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From Maine Secretary of State Shanna Bellows on why she just "fortified" democracy by protecting it from the people she doesn't like:
I do not reach this conclusion lightly. Democracy is sacred, and the highest court of this State has repeatedly recognized that "no right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live." Melanson v. Sec'y of State, 2004 ME 127, 914, 861 A.2d 641 (quoting Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428, 441 (1992) (cleaned up)). I am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection.
Neither did President Trump.
The oath I swore to uphold the Constitution comes first above all, and my duty under Maine's election laws, when presented with a Section 336 challenge, is to ensure that candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek.
And you are the one to determine this on behalf of hundreds of thousands of voters??
The events of January 6, 2021 were unprecedented and tragic. They were an attack not only upon the Capitol and government officials, but also an attack on the rule of law.
The evidence here demonstrates that they occurred at the behest of, and with the knowledge and support of, the outgoing President.
No court has determined that was the case.
The U.S. Constitution does not tolerate an assault on the foundations of our government, and Section 336 requires me to act in response.
Sounds like you are using the Constitution as an excuse to destroy the Constitution!
Low-info, middle-management saviors of dEmOcRAcY will be the ones to destroy it.
Change my mind!
PS - Even the non-Trump fans know how this move to "uphold" the Constitution makes a mockery of the Constitution 👇
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