Maine has become the second state to officially ban former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. In a multi-page ruling issued on Thursday night, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows struck Trump from the Pine Tree State’s GOP ballot based on the so-called “insurrection clause” in the 14th Amendment – the same reasoning the Colorado supreme court used in striking Trump from their state’s ballot last week. “I conclude that Mr. Trump’s primary petition is invalid,” Bellows wrote. “Specifically, I find that the declaration on his candidate consent…
