In a video shared on social media with audio from Trump's 14th Amendment hearing, Murray was heard arguing that there are legal precedents for states to remove national candidates from the ballot.
Thomas began by saying that, in the period after the Civil War, considering the "plethora" of Confederate politicians and supporters still around, "that would suggest there would at least be a few examples of national candidates being disqualified."
Murray responded by bringing up "national candidates who were disqualified by Congress refusing to seat them," but still nothing like what's currently happening with Trump in states like Colorado.
After going back and forth and getting nowhere, Thomas again asked Murray point-blank, "What are the examples?"
And Murray, despite expending many, many words to evade the question, could not provide a single one.
The closest Murray could come was to say that "states excluded many candidates for state office" (a factoid beaten into the ground at this point), and nothing else.
Of course, states can disqualify state candidates, but Murray was trying to argue that states have the ability to disqualify national candidates. The fact that he failed to cite even one instance of this happening is incredibly telling.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ballot-case-clarence-thomas-leaves-colorado-lawyer-grasping-at-straws-with-simple-question/ar-BB1hZRi1?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=a6a66a9041da4832b72387b9d173ad4e&ei=12
Thomas began by saying that, in the period after the Civil War, considering the "plethora" of Confederate politicians and supporters still around, "that would suggest there would at least be a few examples of national candidates being disqualified."
Murray responded by bringing up "national candidates who were disqualified by Congress refusing to seat them," but still nothing like what's currently happening with Trump in states like Colorado.
After going back and forth and getting nowhere, Thomas again asked Murray point-blank, "What are the examples?"
And Murray, despite expending many, many words to evade the question, could not provide a single one.
The closest Murray could come was to say that "states excluded many candidates for state office" (a factoid beaten into the ground at this point), and nothing else.
Of course, states can disqualify state candidates, but Murray was trying to argue that states have the ability to disqualify national candidates. The fact that he failed to cite even one instance of this happening is incredibly telling.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ballot-case-clarence-thomas-leaves-colorado-lawyer-grasping-at-straws-with-simple-question/ar-BB1hZRi1?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=a6a66a9041da4832b72387b9d173ad4e&ei=12
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