Maine barred Donald Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, making it the second state in the country to block the former president from running again under a part of the Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.

The decision by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) is sure to be appealed. The Colorado Supreme Court last week found Trump could not appear on the ballot in that state, and the Colorado Republican Party has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. The nation’s high court could resolve for all states whether Trump can run again.

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  • jas0n@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Inferior is extreme though. I would say gullible idiots for the Qult crowd, but most people are just wholey uninformed. Uninformed voters are more likely to become single issue voters (IMO the worst kind). I don’t know if you noticed, but the news cycle is exhausting. So, I could just ignore it and choose the side that wants to control women’s bodies because I’m superstitious. Wouldn’t even know democracy was under any threat at all. Of course, some are informed, but are so concerned with controlling women’s bodies that they wouldn’t mind totalitarianism.

    Another often overlooked factor is people treating politics as another team sport. Some people will just never vote for the other side. And again, if they are uninformed, there will never be anything to change their mind.

    I think a better way to say it, would be respect. I might hold more respect for someone who can critical think there way through the bs, but if they can’t I wouldn’t say they are inferior.