Maine’s secretary of state said she has received threats in the wake of her decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment on Friday.

“I was prepared for the possibility of threats, and I really appreciate law enforcement and the people around me who have been incredibly supportive of my safety and security,” Shenna Bellows (D) said during a Friday appearance on CNN. “My safety and security is important, so is the safety and security of everyone who works with me and we have received threatening communications.”

“Those are unacceptable,” Bellows continued.

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    11 months ago

    Here’s a thought, how about we flood her office with thanks? I mean if there are 10,000 thank you letters and 10 stupid, incriminating threat letters, wouldn’t that be better?

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      10 months ago

      Likely unwise. I want the 10 illegals to get charged, not have the chances of overloading mail rooms and ability to adequately sift through it all be bogged down. 10,010 letters saying mostly great things make for an easier situation to miss the 1 who acts on the threat.