Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that while he didn’t want to do it, he had to remind people of how “severe” the situation is.

A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening to remove President Joe Biden from appearing on the ballot as retaliation for the determination in two other states that Donald Trump doesn’t qualify because he “engaged in insurrection.”

“What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic,” Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote on the social media site X on Friday. “While I expect the Supreme Court to overturn this, if not, Secretaries of State will step in & ensure the new legal standard for @realDonaldTrump applies equally to @JoeBiden!”

Ashcroft’s post came shortly after the Supreme Court agreed to review a decision by Colorado’s high court that found Trump could be barred from the state’s primary ballot because of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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    I just overheard some morons at my workplace complaining how all the “goddamn lib cities” are the reason the Republicans don’t have a stranglehold and that votes should be based on how much land you own, not per person. These morons are from Missouri. I’m sorry you have to deal with them.

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      “how much land you own” lmfaooo remind them how much land Bill Gates owns and watch them trip over their own feet trying to amend that statement.

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        These guys are so smooth brained, they could provide modern science with cutting edge low-friction technology. I’m a microbiologist and my coworkers are an MPH and a pharmacist. These guys are construction contractors but sit in the next office area over. We overhear them talk politics and “bro science” on the regular. We’ve overhead genius talking points including:

        • insulin makes your blood sugar increase
        • saturated fat is good for you and lowers your cholesterol
        • a zero-point energy machine exists but the developer was killed by Bill Gates
        • COVID doesn’t exist
        • Joe Rogan should run for president 🤮