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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that while he didn’t want to do it, he had to remind people of how “severe” the situation is.

A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening to remove President Joe Biden from appearing on the ballot as retaliation for the determination in two other states that Donald Trump doesn't qualify because he "engaged in insurrection."

"What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic," Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote on the social media site X on Friday. "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's post came shortly after the Supreme Court agreed to review a decision by Colorado's high court that found Trump could be barred from the state's primary ballot because of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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[-] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Can we just have a civil war already, I'd rather get it over with now than when I'm in my forties and in even more pain than I am now.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
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[-] bradboimler@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t like trump and agree he belongs in jail but how the democrats are doing it is wrong we are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law he is on trial right now but has yet to be convicted of a crime so he should not be removed until he is proven guilty in a court of law. The trail likely won’t be over until after the election so the are using dirty tactics to remove him before he is found guilty so I am not surprised if the start removing Biden from state ballots as well. We will see what the Supreme Court says but I would assume the would say the same but could very well be wrong nobody should vote for trump but we gotta do it correctly.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes please. Get Genocide Joe off the ballot so someone else can run.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Looking forward to all the people guilt tripping me for not voting when it's Biden running unopposed in half the states and Trump running unopposed in half the states.

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[-] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Congress should pass a resolution removing Trump's disqualification.

That would satisfy the 14th amendment without setting a nasty political precedent while at the same time serving as an official recognition that Trump committed acts that triggered the 14th amendment.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

How would that overrule the 14th?

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

It wouldn't. The 14th specifically says Congress can remove the insurrection disqualification.

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[-] Asifall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not actually sure that would be a bad outcome for dems…but I think the optics would make it a non starter.

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[-] just_change_it@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's go dictator! all hail dictator whoever the fuck!

Can't wait for tropico to play out in USA in my lifetime. We can finally bring more equality to the world by bringing down the last real bastion of democracy. I wonder what world power will step in to take over for us?

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