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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Maine disqualifies trump from presidential primary ballot citing insurrection clause - The Untold Story

Former president Donald Trump in Waco, Texas, on 25 March 2023.
Former president Donald Trump in Waco, Texas, on 25 March 2023. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Maine has blocked Donald Trump from its presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to bar the former president from running, under a constitutional provision that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.

On 19 December, a decision made by Colorado’s supreme court removed Trump from that state’s primary ballot, citing the same constitutional clause and setting up a legal showdown at the US supreme court.

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