The US state of Maine announced on Thursday that Donald Trump would not appear on the ballot in the Republican primary for the 2024 presidential election, a week after a similar decision in Colorado related to the attack on the Capitol in 2021.
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“He is unfit for the office of president” under the 14th Amendment, which excludes from all public responsibility those who have engaged in “acts of insurrection,” said Maine Democratic Secretary of State Shenna in an official document Bellows, responsible for the organization of the elections.
Maine's decision will be challenged in court by Donald Trump, his campaign spokesman announced, and could be the subject of a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Donald Trump quickly condemned a decision he said was made by a “radical leftist,” an “ardent supporter” of Joe Biden.
“We are witnessing live an attempt to steal an election and disenfranchise American voters,” the Republican denounced his campaign team.
On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Donald Trump's supporters violently stormed the Capitol, the shrine of American democracy, to prevent the certification of the victory of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden.
Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters are still disputing the results of the 2020 election without evidence.
The ex-president was indicted federally on August 1 and then by the state of Georgia on August 14 for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
In various states across the country, several lawsuits have been initiated to block the big favorite's path to the Republican primaries. If Michigan and Minnesota rejected them, the Colorado Supreme Court last week became the first to declare Donald Trump ineligible for his actions during the attack on the Capitol.