FILE – Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft speaks, Nov. 7, 2017, in Valley Park, Mo. On Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, a Missouri judge tossed Republican-written ballot language that described several abortion-rights amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” The office of Ashcroft, who is running for governor in 2024, wrote summaries for the abortion-rights amendments. In Missouri, summaries are provided to voters on ballots to help quickly explain sometimes lengthy and complicated proposals. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)(Jeff Roberson | AP)
Published January 8, 2024
One Republican politician is seeking to strike President Joe Biden from the presidential ballot in his home state.
In a tit-for-tat move aimed at undermining decisions taken in Maine and Colorado to remove former president Donald Trump from the ballot, Missouri State Sen. Bill Eigel has confirmed he will introduce legislation that will ensure Joe Biden is “disqualified and removed from the ballot for the ‘aid and comfort’ he has given our enemies.”
“Our country is being invaded because Joe Biden has swung our southern border wide open,” he wrote in a news release.
“President Biden has allowed more than 8 million people to stroll across our border illegally, causing more harm to this country than any other president in American history.”
https://x.com/BillEigel/status/1743708854292976000?s=20
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SOURCE: www.westernjournal.com
RELATED: Missouri official threatens to remove Biden from 2024 presidential ballot if ‘new legal standard’ boots Trump
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says he’ll make move if other states disqualify Trump from running for a second term
Published January 7, 2024
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is threatening to remove President Biden from the election ballot as other states make efforts to disqualify former President Trump from securing a second term over his actions during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide whether Trump can appear on Republican primary ballots in Colorado after the state Supreme Court ruled he couldn’t, citing the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause.
The high court sided with a lower court that ruled Trump incited his supporters as Congress was certifying Biden’s 2020 election victory. The Colorado Supreme Court decision was the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was used to bar a presidential contender from the ballot.
Maine’s secretary of state decided Trump should be removed from the ballot for the same reason. Trump is appealing that decision.
On Friday, Ashcroft, a Republican, said the efforts in Colorado and Maine were “disgraceful” and “undermines our republic.”
“While I expect the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden !,” Ashcroft wrote on X.
“I’m not in favor of going down this path. But if we will go down this path, it’s inevitable, if the Supreme Court does not stop this,” Ashcroft told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The rules will be applied equally. I just hope they will not be the rules of Colorado and Maine.”
Republicans have heavily criticized Democrats for attempting to remove Trump from 2024 presidential election ballots, saying it undermines the will of voters.
Last month, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested taking Biden off the ballot because of his handling of the southern border.
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SOURCE: www.foxnews.com
RELATED: Eigel to file legislation to disqualify Biden from ballot in Missouri
Published January 7, 2024
Weldon Spring, MO — In the wake of formal efforts in 33 states to remove President Donald J. Trump from the ballot, State Senator Bill Eigel will be putting forth legislation that would disqualify Biden from the ballot in Missouri, saying the following:
“By the Democrats’ own standard, Joe Biden should be immediately disqualified and removed from the ballot for the ‘aid and comfort’ he has given our enemies. Our country is being invaded because Joe Biden has swung our southern border wide open. President Biden has allowed more than 8 million people to stroll across our border illegally, causing more harm to this country than any other president in American history.
“My legislation exposes the absolute absurdity of Colorado’s and Maine’s decisions to remove President Donald J. Trump from the ballot. If radical leftists continue to push lies and fairytales in an attempt to kick Trump off the ballot in their states, Republicans have no choice but to buck up and fight back — use the facts to remove Biden from the ballot before he destroys this country even further. Democrats only believe in democracy when it favors them – let’s expose their double standard hypocrisy. We must stand our ground to protect the security of our nation and the sovereignty of our people.”
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SOURCE: www.newstalkkzrg.com
