After Colorado, Maine excluded Donald Trump from the Republican primaries

Is this the start of a snowball effect? Maine excluded Donald Trump from the Republican primary caucus in this northeastern US state on Thursday, December 28, a week after a similar decision in Colorado regarding an attack on the Capitol in January 2021.

“He is not fit for the presidency” 14 below^e Amendment of the Constitution, which excluded any public liability persons involved in the acts“Rise”Shanna Bellows, the Maine Democratic Party secretary responsible for organizing the elections, announced in an official document.

Maine's decision will be challenged in court by Donald Trump, his campaign spokesman announced, and a final appeal could be made to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation's highest court. M^me Bellows made it clear that his decision would stand “suspended” In case of legal challenge.

On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol, the sanctuary of American democracy, in an attempt to block his Democratic opponent Joe Biden's certificate of victory. Donald Trump and his ardent supporters are still denying the 2020 election results without evidence.

“I did not come to this conclusion lightly.” Shanna Bellows found the Capitol under attack in her 34-page conclusion “By order, with the full knowledge and support of the outgoing President”.

“I am aware that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of access to the ballot pursuant to Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. However, I also know that no presidential candidate has ever been involved in a rebellion.”He explained, acknowledging that the US Supreme Court may be the last word.

“Extreme Left”

Donald Trump immediately condemned the decision “Extreme Left”, “Ardent Supporter” D Joe Biden. “We are witnessing first-hand the attempted election fraud and the disenfranchisement of American voters.”He denounced the Republican Party through his campaign committee.

Maine's Republican primaries are scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, 2024, dubbed “Super Tuesday” because Democrats and Republicans polled so heavily that day.

Although Maine received only four of the 538 electoral votes in the national referendum on November 5, 2024, it is one of only two states in the country to apportion the votes. Donald Trump thus won one of Maine's key electorates in 2020; If he becomes the Republican nominee, keeping him off the ballot would cost him an advantage in what promises to be a close race. That contrasts with Colorado — which has ten electors — and Donald Trump, who was soundly defeated in the state in 2020, can't count.

The former president's political future remains uncertain due to the 2024 judicial calendar. He was charged on the 1st^{There is} On August 14, the state of Georgia was accused of attempting to alter the 2020 election results at the federal level.

A number of procedures have been launched in various states across the country to block the path of heavy favorites in Republican primaries. While Michigan and Minnesota rejected them, the Colorado Supreme Court on December 19 declared Donald Trump ineligible because of his actions during the attack on the Capitol.

Colorado judges said “Knowing Moving Forward into Unknown Territory”Election officials in the western state have been ordered to remove Donald Trump's name from the ballot for the 2024 Republican primaries. Joe Biden responded to the decision and ruled that Donald Trump had. “definitely supported a rebellion”. “No doubt about it, no”He declared.

But until the Supreme Court rules, both Colorado and Maine must put former President Trump's name on the ballot.