No state can bar him. The qualifications for President are defined by the Constitution, not by the states.
It sounds like the issue is putting candidates on the ballot for the election. The states can’t bar him from running for president. But it’s apparently a different process to decide which candidates appear on the ballot.
In every election cycle, there are hundreds of official candidates for president. But most states only have a handful of such candidates on the ballot on election day. There are some criteria to decide which candidates appear on the ballot. The liberals apparently are going after the criteria to decide who gets on the election ballot.
“The qualifications for President are defined by the Constitution, not by the states.“
That may not be true for a party primary. I would feel better if the rat SOS did not surrender this easily. When the rats stole the AZ Governor,SOS and AG they also killed the voter ID initiative. Like Lake it has a 10 point lead in the state polls.
The SOS saying this makes me think they want Trump to get the nomination
And, since the 14th did not specifically alter or nullify those qualifications, they must take precedence.
“No state can bar him. The qualifications for President are defined by the Constitution, not by the states”.
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Presuming Trump gets the GOP nomination, this ensures he will be on the ballot in AZ. But that begs a bigger question - Can he carry this swing state? Most likely not, even though Republicans outnumber Democrats in party registration. Here’s why:
While most FR participants despise everything about John McCain, a large contingency of Arizona Republicans revere him to this day. Throughout his one term as President and before McCain passed away, Trump pilloried him with vicious character assassinations. Referring to McCain’s service in Viet Nam, Trump belittled him, saying “Real heroes don’t get captured!”
At that moment, countless AZ GOP voters swore up and down to never cast a vote for Trump. Trump carried AZ in 2016 by 3.5%. Following this stupid, unforced error he couldn’t replicate that performance in 2020. Further, his coat tails were non-existent in 2018 as he desperately tried to carry Martha McSally over the finish line in that Senate race. Same for 2022 when he failed to produce a victory for Blake Masters.
A Republican can win statewide in this crucial swing state (and numerous others), as evidenced recently by Doug Ducey. Trump cannot win AZ, and hopefully GOP voters will give serious focus to the electability matter before it’s too late.