{"id":2136758,"date":"2023-12-30T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-claims-trump-is-now-a-martyr-after-maine-ballot-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T12:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T17:47:13","slug":"chris-christie-claims-trump-is-now-a-martyr-after-maine-ballot-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-claims-trump-is-now-a-martyr-after-maine-ballot-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie says Trump is a &#8216;martyr&#8217; following Maine ballot ruling"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fchris-christie-claims-trump-is-now-a-martyr-after-maine-ballot-decision%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=2136758&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>Chris Christie: Maine&#8217;s Decision \u2064Makes Trump a &#8220;Martyr&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie criticized Maine&#8217;s secretary\u200d of state for excluding former President \u2064Donald Trump from the \u20632024 primary ballots, claiming it has turned Trump into a &#8220;martyr.&#8221; The state&#8217;s lead election official argued that\u2064 Trump&#8217;s involvement in an insurrection violated Section\u2062 Three of the 14th Amendment, rendering him ineligible for \u2062the presidency. This decision follows a similar ruling\u2062 by the Colorado Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt makes him \u2063a \u2064martyr,\u201d Christie expressed during a CNN interview. \u201cYou know, he\u2019s very good at playing \u2018Poor me, poor me,\u2019 he\u2019s always complaining. The poor billionaire from New \u200cYork who\u2019s spending everybody else\u2019s money to pay his legal fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s campaign plans to appeal both decisions, with expectations \u2064of \u200dthe matter\u2063 reaching the United States Supreme Court. Trump&#8217;s spokesperson, Steven Cheung, condemned the\u200c rulings as an attempt to steal the election and disenfranchise American voters.<\/p>\n<p>Other\u200c contenders for the 2024 Republican\u200c nomination, including Governor Ron DeSantis of\u200d Florida, have also voiced their concerns about these ballot exclusions. DeSantis warned that such a ruling could set a\u2062 dangerous precedent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The idea that one bureaucrat in an executive position can simply unilaterally disqualify someone\u2063 from office \u2014 that turns on its head every notion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brown-university-creates-new-sexual-misconduct-policy-designed-to-deny-due-process\/\" title=\"Brown University Creates New Sexual Misconduct Policy Designed To Deny Due Process\">constitutional due process<\/a> this country has abided by for over 200 years,&#8221; DeSantis argued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maine&#8217;s decision has faced\u2064 criticism from the majority of the state&#8217;s congressional \u2063delegation, and state Republicans have even threatened to impeach Secretary of\u2062 State Shenna Bellows over\u200d her ruling. Bellows expressed her preference for the U.S. Supreme\u2063 Court to address \u200dthe issue but stated\u200d that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-fran-high-school-seniors-may-return-to-school-for-one-day-so-district-can-get-12m-in-covid-relief\/\" title=\"San Fran High School Seniors May Return To School For One Day So District Can Get M In COVID Relief\">state law required<\/a> her to make a decision on Trump&#8217;s ballot access.<\/p>\n<p>Maine election law allows any registered voter to challenge a candidate&#8217;s\u2064 eligibility, prompting the secretary of state \u200dto hold a public\u2064 hearing on\u200b the matter. Bellows emphasized \u200cthat she was duty-bound to follow Maine&#8217;s election laws and the Constitution, acknowledging that no secretary\u200d of state has ever denied a presidential candidate ballot access based on Section Three\u200d of \u200bthe 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2063 principles\u200c of democracy does Chris Christie argue are being violated by Maine&#8217;s decision to\u2063 exclude Trump from the primary ballots?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Last week, which also barred Trump from\u200d the state&#8217;s primary.<\/p>\n<p>Christie, a staunch ally of Trump throughout\u200b his presidency and a potential contender for the 2024 Republican\u2062 nomination himself, expressed \u200bhis disappointment with Maine&#8217;s decision in\u200c an interview\u200c with Fox\u2063 News. He \u200dargued that excluding Trump from the primary\u2062 ballots only strengthens his position among his supporters and elevates him to\u200b the status\u200b of a &#8220;martyr.