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Fox News contributors Juan Williams and Mollie Hemingway clashed on Sunday over efforts to remove Donald Trump from the presidential ballot in several states.
During a panel discussion on Fox News Sunday, Williams defended Colorado and Maine for moving to remove Trump's name from the ballot because he participated in an insurrection on Jan. 6.
"Well, I think you know the problem here is that it's in the case of Maine, it was right in the law," Williams said. "I mean, [Shenna Bellows] has the power as the secretary of state, and she looked at the law and said, without a doubt, an insurrection took place in this country in Jan. 6, 2021. There was violence at the Capitol, and she saw Donald Trump as having a key role in that insurrection. Therefore, said that he can't run on the Maine ballot."
Williams pointed to a similar finding by Colorado courts.
"So the problem for Republicans is they say, oh, this is a matter of politics; this is like, you know, some third-world country are pushing your political opponents off the ballot," he explained. "But in reality, I can't think of another country where a political leader would try to overthrow the government, and they come back and say I'm running for president, so, I mean, I think most of them would say put that guy in jail."
Hemingway insisted that Trump was entitled to "due process" before his name was stripped from the ballot.