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Should Trump Stay on the Ballot?

Mike Weisser
4 min readJan 10, 2024

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So, now Donald Trump has scored another so-called victory when a Nevada judge ruled yesterday that a lawsuit aimed at keeping Trump off the ballot was dismissed. And by the way, the judge who tossed the suit out happens to have been appointed by the guy who’s secretly running the country, a.k.a., Barack Obama.

There are legal challenges in multiple states calling to disqualify Trump because of the 14th Amendment’s prohibition on public service for individuals involved in insurrections against the United States with one of the cases evidently headed for the Supreme Court.

I am opposed to those challenges getting Trump removed from any ballot for two reasons: (1). He hasn’t been convicted of engaging in any kind of insurrection on January 6th or any other date; (2). I want him to represent the GOP in November because his presence at the head of the ticket will guarantee that Joe will get a second term.

And by the way, before I get into the details about why Trump is such a miserable candidate and anyone (like me) who wants the GOP to get clobbered in November should be happy if he runs again, let me just say something quick about why I want Joe to have a second term.

It’s very simple: he did a great job in his first term and deserves four more years as the head of the Executive Branch. He’s not senile or…

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Mike Weisser
Mike Weisser

Written by Mike Weisser

Former college professor, IT Vice-President, bone fide gun nut, https://www.teeteepress.net/

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