill\u200c have significant implications\u2062 not only \u200cfor Trump&#8217;s \u2064potential\u2063 candidacy in 2024 but also for\u2064 the interpretation \u200dof the Fourteenth\u200c Amendment. It\u200d remains to be seen how other states will\u2063 approach \u200bthis issue and whether more legal challenges \u200cwill arise.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the decision by Michigan&#8217;s Secretary of State to refrain from \u200cblocking Trump&#8217;s appearance on\u200c the state&#8217;s 2024 ballots reflects an adherence to the current understanding of the Constitution and a commitment to ensuring that candidates meet the necessary requirements\u2063 to\u200c participate in elections. The controversy surrounding\u200c Trump&#8217;s\u200c eligibility exemplifies the ongoing debates and divisions within the American political landscape.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan&#8217;s secretary of state refuses to prevent ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s inclusion on the state&#8217;s 2024 ballots. Activists and groups aimed to disqualify him under the 14th Amendment. She stated, &#8220;We&#8217;re not the eligibility police. 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