Amid the backlash Secretary Bellows has faced,
State Representative John Andrews says he's filed a request to
impeach Bellows.
He says despite Trump's activities on January 6th,
he met the qualifications to be on the ballot and
that his name should be allowed to appear.
The voters of Maine deserve a choice to vote for
who they want,
especially when it's a former president who's up by probably
50 points in the polls.
We asked Secretary Bellows today about this impeachment effort.
She stands by her ruling and calls this effort a
gambit and a distraction.
It's absurd and I don't think it's lawful under Maine's
constitution.
To bring impeachment of an elected official for doing their
job and upholding the Constitution and the rule of law.
But honestly, I think it's a gambit to distract from
disagreement over an issue and this process.
Democrats have a strong majority in the House and the
Senate,
so an impeachment would be unlikely.