We've been learning a lot about Shenna Bellows, Maine's secretary of state who has ordered Donald Trump removed from the primary ballot. In September of 2020, she tweeted, #LetThePeopleDecide. Earlier Saturday we shared photos of Bellows cozying up with President Joe Biden as well as Barack Obama. Fox News reports that she was invited to the Biden White House twice this year, once for a celebration of Women’s History Month (that's probably where she got the pic with Biden).
Fox News also reports that she once wrote a column calling the Electoral College a "relic of white supremacy":
Shortly after taking office, Bellows penned an op-ed for a progressive platform known as the Democracy Docket. In her writing, titled "Voting Rights for Our Neighbors Matter As Much as Our Own," Bellows touted her efforts to make "voting more accessible" and said she sought the position of secretary of state in Maine because she "was truly frightened for our democracy" following the 2020 presidential election.
Bellows also took aim at the Electoral College in her column, claiming it is "the relic of white supremacy" that prevents voters from being represented fairly.
Of course she thinks our elections are “White Supremacy” pic.twitter.com/QQLqABkGlc
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) December 30, 2023
Everything is “white supremacy”.
— ZNO 🇺🇸 (@therealZNO) December 30, 2023
Why is it always white liberal women calling something ‘white supremacy?’
— stdntDrvr (@stdntDrvr) December 30, 2023
Just what I'd expect from a typical white liberal Karen.
— Fallout Dave (@Fallout5Dave) December 30, 2023
@shennabellows isn't even a lawyer. This is election interference plain and simple. This is a attempt to force a vote of the candidates of their choosing. She's subverting democracy while claiming she's protecting it.
— Elchingarito (@Elchingarito1) December 30, 2023
Protecting democracy, huh? Now someone's dug up a photo of Bellows running a half-marathon in a "Democracy Defenders" T-shirt. She really believes she's defending democracy by removing the leading opposition candidate from the ballot:
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Liberal white women are the most dangerous terror group on earth https://t.co/sYwAOe39s7
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) December 29, 2023
Maybe that 19th Amendment wasn't such a good idea
— TheOmegaMan (@TheOmegaMan7) December 29, 2023
People that wear shirts that say “Democracy Defenders” need shunned from social circles.
— Ranch Barlow (@iamranchbarlow) December 29, 2023
It's a toxic mixture of boredom, money and hyper-emotional guilt.
— Erich Hartmann (@erichhartmann) December 29, 2023
They can never be wrong. Ever.
— Chief Jarrod (@slonob) December 30, 2023
They really believe they are defending democracy.
— Rural Revolution (@pilgrimboy14) December 29, 2023
We have a big problem.
They really think they are the only ones that know anything. They are horrible.
— Night (@Xisntfeespeech) December 30, 2023
AWFL Affluent White Female Liberal
— TB - TheBeardedBaker (@PalmentaC) December 30, 2023
— TX Refugee (@redchick1976) December 29, 2023
She recognizes her privilege and is just doing what’s “just.” Imagine if the Founding Fathers were liberal white women.
— Amory Blaine (@AmoryBlaineDC) December 29, 2023
Nothing says "defending democracy" like removing your opponent from the ballot.
— Joker23 (@jokertwothree) December 29, 2023
I have been saying this for years. These are nasty evil women. The types who put up an "all are welcome" sign but deep down are just filled with hate and rage.
— Steve (@Steve72354669) December 29, 2023
Curiously most of the pro-democracy articles she shared from 2014-2018 have been removed from archive sites. I wonder why.
— Anti-war Crab (@owocecrab) December 29, 2023
Trump, who's neither been charged with nor found guilty of "insurrection" will appear on the ballot in Maine despite Bellows' efforts to defend democracy.
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