Former President Donald Trump called states’ attempt to disqualify him from the 2024 ballot using the 14th Amendment a “trick” and the latest example of election interference.
Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Monday night that “almost all legal scholars” have agreed that there is “no legal basis or standing” in using the 14th Amendment to keep the former president off the ballot for the presidential election.
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“Like Election Interference, it is just another “trick” being used by the Radical Left Communists, Marxists, and Fascists, to again steal an Election that their candidate, the WORST, MOST INCOMPETENT, & MOST CORRUPT President in U.S. history, is incapable of winning in a Free and Fair Election. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump posted.
Using the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump has gained traction since the former president launched his 2024 bid following the midterm elections. It has received more attention since the announcement of Trump’s four legal cases: two at the state level and two at the federal level.
The legal cases have caused conservatives to split over whether to back the former president in 2024 or look for a viable alternative candidate to face President Joe Biden.
Some Republicans are also looking to take steps to keep Trump from the White House in 2024, causing infighting among GOP state parties.
Some conservative legal scholars and critics of the former president say the 14th Amendment bars those who’ve taken an oath to support the Constitution from holding office again if they’ve “engaged in insurrection” against the United States or “given aid or comfort” to its enemies.
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Free Speech for People, a legal advocacy group, sent letters to top election officials across nine states last month asking them to keep Trump from the ballot, including New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Republicans have contacted New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan over the disqualification argument, and Scanlan has said he is seeking input from the state’s attorney general and other legal counsel.
