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New Hampshire, Why Are You Doing This? (because Sununu and his minions are Never-Trumpers)
Townhall ^ | 8/25/23 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 08/26/2023 6:12:07 AM PDT by cotton1706

But New Hampshire is also looking into potentially barring Trump from the ballot during their primary. They haven’t established an official position on the subject, but they’re seeking legal advice, citing the shoddy 14th Amendment argument, which some legal scholars say disqualifies Trump from being president over January 6 (via Boston Globe):

A debate among constitutional scholars over former president Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 presidential race has reverberated through the public consciousness in recent weeks and reached the ears of New Hampshire’s top election official.

Secretary of State David Scanlan, who will oversee the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in just five months, said he’s received several letters lately that urge him to take action based on a legal theory that claims the Constitution empowers him to block Trump from the ballot.

Scanlan, a Republican, said he’s listening and will seek legal advice to ensure that his team thoroughly understands the arguments at play.

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A spokesperson for the New Hampshire Department of Justice said the attorney general hasn’t taken a position on these matters but will review the relevant legal issues and provide guidance as Scanlan requested.

Why are you doing this, New Hampshire? It’s a crock legal theory; a non-lawyer could see this opinion as anti-Trump garbage. It relates to Section III of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies persons from public office if they have engaged in rebellion or insurrection. Oh, and these folks say a conviction isn't required to enforce this measure. So, due process can be applied in some areas and not others—isn’t that the definition of unconstitutional? Law professor Jonathan Turley took a blowtorch to this argument:

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: chrissununu; davidscanlan; desantis; electioninterference; elections; fraud; gope; nevertrumpers; newhampshire; nikkihaley; southcarolina; stoptrumpmovement; sununu; teamdesantis; trump
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To: cotton1706

Looks like the GOP establishment, at least in lefty New England, hates free and fair elections where the people have the choice just as much as the Democrats do.


41 posted on 08/26/2023 7:33:28 AM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: cotton1706

New Hampshire the totalitarian state. They will choose which candidates you are “allowed” to vote for.


42 posted on 08/26/2023 7:36:35 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be slave in a new Socialist America)
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To: mewzilla

“DeSantis has done nothing to secure Florida’s elections.”

This is simply not true. He’s been one of the best in the nation for improving election security in the state, and he received all sorts of “anti-Democracy” attacks from the banana republic leftists for it. You should do a little research before making assumptions. I say this as a Trump supporter from Florida.


43 posted on 08/26/2023 7:39:40 AM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: hardspunned

Me Too


44 posted on 08/26/2023 7:42:11 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: bigbob

They could just make counting paper ballots illegal. Then the write-ins won’t be counted.


45 posted on 08/26/2023 7:48:10 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: kabar

“engaged in rebellion or insurrection”

Trump - no

Biden - yes (Brady bill votes, gun store closures, student loan defiance)


46 posted on 08/26/2023 7:49:42 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: All

There is this perpetual impression that the GOP establishment does not understand what has happened to its voters.

I no longer think this is true. They’re not stupid. They have examined the situation carefully and they do understand what has happened. The challenge they face is that what has happened will destroy their power. There is no way around this. And so now we will see just to what extent they will go to hold power.

If it were just the GOP establishment, I would suspect they would fold their tents and go off home to resume life outside politics. But it is not only the GOP establishment. They are just a portion of the Swamp. The entirety of the Swamp is so large that they cannot conceive of going off back home and having a life outside politics. I don’t think there are any limits at all to what will be tried to defend the Swamp.

An assassination attempt is almost guaranteed. Its success or failure will likely depend on the extent to which the security detail can be orchestrated pro Swamp.


47 posted on 08/26/2023 7:50:06 AM PDT by Owen
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To: cotton1706

If Trump is not on the ballot, many people might stay home, causing some Republicans to lose office.


48 posted on 08/26/2023 7:53:52 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: kabar

Indeed if not nothing will change it’s full on Marxism or liberty no other option exist.

The democrat party is proving it by the day.


49 posted on 08/26/2023 7:55:07 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: cotton1706

July 31

For $1, New Hampshire voters were invited to drink beer with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday in Concord.

But barely more than two dozen people showed up at the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, which slashed the ticket price for the general public from $50 late in the week in order to build the crowd.

By the time the event started, an hour late, there were just 30 people in the room.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-awkward-comeback-effort-rcna97317


50 posted on 08/26/2023 7:59:17 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: cotton1706

DeSantis quotes here (they are pretty impressive):

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/desantis-campaign-press-release-icymi-ron-desantis-good-morning-new-hampshire


51 posted on 08/26/2023 8:04:52 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: FenwickBabbitt

“secure...elections”

https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-election-security-showdown-over-dominion-arrives-ahead-of-2024/RP5ZVDVYMZGRVGNOXMH4OJS77I/

Brad holds firm with existing Dominion stuff - He is a man of steel.


52 posted on 08/26/2023 8:21:31 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: Owen

The republican party will very likely be permanently destroyed if they allow or help Trump to be neutralized and they know it. If the republican party goes our political system will collapse. Are they willing to collapse our political system in order to get rid of Trump? I kind of think so but that comes with a new set of serious risks.

Right now they are still hoping that they can stop Trump and go back to the way things were.

I think that these are revolutionary times for America. They are willing to wage war on their own country to keep power.


53 posted on 08/26/2023 8:29:34 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: cotton1706

Moderate Republicans are like the Washington Generals. We’ll get the same results as a progressive country just a bit slower


54 posted on 08/26/2023 8:29:49 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: MrRelevant; All
Jealousy is a tough emotion to deal with. This is their outlet."

It's not jealously IMO.

Sununu, and the rest of the Never Trumpers, are not going to these BIZARRE lengths to stop Trump, because they don't like him personally.

They would not be willing to turn their entire states upside down, (along with the rest of the country), over emotions.

IMO, the reason for this goes back to where Trump said "I caught them all".

I think these people, (and the Democrat party), must be involved in some sort of massive criminality/corruption, and President Trump really did catch them?

What else explains all this madness we are witnessing?

🤔

55 posted on 08/26/2023 8:37:57 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be slave in a new Socialist America)
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To: cotton1706

...and Kemp stays on the sidelines in Georgia. These RINO’s turn my stomach.


56 posted on 08/26/2023 8:42:50 AM PDT by Parley Baer (o)
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To: cotton1706
New Hampshire, Why Are You Doing This? (because Sununu and his minions are Never-Trumpers)

Somebody should asked Sununu his position on this. All we have right now is silence from the FoD and governor of NH.

57 posted on 08/26/2023 8:52:37 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: cotton1706

BTTT


58 posted on 08/26/2023 9:01:17 AM PDT by nopardons ( )
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To: FenwickBabbitt
DeSantis is for machine voting and extended voting.

Trump is for paper ballots and same day voting.

DeSantis wants us to forget about the election fraud in the last two election cycles and move on. He won't even say that it happened.

Trump reminds the voters everyday what happened.

I'm more confident (although still pessimistic) that Trump will beat the fraud before the election compared to DeSantis and am fully confident that Trump will be better than DeSantis on election reform after the election.

59 posted on 08/26/2023 9:06:17 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Pajamajan

Desperation and i am sure there is corruption but the list of critics is so long and diverse they cant all be in on the cover up. What they all do seem to have in common are careers (some stretching 40-50 years) in Washington with no actual record of accomplishing anything. Imagine an outsider who laid out his plan and executed succesfully , rebuilding the country stronger then its been in decades… often without the help of his own party. His success proves the Washington business model is junk.


60 posted on 08/26/2023 9:07:10 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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