Texas Politics

Hunt Declares Democrats are 'Destroying Democracy' Again After Trump Left Off Maine Ballot

After it was announced that former President Donald Trump (R) was taken off a state primary ballot for the second time in just over a week, Representative Wesley Hunt (R-TX) decided to bring up some relative historical facts regarding this very scenario that America finds itself in.

On Dec. 19, the Colorado Supreme Court voted 4-3 against allowing President Trump to appear as a candidate for the Republican primary. The Court used the 14th Amendment and its “insurrection provision,” as a rationale for its decision.

On Thursday, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows used the 14th Amendment as reasoning to remove Trump from the state’s primary ballot as well, causing yet another wave of public outcry.

Within the never-ending threads of social media, discussions of the original intention of the 14th Amendment – to keep officials of the Confederacy from running for political office and to stop those still allegiant to the South from obtaining power – have shown up on feeds, timelines, and news pages nationwide.

Rep. Hunt addressed this national conversation with a social media post.

“Since everyone is talking about the civil war, let’s talk about Maine… The most recent example of Democrats acting to remove a candidate for President from the ballot. The last time this happened? The civil war. The last party who did it? The Democrats. The party doing it again? The Democrats. Donald J. Trump is the biggest threat to the matrix in American history, and that’s why they’ll do whatever it takes to stop him. Democrats destroying democracy to protect it. The jokes write themselves,” said Rep. Hunt.

According to The Hill, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung mentioned that this move is “a disenfranchisement” of the American people.

“We are witnessing, in real-time, the attempted theft of an election and the disenfranchisement of the American voter,” spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “Make no mistake, these partisan election interference efforts are a hostile assault on American democracy.”

Rep. Hunt endorsed President Trump for the 2024 cycle early on after receiving an endorsement for his own campaign in 2020. He lost by 3 points to the District 7 incumbent Representative Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D-TX). Hunt ran again in 2020 in District 38 and defeated his opponent by nearly 28 points.

Jackson Bakich

Jackson Bakich is based in Tallahassee. Born in Orlando but raised in Lake County, Florida, Jackson Bakich is a graduate of Florida State University. Growing up in the Sunshine State, Bakich co-hosted the political talk radio show "Lake County Roundtable" (WLBE) and was a frequent guest for "Lake County Sports Show" (WQBQ). Currently, he is the Sports Editor of the FSView and the co-host of "Tomahawk Talk" (WVFS), a sports talk radio program covering Florida State athletics in Tallahassee. Jackson's work has been cited in Newsmax, POLITICO and other media outlets.

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