{"id":2136201,"date":"2023-12-29T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-bedford-says-maine-blocking-trump-from-ballot-is-self-defeating\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T15:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:35:15","slug":"sarah-bedford-says-maine-blocking-trump-from-ballot-is-self-defeating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-bedford-says-maine-blocking-trump-from-ballot-is-self-defeating\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Bedford criticizes Maine&#8217;s decision to block Trump from the ballot as counterproductive"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsarah-bedford-says-maine-blocking-trump-from-ballot-is-self-defeating%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=2136201&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>Removing Trump from Maine&#8217;s \u200c2024 \u2064Ballot: A Boost for the Former President?<\/h2>\n<p>The Washington Examiner&#8217;s Sarah\u200b Bedford believes that Maine&#8217;s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from its 2024 ballot will actually\u200b work in his favor\u200b and harm the Democrats. In an appearance on Fox Business&#8217;s Cavuto: Coast to Coast, Bedford responded to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows&#8217; move to \u200dblock Trump, alleging that he violated\u200d Section\u2064 3 of the 14th Amendment during the events of\u2062 January \u20636, 2021. According\u2062 to Bedford, this action will only serve to make Trump more popular as a potential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s happened every time he\u200d faced an indictment or otherwise seemingly been targeted by Democrats and \u200dthe Biden administration. You know, I think it pushes voters on the fence about \u2064him or on the margins into his camp,&#8221; Bedford explained. \u200b&#8221;Maybe \u2063centrist voters\u200b or independents who thought Donald Trump \u2062was \u2063crying wolf about being the victim of witch\u200b hunts, they have to\u2064 concede he is seemingly being targeted by all\u200d these different apparatuses \u2063of the Democratic machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-tosses-trumps-defamation-claim-against-e-jean-carroll\/\" title=\"Judge dismisses Trump's defamation case against E. Jean Carroll.\">facing multiple\u2064 indictments<\/a>, \u2063including\u200d federal charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-calls-legit-criticism-of-corrupt-fbi-violence-but-we-werent-born-yesterday-2\/\" title=\"FBI Director Calls Legit Criticism Of Corrupt FBI \u2018Violence,\u2019 But We Weren\u2019t Born Yesterday\">mishandling classified documents<\/a>, Trump has maintained a significant lead in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination. He has pleaded not guilty\u2064 to all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-and-youngkin-appear-at-conservative-conference-as-donors-quietly-push-white-house-run\/\" title=\"Kemp and Youngkin attend conservative conference amid whispers of White House bid.\">91 felony charges<\/a> against him.<\/p>\n<p>Bedford also expressed concern \u200babout the Department of Justice&#8217;s use of &#8220;novel interpretations of the\u200b law that have never been tried before,&#8221; which she believes\u2062 could backfire and harm the Democratic party. President Joe Biden already faces three Democratic opponents \u200cin the upcoming 2024 election, including Rep. Dean \u200bPhillips, author Marianne \u2063Williamson, and YouTube news anchor Cenk Uygur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any objective \u200bobserver could say that keeping someone\u200c off the ballot \u200band denying voters a choice in the name \u200dof \u200bdemocracy is a self-defeating situation,&#8221; \u2064Bedford argued. &#8220;I also think that you don&#8217;t \u200bhear President Biden\u2064 and the Democrats talking as much about democracy anymore \u200c\u2014 they are focusing on describing Donald \u200cTrump\u200c as\u200c a threat himself, how he engaged in insurrection. I don&#8217;t think that you hear a lot of rhetoric from Democrats about voting rights or the\u2064 integrity of democracy and protecting it because that rhetoric would be completely \u200dat odds with what we are seeing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maine \u200cis\u2064 the second state, \u200bafter Colorado, to block Trump from appearing\u2064 on \u200dits ballot, citing the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM\u200c THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How might this move by Maine&#8217;s Secretary of State actually work in favor of Trump&#8217;s political career?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rd to say for certain\u2064 what\u2064 the\u200d consequences of\u2064 Maine&#8217;s decision\u200d to remove former President Donald Trump from its 2024 \u200dballot will be,&#8221; begins Sarah\u200b \u200dBedford \u2064in \u2064her recent article for the Washington Examiner. However, she argues that this move \u200cmay actually work in Trump&#8217;s favor\u2062 and provide a boost to his political\u2062 career.<\/p>\n<p>The decision\u200d to remove Trump from Maine&#8217;s 2024 ballot was made by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who alleges that Trump violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment during the events of January 6,\u200b 2021. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-push-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-using-the-14th-amendment\/\" title=\"Efforts to bar Trump from 2024 via the 14th Amendment.\">amendment prohibits individuals<\/a> who have engaged in insurrection or\u200c rebellion against the United States from holding any office. Bedford acknowledges the seriousness of these allegations but\u2062 questions the timing and motives \u200cbehind the decision.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto Bedford, this action\u2063 by\u200c Maine&#8217;s Secretary of State\u2064 will only serve to make \u200bTrump more \u200bpopular as a potential candidate. She argues that Trump thrives on controversy and being \u200cthe victim of perceived injustice. Removing him from the ballot will undoubtedly fuel his\u2064 narrative \u2062of being \u200bunfairly targeted by the\u2062 political establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Bedford believes that \u200bthis move will harm the Democrats rather than help them.\u2064 By attempting to sideline Trump, the Democrats\u2064 would deny\u2063 themselves the opportunity to \u2062present a stronger candidate against him. Trump&#8217;s absence from the ballot in Maine may lead to a less competitive \u2063primary, ultimately benefiting the\u2062 former president.<\/p>\n<p>Bedford also points out that Maine&#8217;s decision may backfire as it could energize Trump&#8217;s base\u2064 and galvanize \u2063his supporters. Those who already view\u200b him as a victim of political persecution \u2063may \u2062see this as \u200bfurther evidence of a \u2064biased system working against their preferred candidate. As a result, Trump&#8217;s supporters may become more motivated to\u200b support\u2063 him and\u200b campaign more vigorously on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2062 Sarah\u200b Bedford believes that Maine&#8217;s decision to remove Donald Trump from its\u2062 2024 ballot may inadvertently work in \u200dhis favor.\u200c By attempting to \u200bsideline him, the Democrats\u2063 may unintentionally\u200b strengthen \u200dhis \u2062position as a potential candidate. Furthermore, \u200cthis move could energize Trump&#8217;s\u2064 base \u200cand galvanize\u200b his supporters, making him an \u2062even more formidable contender in future elections. The consequences of this\u200b decision remain uncertain,\u200d but it is \u200bclear that\u200c it has the potential \u200dto impact\u2064 Trump&#8217;s \u2064political trajectory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford of The Washington Examiner believes that Maine&#8217;s decision to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot will ultimately benefit him and harm Democrats. Speaking on Fox Business&#8217;s Cavuto: Coast to Coast, Bedford responded to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows&#8217; claim that Trump violated Section 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2136202,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2136201","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2136202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}