it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since jan
trump had engaged in one. you held a hearing before coming to the decision that you made. i want to understand, for our viewers, the process you used to come to the decision, to remove donald trump from the ballot, at least in, you know, if the supreme court supports that decision. thank you so much. it s important to understand the process, because in this country, what makes us great as we follow that rule of law. and in maine, because of course, under article one of the constitution, the constitution delegates to the states to the authority to administer the elections, and maine, once the secretary of state qualifies a candidate for the ballot, any registered maine voters may, within a week, file a challenge to the qualifications of a candidate. that is predicated on a main law that requires and delegates the authority to the secretary to ensure that any candidate seeking access to the primary