Sunday shows preview: Southern border situation; Trump ballot decisions

[ The current crisis at the southern border will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. Earlier this week, a migrant caravan of reportedly at least 6,000 people left a city in southern Mexico heading toward the U.S. The Biden administration is trying to raise pressure on the Mexican President, Andrés Manuel … Read more

Colorado secretary of state praises Maine counterpart over Trump decision

[ Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) praised her Maine counterpart in the wake of her decision to kick former President Trump off of the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment in a recent interview. “I do think Secretary Bellows is brave and courageous,” Griswold said in an interview on MSNBC about Maine … Read more

Sen. Collins: Maine secretary of state’s decision to bar Trump from ballot ‘should be overturned’

[ Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) criticized the Maine secretary of state’s decision to remove former President Trump from the Maine primary ballot Thursday, arguing that thoughts on the Jan. 6 Capitol riots should be between the voter and the ballot box. “Maine voters should decide who wins the election — not a Secretary of State … Read more

Donald Trump Barred From Maine’s Primary Ballot – Deadline

[ The secretary of state of Maine has determined that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot, finding that he is disqualified under the 14th Amendment‘s insurrection clause. Shenna Bellows wrote that Trump “used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol … Read more