Republican lawmakers in Maine are preparing impeachment orders against Secretary of State Shenna Bellows following her decision to remove former President Donald J. Trump from the Maine GOP presidential primary ballot.
“I wish to impeach her on the grounds that she is barring an American citizen and 45th President of the United States, who is convicted of no crime or impeachment, their right to appear on a Maine Republican Party ballot in March,” Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) said in a statement.
“This is raw partisanship and has no place in the office of our state’s Constitutional Officers,” Andrews said.
Bellows, a former legal activist with the left-wing Maine Civil Liberties Union and a former Democratic state senator, released a statement Thursday evening regarding her decision to block Trump from the ballot.
“I conclude,” Bellows wrote in her official decision, “that the record establishes that Mr. Trump, over the course of several months and culminating on January 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election and the peaceful transfer of power.”
This, Bellows asserted, renders him guilty of the crime of insurrection, in her opinion.
Trump, however, has never been convicted of any crimes related to insurrection in either a court of law or the U.S. Senate.
Shortly after publicizing her decision, Bellows appeared on CNN and MSNBC to address national television audiences.
Trump has five days to notify the Secretary of State’s office whether he will appeal the decision.
With Maine’s legislature solidly under the control of the Maine Democratic Party, the impeachment effort isn’t likely to gather much momentum.
However, any votes related to Trump or Bellows decision could become tricky for Democrats in Maine’s more conservative Second Congressional District, which Trump won in both 2016 and 2020.
Bellows decision to unilaterally remove President Joe Biden’s top GOP competitor also drew criticism from Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jared Golden.
Golden’s two GOP opponents, who have both supported Trump, also condemned the decision.
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LOL!!! Like impeachment of SB will go anywhere with the RINOs/UniParty we have in ME. What an embarrassment this state has become politically.
…SB is like the school kid nobody wants to play with or have on their side. This is all an embarrassing publicity stunt she thinks will get her recognized…and it has, just not in the way she would like. On a side note:
…the Maine GOP announcing an impeachment notice against Bellows, although a noble undertaking, will go no where with the current leftist regime. More bluster, but, good luck GOP.
I’ll be hitting the road soon on vacation to points south. If it was legal I’d cover my license plate out of shame.
As a Democrat I am sitting here sipping my coffee and laughing. Actions have consequences. Even if 99% of you wanted him I would support Bellows. He is a threat to our Democracy.
Connor, I could have stopped reading your comment after the first three words. Congratulations! Your programming by the Communists and mainstream media is complete.
@Conner… what actions?
Mean tweets? Appointments of federal judges you don’t approve of? Accurately describing that the incestuous mills woman is deranged and fugly? Being orange? Requesting ten thousand national guard troops to protect the capital in case the fbi and antifa tried to storm it while he was giving a perfect speech about how the democrats lie, steal and cheat? Was it when he said peacefully march to the Capitol to make your voices heard?
I give up. What actions?
@Rob @Red & @anyotherchuds
Move out of Maine if you don’t like it. Maine IS a Progressive State. Look at your LePage and how he got throttled in the last election. We Democrats are passing non-stop bills that protect the right of individuals. I understand the anger coming from Cis-whyte men of privilege, but those days are over. Maine is a racist, homophobic, transphobic state and we’re quickly fixing that.
If that also means we remove a Dictator from the ballot, then I will vote blue no matter who. I’d rather have a rock as President than Trump.
Mark my words. Even if the Supreme Court overrules Shannon. There will be many of us on the town level that will keep him off. I promise you that Trump will NEVER be president again. By the time the election is over there will be so many of us who block this guy that it will take endless lawsuits and by that time we’ll already have the White House.
There is not a single Democrat who is unwilling to do what it takes to block this Fascist.
This decision to interfere in the 2024 Presidential election by an unelected Democrat fascist will not stand!
