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The former Portland mayor who filed Maine’s 14th Amendment challenge to Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility said Tuesday his success has conservatives running scared.

“They're just very scared of the fact they know the law is not on their side so they're going to try to make this partisan,” Ethan Strimling said.

“This has more to do with their wanting to protect Donald Trump as their front-runner than it does anything about choice.” ...

A day after Secretary of State Shenna Bellows scratched former President Donald Trump off Maine's GOP primary ballot for choosing to "light the match" of an insurrection — she has been receiving threats.

"We have received threatening communications," she said while interviewing on CNN. "And those are unacceptable."

She explained that while she was bracing for the possibility of being targeted for having essentially banished Trump from running for president in the state, it didn't factor into her decision making. ...