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064former New \u200dJersey \u200dgovernor \u2064emphasized \u2064that the decision to \u200cexclude Trump is not \u200bonly unjust but also goes against the principles of democracy. He asserted\u200d that voters should have the right to \u200cchoose their preferred candidate \u2064without interference or manipulation from election officials. Christie\u2063 believes\u200b that excluding\u200c Trump only\u200d serves to fuel the anger and frustration that led to \u200cthe Capitol insurrection in the first\u2062 place.<\/p>\n<p>Maine&#8217;s secretary of state, \u2062Shenna Bellows, defended her decision by citing \u200cSection Three\u2063 of \u200cthe 14th Amendment,\u200c which states that anyone who \u2064has engaged in insurrection or rebellion \u200bagainst\u2064 the United States shall be\u2062 disqualified from holding any office. She argued that Trump&#8217;s involvement in the events\u2062 of \u200cJanuary \u20626, 2021, \u2062when a mob of his\u2064 supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election results, clearly falls under this provision.<\/p>\n<p>Bellows emphasized that her decision was not\u2063 politically motivated but rather\u2064 based on \u2063a\u2063 careful examination of\u2064 the \u200cconstitutional requirements for \u200bholding office. She maintained that it\u200b is her duty as the state&#8217;s lead election official to\u2063 uphold the integrity\u2063 of the electoral process and ensure\u2064 that \u2063candidates who are eligible to hold office are the ones appearing on the ballots.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200cmove by Maine and the previous\u2062 ruling \u2063by the Colorado Supreme \u200bCourt reflect a \u200clarger debate within the Republican Party \u200dregarding the \u200dfuture\u200c of Trump&#8217;s influence. While some\u2064 Republicans seek to distance\u200d themselves from the former president in an \u2064effort\u200d to move the\u200b party forward,\u200b others,\u2064 like Christie, argue\u2062 that ostracizing Trump \u200bwill only\u2064 intensify his influence\u2062 and \u200bpotentially\u2064 fracture the party further.<\/p>\n<p>The exclusion\u2064 of Trump from primary ballots is not unprecedented. Several\u200c states,\u200d including New Hampshire and Nevada, have also discussed or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-next-brazilians-forced-to-give-kids-annual-covid-shots-or-lose-welfare\/\" title=\"America Next? Brazilians Forced to Give Kids Annual COVID Shots or Lose Welfare\">implemented \u2064similar\u200c measures<\/a>. However, as the 2024\u2064 election\u200d approaches, the\u2063 debate over Trump&#8217;s\u2064 eligibility and influence is likely to intensify.<\/p>\n<p>The decision made\u200d by\u200c Maine&#8217;s\u2064 secretary of state raises questions \u2063about the \u200dboundaries of eligibility for public office and the role of election officials \u200din determining who can run\u200c for president. It also highlights the deep divisions within the Republican Party and the challenges it faces in navigating its future without alienating its base.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u200bRepublican primary contest continues to take shape, Christie&#8217;s \u200bcriticism of Maine&#8217;s \u2062decision sheds light on the complexities\u200b and political dynamics that \u200dwill shape \u200dthe party&#8217;s future. The exclusion of Trump from primary ballots, whether justified or not, has \u200cundoubtedly\u2062 made\u2062 him a controversial figure, further fueling debates and divisions\u200c within the \u2064Republican Party. The consequences\u2062 of\u2063 this decision\u200b will likely \u200breverberate\u200d throughout the party&#8217;s\u2063 nomination \u2062process \u2064and potentially impact the future\u200d of American politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14th Amendment was cited by Maine&#8217;s secretary of state to justify excluding Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballots. Chris Christie, a Republican candidate, criticized this decision, arguing that it has turned Trump into a &#8220;martyr.&#8221; The state&#8217;s election official deemed Trump ineligible due to his alleged violation of Section Three of the 14th Amendment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2136759,"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-2136758","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\/2136758","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=2136758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2136759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}