My name is connor. I am a liberal fool from maine who suckles on Communist Milk. Whaaa. I need more Milk Whaa Whaa
What do we expect? Leftists hate laws and the constitution unless they can re-work and re-interpret them to bring the system down. They are the true threat to individual freedom, obviously! Their smug self-righteousness is annoying. Does voting work any longer? The leftists are master-tinkers; they play dirty and those in control aren’t stupid. Those who vote for them are.
Republicans are like slugs. They move slow, leave a trail of slime, and dry out with salt.
Talk to your friends and family who are Democrats. Mark my words. TRUMP WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT. All we have to do is what Shannon did, but on a local level and you’ll never get your Dictator. I don’t care what the polls say or how many of you want him. It’s like Germany. The majority of the population wanted Hitler. At that time it would be justice to do by any means necessary to block him from power. Same applies here. This time it’s easier to organize and we’ll just remove him on the local level. Done.
I am Connor. I have no wife, because no one loves me. So I post Liberal trash comments on this site. Sniff, Sniff
Hilarious about Maine being a “progressive” state. Progressive means communist, and built upon big theft via Big Brother. Southern Maine is “progressive”. The rest of us are not. And 2/3 of Maine by land mass are conservative. Shenna Bellows should be arrested and face appropriate charges!
Hey troll- passing laws protecting the rights of what individuals? Well done regurgitating the Demoncrat talking points.
@James, you have an issue with Progressivism? Florida is waiting for you. Maine’s our State now. Capitalism is dying and the majority of the youth embrace Socialism in some form. As a Democrat Socialists, calling Maine a communist state is not much of an insult. lol
I can understand the desperation of people like Connor since a Trump victory will stop and reverse their effort to turn the US into Venezuela. But unfortunately this effort by Bellows is doomed to fail. In a real democracy, a person has to be convicted by a court or legislative body (in the case of impeachment) before he can be declared guilty of a crime. Trump has never been convicted of anything, least of all of advocating an insurrection. Putting aside for the moment whether an invasion of the Capitol by a bunch of mostly unarmed clowns lead by a guy in a Viking helmet and invited in by the Capitol Police could truly be called an insurrection.
@JonPatrick, The Supreme Court can block Shannon. How they can block it on a town level? It will require ten’s of thousands of lawsuits. There is not a single Democrat that unwilling to remove Trump on a local level. Shannon is just leading the way.
Shenne Bellows has brought absolutely “No Dignity” to the office of the Secretary of State…..Time for an adult…..
My name is connor. I think because I feel a certain way, everyone else has to agree with me or I will cry. I am a liberal, and I need a safe space or else I will melt down. Even though I have a poster of Trump on my wall, he makes me so angry I need to put dresses on to feel better.
Excuse me while I apply lipstick
Is that the same lipstick you applied to Trump’s butthole?
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I wouldn’t be surprised to see the DEMOCRATS wanting to see her impeached.
If she’s not removed, even if her asinine decision is overturned, she’s going to bring a lot of MAGA money into Maine and that will likely (a) cost Golden his seat in the 2nd District and (b) shift the legislature back into a GOP majority. Remember that it was the legislature that gave Maine Bellows, and that will be a campaign issue in some districts.
Furthermore, aren’t there Democrats ahead of her in line for the 2026 Nomination to run for Governor? I can’t see them being very pleased by this little stunt of hers.
There are a lot of Mainers not really paying attention to politics who are going to say “she did WHAT?!?” and if you are a Democratic legislator, is that the hill you wish to die on? That and not all of the other stuff that the Democrats want to advance — I’m wondering if they made her Secretary of State to get her out of the Senate…
So it may not come to an actual vote with lots of Dems voting to oust her, but don’t be surprised if she resigns to take some gig with the National ACLU…
Democrats play 4D chess, Republicans don’t even play. They just complain about the moves. Maine Republicans will just make videos, statements, and get clicks. If the Supreme Court rules against Bellows, then the local Democrats who run must of the small town elections will just remove Trump. The lawsuits will take years to complete and Trump will pass away from old age. Check mate.
