Trump Ballot Removals Reflect Efforts of Liberal-Funded Groups

Donald Trump’s removal from primary ballots in Colorado and Maine marked a win for two activist groups funded largely by liberal donors that have worked methodically to transform a scholarly thought experiment about the 14th Amendment into a real-world legal strategy.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, and another group, Free Speech for People, have been catalysts for the years-long campaign to boot Trump from the presidential ballot using a provision that bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.

Voters fill out and cast their ballots in Bangor, Maine, in 2020.

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They raised millions of dollars from individual donors and liberal philanthropists, including George Soros ...