Former Republican US Representative Liz Cheney said that former US President Donald Trump should not be “part of the political process” in the country and emphasized that Trump’s name should be removed from the preliminary voting. His words were quoted in the newspaper Policy.
“I don’t believe this should be part of our political process… And that process will go through the courts and we’ll see how it plays out. But I have no doubt that his actions are clearly criminal offenses under the language of the 14th Amendment,” Cheney said.
Former former advisor to Barack Obama and CNN columnist David Axelrod statedIt was stated that the decision to exclude Donald Trump from the vote would “tear the country apart”, as questions emerged about the legal nature of such actions.
Maine Secretary of State Shanna Bellows, a Democrat, removed Trump from her list of candidates in the primary, citing his role in the attack on the Capitol by his supporters in January 2021. According to him, the former US president violated the 14th Amendment to the country’s constitution and cannot participate in the elections because he aided “insurrection or insurrection”. The politician’s lawyers had already objected to such a move. The decision in Maine follows a similar decision in Colorado. At the same time, it was not possible to exclude Trump from the primaries in California, Michigan and Missouri.
Previously Trump appealed He was barred from the Colorado primary by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Source: Gazeta
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