Maine could be 90% red and we would still turn it blue. Go on FB and watch Laurel Libby gain the likes. The Republicans in Maine are just in it to fill the position for a little bit of fame. Democrats are passionately there to change the system. And we are winning.
Her desperation move, based not on the law but on her “feeling” that Trump did something wrong, is going to backfire massively. Trump is now going to win Maine without a doubt. Unlike Shenna Bellows, at least Hunter Biden has a law degree .
@The Watcher
Want to make a bet? Watcha gonna do when all the local towns run by Democrats remove Trump from the ballot? Going to sue hundreds of thousands of locations?
Whom the gods destroy, first they drive mad-Hurcule Poirot
The illiterate of the twenty first century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn-Alvin Toffler
If you are not a liberal at twenty you have no soul, if you are not a conservative at forty you have no brain-Winston Churchill
I notice that in all of the comments expressing outrage at Ms Bellows for simply performing her job duties, none of them attempt to refute the findings in her opinion. It seems clear the reason being that her opinion is based on irrefutable facts. Call her all the names you want (because that’s about the only thing MAGA’s are really good at), but I predict that her opinion will be validated by SCOTUS in the very near future.
@Albert, Agreed. MAGA Republicans are just emotional reactionaries that just sit with their thumbs up their butt while they wait for the system to save them. Democrats on the other hand organize and come up with strategies to actually win. I’d rather have one party run the Country than share it with another that is incompetent.
@the watcher
Bellows action is a direct violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. She as a state officer is required to carry a surety bond, and she personally can be sued for this violation. The insurance company that issues this bond is likely to tell her that she is on her own as she has made this ruling not on a due process court ruling, but that of her own volition. Any town officer that violates the rights of the citizens can face the same reprisal.
The four boxes of Liberty…..soap, ballot, jury, cartridge.
My name is Connor, I am looking for any truck driver to Hookup with me. I am more so into men, but I do sometimes experiment with animals.
Bellows falls for another Tic-Toc challenge..
“[democrat voters in pResident joe biden’s home state of Pennsylvania are increasingly switching to the GOP ahead of the 2024 election, according to recent voter-registration data.
As of Dec. 18, 2023 35,598 democrats in the swing state have switched their registration to republican this year.
Another 20,908 democrats chose to ditch the party and vote as independents.]”
Source: headline USA
1. Maine is a terrorist and illegal invader harbouring state. 2. Move out if you don’t like bullying and cheating. 3. We are the progressive homos and that means butt sex with strangers and election fraud. 4. If you don’t like those progressive Maine values then you need to leave the state that I just moved to.
Shenna Bellos needs to go away and resign from her post, You over stepped your boundry’s She should be removed from office and not allowed in any of Maine’s Business.
Sadly, many Maine Republicans are in full support of Bellows…Kim Rosen leading the charge. Spineless RHINOS.
Still waiting for that dude on dude hookup
Let’s take a breath. And despite what some of our democrat friends in this chain think what has happened is a dangerous precedent, like happened to Representative Santos from NY. Let’s be honest, Santos is a moron at the highest level. He should never represent the people of this country in any fashion. This case is similar. If we start allowing setting sentencing standards before a charge is even brought or a trial has taken place we are no better than sham courts in third world countries run by dictators. Bellows has no evidence not provided to her by the media. If he is guilty, fine, keep him off the ballot although I’m not a legal expert on this amendment to the constitution. If we start denying people rights, whether you like them or not, before the legal process has concluded you had better be ready for it to happen to you. A frankly if it happens you will have absolutely no right to complain. I don’t like Biden. There is a video tape of him admitting he intervened in Ukraine on behalf of his son. That is evidence. So you on the left are ok with the Republicans keeping president Biden off the ballot. He hasn’t has a trial or a conviction. If that’s the standard be careful what you wish for. I will defend your rights as vehemently as anyone. This is wrong under any circumstance.
