Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who opted Thursday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Maine GOP primary ballot, said in multiple media interviews afterward that she made an entirely “unbiased” judgement.
But Bellows previous statements about Trump, many of the dripping with visceral disdain for the 45th president of the United States, along with her ties to national progressive groups and donors suggests otherwise.
Bellows received tens of thousands of dollars from national progressive mega-donors and left-wing political groups in support of her doomed challenge to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2014.
She has since spoken openly about her antipathy for Trump, including her belief that he is guilty of the crime of “insurrection” — a crime he has never been charged with or convicted in any U.S. court or the U.S. Senate.
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“My obligations to the constitution and rule of law come before any other consideration, no other factors could weigh on that decision and did not,” said Bellows.
The list of donors from Bellows’ 2014 Senate campaign suggests she may have had compelling ulterior motives to bar Trump from the ballot. Namely, appeasing the deep-pocketed donors who could support her future campaigns for U.S. Senate or Governor of Maine.
Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris), who has initiated the process of filing to impeach Bellows, suggested on Fox & Friends Thursday morning that Bellows decision was motivated by her likely pursuit of a future political office.
In her first federal campaign, Bellows received funding from George Soros’ daughter, Andrea Soros, Fred Eychaner, and S. Donald Sussman, among other wealthy Democratic donors.
Fred Eychaner is a top donor for Democrat candidates and political action committees (PAC) and was the largest contributor to liberal PACs in the 2012 election, when he contributed over $12 million.
George Soros, father of Andrea Soros, has been an opponent of Trump for years, donating $10 million to Hillary Clinton’s campaign when she opposed him in 2016.
Andrea Soros is a member of the board for the liberal Open Society Policy center, which gave millions to groups advocating against Trump, and in support of Planned Parenthood and other liberal PACs.
S. Donald Sussman, the former husband of Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1), is a hedge fund manager who, as of 2020, had given over $20 million to Democrat political candidates.
Bellows was also the beneficiary of nearly $200,000 in ad spending from “Democracy in America,” a left-wing PAC, and MoveOn.org.
Leading up to the 2020 census, Sussman, along with Soros, were the two major donors to a project attempting to gain Democrat control of state legislatures so they could redistrict states favorably for Democrats.
Bellows also received funding from various left-wing advocacy groups and labor unions, such as America Works, the Center for Freethought and Equality, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Raising further questions about Bellows’ objectivity are the many pictures of herself with President Joe Biden, some of which the president took with her phone.
Before she issued her decision, Bellows was asked by Trump’s legal team to recuse herself from the decision because she had already formed a biased opinion, which she advertised in several social media posts, but she refused.
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Maine Republicans intend to challenge Bellows’ decision in Maine Superior Court.
She stills out-smarts every single Republican in Maine. They love like slugs. All Bellows needs to do is sprinkle some salt and they dry up. Go watch Laurel Libby and her fanfare. She’ll make her followers comfy and warm while failing at every move she makes.
SB was also the former Executive Director of the ACLU-ME which tells us exactly how “objective” she isn’t. She’s also sporting a face mask that not only doesn’t work but is similar in style to the Hammer & Sickle and the Star & Crescent. Perfectly appropriate for her political leanings.
My butt is left greasy from all the progressive illegal invaders I have been hoisting while SB commits treason on her only fascist fans page.
Why is this dimwit snorting a pine tree and a star? Nevermind. She’s of the masked people.
Shenna, why stop with just removing Donald Trump from the ballot? I’m sure by using your vivid imagination you can find a way to remove all the other candidates with the exception of that odious Chris Cristy. You can even give it the appearance of a legit decision by holding a hearing, even though over 90% of the people will speak against you doing it, but DO IT ANYWAYS, just like your boss did when she had hearings regarding abortions, and well over 90% spoke in opposition. Just keep ignoring all that stupid crap about “WE THE PEOPLE…”
When I see Men in masks, I get turned on. I mean real bad. I pretend it is Trump. I love his muscular hands.
She is anything but unbiased, she is a liberal America hater with her obviously Unconstitutional beliefs and actions. She needs to be removed from office before she does anything else to attack our country and Constitution.
Democrats have a long history of disenfranchising voters; poll taxes in the south; changing rules so Bruce Poliquin had his seat taken away, and now ballot action against Trump.
Democrats want to take away right to vote, right to bear arms, right to buy gas stoves, right to buy gas furnaces, right to buy gas cars. Total democrat one-party rule where the peasants have little, and all benefit and fortune accrue to the rulers who never hold real jobs (Ethan Strimling best example).
As a huge law breaker I can assure you that the laws mean nothing. You can rob me and burn down the farm house in rural Maine that my mommy left me and I wont object. In fact, you can shove the constitution down my throat. I don’t mean the pocket version. I’m talking about smashing the glass at the library of congress and shoving the big one down my throat. I don’t give a crap about the constitution except for that civil war era bit about democrats not running for president cause they tried to destroy the union. We have to stop Trump. The constitution is very specific on this.
The cute comrade, with the 80s “Valley Girl” accent.
Shenna Bellows the reincarnated Lavrentiy Beria.
NEVER trust a leftist to be honest. EVER.
btw – masks NEVER EVER EVER worked to prevent Govid.
TRUMP 2024 !
When did I miss the part where Trump was convicted of something that would result in this verdict?
Mainiacs wanted a progressive to help dismantle the country, and that’s just what they got.
Domestic enemy. Must be stopped!
Democrats are domestic enemies of The United States.
Why bother getting elected when you can wield supreme executive authority like some kind of monarch by getting appointed?
she looks much better with a mask on her face
The decent lawful folks, unlike this Connor twit, should use SB’s own 14th amendment argument against her and have her removed from any and all future ballots. She’s just the typical leftist radical who cant hold down a real job so leaches off the govt. largesse trough. What an embarrassment she is to the state of Maine. Her moment is coming when she gets shot down by the SCOTUS. Even cali, axelrod, and CO SOS knew better than to embarrass themselves going this route.
She is following Obama’s lead for success. Learning how to suck in the back of a dodge. Ingenious.