Missouri's Republican Secretary of State, Jay Ashcroft, has recently threatened to potentially remove President Biden from the state's 2024 presidential ballot in retaliation for rulings made in Maine and Colorado. These rulings deem that former President Donald Trump's actions leading up to the Capitol Hill insurrection disqualify him from the primary ballot. Ashcroft expressed his discontent on a social media platform, stating that he finds these decisions disgraceful and believes they undermine the integrity of the Republic.
In his recent appearance, Ashcroft provided his legal reasoning behind his opposition to the judgments in Maine and Colorado. He strongly criticized the decision made in Maine, where an appointed bureaucrat, rather than a court or an elected statewide official, unilaterally decided to remove an opposition candidate from the ballot. Ashcroft viewed this as an act in direct violation of due process and emphasized that the Maine state constitution mandates that the Secretary of State holds a hearing to evaluate a candidate's eligibility.
