Gov. Chris Sununu says removing Trump from the ballot lets him play the ‘victim card’
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu criticized removing Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot, saying that disqualifying him would let him to play the “victim card” heading into the primaries.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday criticized efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot, saying that disqualifying him would allow him to play the “victim card” heading into the primaries.
During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Dana Bash asked Sununu, a Republican, about his reaction to Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ recent ruling that Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot next year over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Sununu, a vocal critic of Trump’s since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, decried the ruling as political in nature.
“Look, if there was any validity about keeping Trump off a ballot, you would see 48 other states trying to do the same thing,” Sununu said. “Personally, I think this is very politically motivated by the Maine secretary of state — Trump should be on the ballot. Everybody understands that.”
“This is a politician who I think has political aspirations down the road and trying to make a little bit of a name for herself,” he added. “Everybody just hopes that the ... U.S. Supreme Court gets involved, overturns what Maine and Colorado are trying to do, make sure Trump’s on the ballot in 50 states, and we move on.”
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