Push to block Trump from New Hampshire ballot received coldly by state GOP leaders
Fox News
GOP Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, a vocal critic of Donald Trump, is keeping his distance from a push by a prominent Republican to keep the former president off the ballot
Messner is very publicly questioning the former president's eligibility to run for the White House, and cites Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. That section disqualifies those who’ve taken an oath to support the Constitution from holding office again if they’ve "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States "or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
Sununu has repeatedly argued the former president – the current commanding front-runner for the Republican nomination – can't win next year's general election. The governor has teamed up with many of Trump's rivals as they campaign in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary and second overall contest in the GOP nominating calendar. Sununu has repeatedly said he'll endorse a presidential candidate ahead of his state's primary.