NBC News reports:
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 said in an interview that he tweeted his warning to “remind people of how severe this is.” Asked how he would disqualify Biden from the ballot for insurrection, Ashcroft said that he’s “let an invasion unstopped into our country from the border.”
Read the full article. Ashcroft, who is running to succeed term-limited Gov. Mike Parson, last appeared here when he proposed defunding public libraries over LGBTQ and race-related books. Before that Ashcroft appeared here when he backed a lawsuit that would prevent the courts from reviewing congressional maps.
A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening to remove President Biden from appearing on the ballot, as retaliation for the determination in two other states that former President Trump doesn’t qualify because he “engaged in insurrection.” https://t.co/IWKpAAUpx5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 6, 2024
What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic. 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! https://t.co/Zx2P4k9A8w
— Jay Ashcroft (@JayAshcroftMO) January 5, 2024