I am so glad my great great grandparents moved south instead of staying in the dumpster that is Maine . I’d be ashamed being from there.
All of the cities and towns across America run by Republicans should remove Biden from their ballots.
Went to work today, yes in Portland. The moment I went in we literally all cheered and hugged each other.
Instead of wasting my time arguing with you chuds, I went on reddit where the majority of political mainers go. Real journalists of Maine are on here as with local politicians. To get an idea of what your average Mainer thinks. Read this and weep losers. Most of you boomers probably don’t even know how to use reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/portlandme/comments/18t8t54/maines_top_election_official_removes_trump_from/
Write him in.
Stop that and you will get rebellion.
Trump warned us…liberals really are out to control us and he is just in the way.
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,…………….
Just take a few minutes and ask your friends and family who are Democrats. 95% of us stand with Bellows and mark my words – we don’t care how we stop Trump. By any means necessary. If that means removing him from he ballot, the so be it. He is a threat to our Democracy and tried to over throw the Government. If you support him, then you’re an insurrectionist too.
Yesterday was one of the happiest days. Lgbtq, minorities, marginalized groups, BIPOC, women, and asylum workers are all in absolute terror with this election. The only people who feel safe right now are cis-white men of privilege. If Trump gets into power he will never relinquish it. He will also try to dismantle all the DEI (Diversity Equity & Inclusion) departments that have been installed in all institutions that are designed to protect those without privilege. Trump will block life saving surgeries for children who are trans. He will ban abortion. He will kick asylum workers out. He will harm the unhoused. He will also stop the free trade we have with China and break relations with our allies like Canada and Europe.
We cannot allow us to become under his Dictatorship. Bellows understands this. She is a brave and stunning woman.
By Republican logic related to her ruling then Robert Card is innocent of murdering 18 and wounding 13 as he has not been convicted in a court of law. We all know Card committed those horrendous crimes. There is overwhelming evidence that President Trump attempted and assisted in an insurrection. Denying that is proof that you hate our democracy and back the Trump – Putin ticket in 2024.
No place in our 14th Amendment does it require a conviction to bar someone from the ballot. So all you “Orginalists” out there should be backing the Secretary of State Bellows decision, that it if you are “Orginalists”.
Honestly, I don’t even care what the Constitution says. I watched in real time the insurrection. I don’t need a piece of outdated paper that oppressed marginalized groups for centuries to prove Trump should be removed off the ballot. In a TRUE Democracy the Government and the people can overwhelmingly decide if someone is eligible to run for President. This is suppose to be the top position of our highest office. I do NOT believe anyone should be able to run willy nilly. Would you want some youtuber who has tons of followers to just run and win cause he/she/they have a lot of followers, NO.
We need a better way to vet our candidates and prevent people like Trump from ever running.
Currently there are over 460,000 sealed indictments in the US as of November of 2023. The number of sealed indictments is unprecedented in US history. Sealed indictment numbers started to rise in the fall of 2017 during the first year of the Trump presidency, and continue to rise to this day.
What is being played out here in America is the largest Rico sting operation ever witnessed, and actions such as the piper tiger ruling of SOS Bellows is another example of this with her actions clearly exposing her as part of the criminality that has infiltrated every aspect of life here in America.
President Trump has repeated said that we have caught them all, that we have everything. Trump has played/baited these tyrants bringing them into clear view for the public to see who they are. Sometimes the people have to be shown to believe.
Maine has just under 1,000 sealed indictments, and the majority of these are in York, Cumberland, and in Androskoggin counties…the bluest areas of Maine. Commenters such as Connor sadly are caught up in the MK Ultra/Mockingbird media mind programming that governs their thought processes, and one can only hope that one day he will break free from this programming as Neo in the Matrix did.
