At least one Maine lawmaker vows to pursue impeachment against Shenna Bellows after she ruled Trump ineligible for the GOP ballot.
Maine’s top election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, called any impeachment attempt against her «absurd» over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 Republican primary ballot.
According to the Associated Press, at least one Republican lawmaker has vowed to pursue impeachment against Bellows, a Democrat, despite long odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
In an appearance with MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend on Saturday night, Bellows stated she was «doing her job and following the law in Maine» in ruling Trump is ineligible to run based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which refers to the law on insurrectionists holding high office.
Bellows responded to Sanders-Townsend about the impeachment motion and claims that it disenfranchises Maine voters to remove Trump from the upcoming primary ballot.
«It’s absurd, particularly you don’t impeach someone for doing their job, as directed by the Maine State Legislature. I qualify Trump for the ballot based on his petitions and signatures. And then, it was (five) registered Maine voters who have the right to do that (challenge the nomination petition), under Maine state law.
