{"id":2135676,"date":"2023-12-28T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T01:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-kicks-trump-off-2024-primary-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T20:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T01:07:22","slug":"maine-kicks-trump-off-2024-primary-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-kicks-trump-off-2024-primary-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine excludes Trump from 2024 primary ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmaine-kicks-trump-off-2024-primary-ballot%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=2135676&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--><h2>Colorado Puts Donald Trump Back \u200con\u200d 2024 Primary Ballot, While Maine Disqualifies Him<\/h2>\n<p>Just as Colorado welcomed Donald \u200cTrump\u200c back onto its 2024 primary ballot, a\u2062 surprising announcement\u200c came from\u2064 a top official in Maine. Maine Secretary \u2063of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, \u200bdeclared that the former president would \u2062be disqualified from her state&#8217;s primary ballot.\u200d Bellows ruled that Trump&#8217;s primary \u2062petition\u2062 was \u200c&#8221;invalid&#8221; due to\u200b his conduct\u2064 leading up to \u200cthe U.S.\u200b Capitol \u200bbreach on January 6, 2021, \u200dwhich she believed \u2064violated \u200cthe 14th Amendment&#8217;s insurrection \u2064clause.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal team attempted to have Bellows recuse herself from ruling on his eligibility, but their bid was rejected. Similar \u2063cases against Trump in \u200bother states, including Michigan, have either been dismissed or are still ongoing. \u200dIn fact, a lawsuit in Colorado resulted in Trump \u200cbeing removed from the primary ballot\u2064 by the state&#8217;s\u2064 supreme court. However,\u2064 the Colorado Republican \u200bParty\u200b appealed to \u2063the U.S. Supreme Court, which allowed Trump to temporarily appear on the primary \u2064ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Many\u200d of these legal challenges revolve \u2064around Section 3\u2063 of the 14th Amendment, which \u2064is seen as a\u2064 measure to prevent former officials who\u2063 supported the Confederacy \u2062during \u2064the \u200dCivil War from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">holding public office<\/a> again. Trump\u2063 and his allies have vehemently fought against these lawsuits,\u2063 arguing that the state is interfering\u200d with the party&#8217;s\u200d ability to select its candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal team also raised concerns\u200d about Bellows&#8217; potential bias against\u2064 the former president based on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a>. However, Bellows denied their \u2064request for her\u200d recusal, stating\u2062 that it was untimely\u2062 and \u2064that she could preside over the matter \u2063without bias. She emphasized that her decision was solely based on the evidence presented.<\/p>\n<p>Challengers \u2062have five days to appeal Bellows&#8217; ruling,\u200d and the GOP primary in Maine is scheduled for March 5. Trump&#8217;s\u2062 campaign\u2062 spokesman, Steven Cheung,\u2064 expressed their intention to file a legal objection in state court to prevent the disqualification \u2064from taking effect. He affirmed that Trump will continue to fight to Make America \u200bGreat\u200d Again.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK\u2064 HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Colorado&#8217;s approval of Donald \u200cTrump&#8217;s\u200b petition for their primary \u2064ballot reflect the \u2063desires of Colorado\u2062 Republicans?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ated Maine&#8217;s standards for candidates on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the Colorado Republican Party\u2063 swiftly approved Trump&#8217;s petition to be on their 2024 primary ballot, with the state party chair\u2062 Ken Buck expressing his support for the former president&#8217;s participation. Buck commended Trump&#8217;s accomplishments during his presidency and stated\u2064 that the decision reflects the desires of Colorado\u2063 Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The divergent decisions made\u200d by these two states regarding Trump&#8217;s eligibility for their \u200brespective primary ballots highlight the ongoing divide\u2062 in the\u200d Republican Party.\u200c While \u2062Colorado Republicans embrace Trump&#8217;s\u2064 influence and appeal, Maine Democrats firmly reject him, \u2062referring to his actions as \u200bdetrimental to the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>Shenna Bellows justified her decision based on the events\u2063 of January 6th, \u200bwhen \u200ba violent mob\u200b stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn \u200bthe results of\u2062 the 2020 presidential election. Trump&#8217;s role, according to Bellows, contributed\u2063 to inciting the crowd and undermining\u2062 the democratic institutions that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-prohibits-trump-from-talking-to-known-witnesses-in-jan-6-case\/\" title=\"Judge bars Trump from contacting key witnesses in Jan. 6 case.\">nation holds dear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that this is not the first \u2063time Maine has shown resistance\u200b towards Trump. In the 2020 primary,\u2063 the state&#8217;s \u2064Republicans also held a preference poll instead \u2064of including Trump&#8217;s name on the ballot. This decision reflected a growing discontent among some \u2063members of the party\u200d towards the \u200dformer president&#8217;s leadership style and \u200cpolicies.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063contrasting reactions\u2064 from Colorado and Maine also raise questions \u200babout the role of states\u2064 in shaping the future of the Republican Party. \u2064While the party as\u200d a\u200d whole is\u200d grappling with its identity post-Trump, individual states have the \u200dauthority to choose who appears on their primary ballot, giving them the power to \u2064either embrace or exclude Trump from their political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The decisions made by\u200d Colorado \u200band Maine \u200dare not isolated cases. They \u2064demonstrate the broader dilemma facing Republicans nationwide.\u2063 Trump remains \u200ba \u200dpolarizing figure within\u2064 the party, with some viewing him as\u200c the champion\u2064 of\u2064 conservative values and\u200c others\u200b questioning his\u200b conduct and ability to unite\u200d and lead effectively.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding\u2064 Trump&#8217;s eligibility\u2062 for the primary ballot reflects the \u200bdeep divisions within the Republican Party that are likely to persist into the 2024 presidential election cycle. As the \u200cparty navigates its future,\u2064 the decisions\u2062 made\u2062 by states like Colorado and Maine will \u200bcontinue to \u200cshape the political landscape and define the party&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the inclusion or exclusion of Donald Trump on primary ballots serves as a barometer\u200b for the\u2062 state of the Republican\u200b Party. \u2063The \u2062rise to prominence \u200dof\u2064 populist movements within the \u2063party has reshaped its identity,\u2062 bringing\u2064 both\u200d excitement and uncertainty. The\u2062 decisions made by \u2064states regarding Trump&#8217;s participation \u2064will undoubtedly contribute to \u200dthe\u200c ongoing conversation about the Republican Party&#8217;s direction and its ability to reconcile\u200b its internal differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado added Donald Trump to its 2024 primary ballot, but Maine&#8217;s top official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, declared him disqualified from their primary ballot. Bellows ruled Trump&#8217;s petition as &#8220;invalid,&#8221; citing a violation of the 14th Amendment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2135677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2135676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2135677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}