DeSantis Claims Maine Official Removed Trump from Ballot for… ‘Cheap Clicks’

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed that Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed former President Donald Trump for “cheap clicks” during an interview on Fox News.

Bellows, a Democrat, ruled yesterday that Trump could not run for office in Maine “because he is not qualified to hold the office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

DeSantis joined Fox News anchor Edward Lawrence on Friday, where he gave his thoughts on the controversial ban. The Florida governor claims that Bellows’ decision was a “stunt” done to garner “cheap clicks,” and predicted the Supreme Court would overturn it.

Well, obviously, to have one executive branch official unilaterally striking someone off the ballot is not an appropriate interpretation of the 14th Amendment. We could have in Florida, what are we going to have Biden struck off the ballot because he’s allowed an invasion of eight million people, including enemy nations, have sent people in. This could just end up being a tit-for-tat.

So, I think it’ll get reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court. I think it’s more of a stunt that you have a very liberal person in that position who’s just trying to play for cheap clicks. But ultimately, I don’t think it’s grounded in a proper interpretation of the Constitution.

Earlier this month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s name could not appear on the state’s 2024 presidential ballot because the Republican frontrunner engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6th, 2021. Although he faces four criminal indictments in four different jurisdictions, Trump has not been criminally charged with insurrection.

Other Republican candidates have condemned the decisions to remove Trump from state ballots, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.