Former President Donald Trump is facing another challenge to his ballot eligibility — this time, in his former home state of New York.
Courthouse New Service reported that New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and New York City Council members Shekar Krishnan and Gertrude Fitelson filed a complaint late Tuesday challenging Trump's placement on the ballot. The complaint accused the former president of participating in an insurrection to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
“Donald J. Trump engaged in that insurrection through his personal actions before and on Jan. 6, 2021,” the complaint said, “including without limitation summoning a crowd to come to Washington, D.C., on January 6th and telling the crowd, which he knew was armed, to march to the Capitol and ‘fight like hell’ under ‘very different rules.’”
Hoylman-Sigal signaled the complaint in earlier remarks.
“The board of elections can still uphold the United States Constitution by sustaining our objection and disqualifying Donald Trump from the presidential ballot,” he said. “Should the board of elections fail to do their duty and rule Trump ineligible, I will see them in court.”
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“The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution plainly disqualifies anyone who has ‘engaged in insurrection’ from holding office, including former President Trump," Krishnan added. “Donald Trump incited, engaged in, and aided the violent, deadly insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. The Constitution he swore to uphold renders him ineligible for public office.”
The complaint is similar to a challenge in Colorado, where Trump was barred from the ballot. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in that case this week.