The Matrix, although overly Hollywooded in its theatrics, is a great story, and one that actually paints a very accurate portrait of where we currently are as a society. One of the characters after being freed from the Matrix actually wants to go back into it so he does not have to think anymore. In his conversation with the agent he says as he eats a steak that he knows it is not real, but within the comforts of the Matrix programming he is getting all the same physical, and mental stimuli that eating a real steak would provide. For some it is easier to live in the comfort of slavery and illusion than it is to face hard truths. This too, sadly is the case with many, but actions such as Bellows has taken will certainly break free a few more.
Bellows’s actions do not accomplish anything as Trump does not need to be ordained by the corrupted primary process as when it comes down to it his name can be written in on the only ballot that matters…the presidential election ballot.
Remember that any government be it local, state, or federal is by consent of the governed, and if We The People disagree with edicts coming from our elected representatives, we do not have to comply, or can nullify that edict by refusing to find one guilty of a crime for not following the edict in a court process.
Connor might be a troll, whatever, but no small town Maine election officials are removing Trump once the Supreme Court overrules Bellows. It’s just not going to happen. Trump will be on all the ballots and while he likely won’t win Maine, he won’t need to. And of course it’s funny to watch people claiming to defend “democracy” trying to remove their opponents from the ballot.
it wasn’t an insurrection on Jan 6th, it was a protest turned into a riot. The crowd was full of ANTIFA and government inside agitators, (FBI, CIA). The whole event was well orchestrated by the deep state to put an end to the MAGA movement. Unfortunately, there were a lot of MAGA protestors that were duped into being coerced to entering the capital.
The deep state feared the size of the MAGA movement and the outrage over the voting anomalies of 2020 that they had to orchestrate the event to stop the movement. If the truth comes out about select regional swing state voting irregularities and cheating, there would be a constitutional crisis. Problem is you can’t stop the distrust people have for elections and for the federal government deep state controls. The more time goes by, the more the truth will come out. The deep state will get more desperate.
I am sure that this is just a coincidence ……December 26th was the deadline for a candidate to register themselves for write in status on Maine’s primary ballot, and Bellows action to remove Trump from the ballot took place after this date. Like I said…probably just a coincidence.
My personal opinion is as I stated in a prior post that this ruling is a paper tiger that will amount to nothing in the big picture. However Bellows actions may they be successful or not has placed her in the spotlight for higher state office with the left body politic which may be the real motive behind this. As for Trump it has probably bumped his poll numbers a little higher.
I was a commercial fisherman for over six years, and many fishermen were superstitious with one of those superstitions being the saying of the word PIG while at sea. The reason that I was told for this was that pigs can not swim, and will cut their own throats with their feet when trying to swim……much like the left body politic with every move that they make against Trump.
SWAT her.
Terrific….
I don’t have to go through the hassle of making voting decisions…..the state will make the choices for me.
Bellows called our democracy white supremacy with our state being 96% white!! What a disgrace to our state and everyone that supports her!! She( is that the right pronoun 😂) need to go!!
Democrats are dumb. I have never met one who has an IQ higher than their waist size. My name is Connor
The election was stolen. January 6th was orchestrated by democrats. Biden’s illegitamate.
A non-lawyer bureaucrat writes a multi page legal opinion justifying her decision – not likely – highly coordinated lawfare at work.
The Democrat party at it’s best….. We’ll decide who can come into your country, what stove you can have, what car you can drive, what gun, AC, freezer, refrigerator, school. We’ll decide what business can stay open and where you can go if you don’t get the “Medication” we decide you must have. We’ll choose what religion you can follow. We’ll decide who’s better and gets a job or position based totally on the color of your skin. But ABOVE ALL WE’LL DECIDE WHO CAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT, AND WHO YOU CAN VOTE FOR…… BECAUSE DEMOCRACY!!!!!! I swear anyone one who will vote for these communist Democrats after the last 3 years needs their heads examined.