It’s always a surprise when David Brooks actually fights with Jonathan Capehart on the Friday night panel on the PBS NewsHour. But he denounced Maine’s Democrat Secretary of State taking Donald Trump off the primary ballot, saying it was not just a “terrible decision,” but an “even worse threat to democracy” than Colorado’s Supreme Court ripping Trump off the ballot.
Anchor Geoff Bennett began: “Maine has joined Colorado as the second state to ban Donald Trump from its presidential primary ballot under a constitutional provision that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.” He asked: “David, what’s your assessment of this decision by Maine’s secretary of state?”
This is where you can expect Brooks will break out a bit of small-C conservatism, preferring a little observing of norms. It’s always funny when the leftists argue that Trump destroys…
