BORIS SANCHEZ: What would be your justification for removing Joe Biden from the ballot in Missouri?.
ASHCROFT: Um, I've seen allegations from the lieutenant governor of Texas pic.twitter.com/687uqKyCUw — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 8, 2024.
Earlier in the interview, Sanchez asked why Ashcroft felt he had the authority to remove Biden from the ballot.
The Missouri state Constitution says that the secretary of state cannot unilaterally disqualify a candidate and would need to challenge a candidate’s eligibility in court.
Ashcroft’s main argument seems to be that Trump shouldn’t be disqualified from a state ballot because he has not yet been convicted of insurrection, only accused of it.
Ashcroft also said that states should not be able to disqualify candidates from the ballot, failing to see the irony of his threat to do just that to Biden.
And all of the evidence that has been reported so far seems pretty damning. »