Republican secretary of state threatens to kick Biden off the ballot as Trump payback

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.

sin_free_for_00_days,

Just a friendly reminder that it is Republicans who are kicking, or attempting to, kick trump off the ballot. If they want to change The Constitution, there is an amendment process. Until then, The Constitution is very clear on the topic.

HawlSera,

Wait it is?

Nougat,

Since we're at the primary stage, the only people who have standing to challenge are going to be Republicans and possibly independents (as in Colorado).

It's also important to remember that the reporting you hear like "Michigan and California left Trump on the ballot" doesn't mean the 14A S3 challenges are over in those states. Michigan, for example, does not have jurisdiction to exclude anyone from a primary ballot. (Colorado does, which is why they were able to find him disqualified from the primary ballot - because he is also disqualified from the general in Colorado.) If Trump wins the Republican nomination and is set to appear on the general election ballot, such states will see new challenges.

lettruthout,

So yeah, if Biden commits insurgency, then his should be off the ballot. But last time I checked he hasn’t come anywhere close.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

He committed an insurgency… against the road when he got into his Mustang and put it in gear back in the 70s.

phoneymouse,

But, Republicans would have you believe “fair is fair.” Trump got impeached, so Biden should get impeached. Trump got kicked off the ballot, so Biden should get kicked off the ballot. This has nothing to do with pesky things like details and rule of law, it’s just about my side vs your side, unless my side is winning, then I’ll take the law into consideration again.

KevonLooney,

it’s just about my side vs your side

That’s what authoritarians literally believe. It’s a tribal mentality. “Might makes right.” “The ends justify the means.”

Coasting0942,

Still waiting for Harris to become a secret trans woman like Obama.

Seraph,
Seraph avatar

The logic of "We're going to punish your guy for what our guy did" makes me laugh... until I cry.

dhork,

You’re forgetting that for these people, “commit insurgency” means “supports things I don’t like”.

nxdefiant,

The real question is what Thomas’s dissenting opinion would be when the SC rules otherwise, and if he gets paid by the word.

joyjoy,

Eventually, we will have no one on the ballot.

FartsWithAnAccent,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

Excuse me? Are you just going to ignore his wanton use of the word “malarkey”?

mateomaui,

I mean, good luck, you’ll have to provide better justification than revenge to keep it from being overturned.

Lexam,

They don’t care. It’s all about the grandstanding.

WaxedWookie,

Is that some of that librul virtue signalling I hear so much about?

mateomaui,

I almost want to see them try though, just to get smacked down in court.

WaxedWookie,

As though having the rules applied to them won’t reenforce their victim complex.

If they lose - even thanks to a GOP judge (a wild concept) it’ll be because of the elites… You know - the Jews.

They’re somehow both moronic and evil.

mateomaui,

Fully expected, and if smacked down, thoroughly entertaining.

IchNichtenLichten,
@IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world avatar

Most of the time I forget Missouri exists, it’s nice. Then some asshole has to come along and ruin it.

toiletobserver,

youtu.be/_2_I81mlExc?si=KOZAXfMB_yW-y9OU&t=11…

jimbo,

The DOJ should investigate this guy for supporting insurrection, too.

paddirn,
  • Trump: Does insurrection, disqualified from running
  • Biden: Doesn’t commit insurrection or any other crimes that might disqualify him from running.
  • GOP: We’ll step in & ensure the new legal standard for Trump applies equally to Biden

Whataboutism politics in action. They’re not even defending him, it’s just, “Well if you’re going to do that we’ll just do it back to you!”–

Woovie,

This is always how the GOP responds. Their voters don’t know any better and assume everyone is doing the crime because they were told so. If everyone is doing it, it’s okay. Zero thought, all emotional rage bait.

KneeTitts,
@KneeTitts@lemmy.world avatar

GOP: We’ll step in & ensure the new legal standard for Trump applies equally to Biden

Well jokes on them because Biden couldnt get trump back on the ballot in any of the states hes kicked off in even if he wanted to, cuz it really has nothing to do with Biden and he has no control over whats states decide to do or how they interpret the constitution.

And I think if anyone of them do take Biden off the ballot it’ll trigger some kind of law suit because they currently cannot show any cause for taking him off.

moon,

They really think it was done for political reasons and is just a team sport

CuttingBoard,

You may be giving them too much credit. They know what they tried to do.

Chocrates,

Agreed. We need to stop pretending GOP leadership are idiots and treat them like the organized threat they are.

TurtleJoe,
@TurtleJoe@lemmy.world avatar

I think that they are both idiots, and an organized threat to democracy. Like the CIA during the Project Condor years. Those guys were mostly morons, but they had a firehose of money, and tons of manpower. Very similar to the GOP at this point.

Chocrates,

Haha fair, the teaparty and then Maga kind of got away from them at first. They were able to exploit the teaparty so I feel like they are gonna come out of maga stronger than ever.

phoenixz,

Don’t you just love it how they all completely ignore and fly over the actual reason why trump is being dumped? They just claim it’s a disgrace that trump is dropped, as if random people decided to do this on a whim, but will NEVER mention why they made that decision. Never mention that trump instigated an insurrection, we wouldn’t want people to get the wrong idea now, would we?

SpezBroughtMeHere,

Well the whole thing can be solved by an actual conviction of treason. If it is obvious his actions were treasonous and he did in fact lead an insurrection, it should be an easy case.

kent_eh,

“What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic,”

What happened in the national capitol on Jan6 is disgraceful and undermines the republic.

The people trying to clean up after that mess are not the problem, you pandering old windbag.

apfelwoiSchoppen,
@apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world avatar

Ashcroft is a real piece of shit garbage. Even shittier than his father, which is saying something. The embodiment of the Mitchell and Webb “Are we the baddies?” Nazi bit.

Socsa,

Yes if Joe Biden engages in insurrection then he should be excluded from the ballot. I just don’t think that’s particularly likely.

Grant_M,
@Grant_M@lemmy.ca avatar

Rs are crybabies

werefreeatlast,

I’m voting Biden. But if the Democrats would suggest maybe someone else from the 150million rational thinking American population who are not Republican, I would vote for that person. Joe has done a good job. I just don’t wanna be sitting here in my toilet writing about how terrible the situation is 2 years from now when we loose Joe to stress and need a new president. So obviously not Trump or any other rock-like object or non-human organic matter composition. But any human who loves this country and wants us to do even better would be nice.

Maggoty,
* 124 million. People old enough to be president who don’t vote for Trump.
Yeah I get invited to all the parties.
skuzz,

I’ll volunteer. Am eligible, and was president of an HOA at some point, I’m sure those skills scale. Also, not a Cheeto, nor rock, nor non-human organic matter composition.

werefreeatlast,

I’ll vote for you 😉.

xX_fnord_Xx,

He’s actually made of compressed Cheeto dust.

Linkerbaan,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

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

BoastfulDaedra,

This is going to be a sonofabitch of an election year no matter what the numbers are, isn’t it.

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