GOP Rep. Fights Back Against Push To Disqualify Trump With New Bill: ‘Have A Very MAGA Christmas’
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) has introduced a bill that would bar electors from states that move to remove a major party’s candidate from their respective ballots.
“New law… If any state in our Union blocks the official nominee of a major political party from the Presidential ballot, their electoral slate will not be counted by Congress on the following January 6th,” Higgins wrote in an X post announcing the bill.
“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” he added.
“Have a very MAGA Christmas.”
New law… If any state in our Union blocks the official nominee of a major political party from the Presidential ballot, their electoral slate will not be counted by Congress on the following January 6th.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Have a very MAGA Christmas. pic.twitter.com/9ko6Q7wHzi
— Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) December 22, 2023
If the “Presidential Ballot Integrity Act” is adopted, the bill would “amend title 3, United States Code, to include under the Electoral Count Act of 1887 that the vote of an elector of a State shall not be counted if, with respect to the election for President, the State did not include on the ballot in the State a candidate for President who was nominated by a major political party, and for other purposes.”
The proposed legislation would amend Section 15(e)(1)(B) of title 3, United States Code, by inserting ‘‘if, with respect to the State of the elector in question, a candidate for President who was nominated by a major political
party for election to such office did not appear on the bal11 lot of the State or’’ after ‘‘shall not be counted’.”
Higgins introduced the bill in response to the Colorado Supreme Court decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, which cites Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars former officers of the United States who have engaged in “insurrection” from running for office.
Trump, who has not been charged with, much less convicted of, inciting an insurrection on January 6, 2021, has vowed to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Higgins is not the only Republican lawmaker who has announced action in response to the unprecedented ruling. Lawmakers in three states have already announced legislation that would remove Biden from their respective ballots while top Republicans n additional states have hinted at similar actions.
