‘Idiotic’: GOP Senator Proposes Cutting Funds for States That Bar Trump From Ballot – By Jake Johnson (Common Dreams) / Dec 20, 2023
Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis announced late Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation to slash federal funding for states whose lawmakers or judges disqualify presidential candidates from the ballot, as Colorado’s Supreme Court did with former President Donald Trump in a landmark ruling.
Tillis (N.C.) said in a statement following the decision that “regardless of whether you support or oppose former President Donald Trump, it is outrageous to see left-wing activists make a mockery of our political system by scheming with partisan state officials and pressuring judges to remove him from the ballot.”
“American voters, not partisan activists, should decide who we elect as our president,” he added.
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