Former President Donald Trump

Staff article

Ohio-Former President Donald Trump blasted Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Saturday for his veto of Ohio House Bill 68 on Friday, legislation that would have banned critical gender-affirming health care for minors and precluded transgender student-athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. And he says he wants nothing more to do with DeWine, a falling out of sorts between the two powerful Republicans as Ohio's Republican primary nears with Trump the current national front-runner for the Republican nomination for president.

DeWine vetoed the controversial legislation that drew protests statewide despite its overwhelming passage by Ohio's Republican-dominated state legislature. In addition to banning child sex changes, the legislation also prohibited biological males from competing in women’s sports.

The former president posted the following statement against Ohio's Republican governor on the social media site Truth Social:

@realDonaldTrump

DeWine has fallen to the Radical Left. No wonder he gets loudly booed in Ohio every time I introduce him at Rallies, but I won’t be introducing him any more. I’m finished with this “stiff.” What was he thinking. The bill would have stopped child mutilation, and prevented men from playing in women’s sports. Legislature will hopefully overturn. Do it FAST!!!

breitbart.com/sports/2023/12/2

Trump's opposition to DeWine over the issue, which has also caught the attention of some key right-wing Republicans in Ohio and elsewhere who supported the legislation, is contrary to the position taken by some prominent and more liberal Democrats in Ohio such as Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, who released the following statement on Friday in support of the governor's veto.

"Ohioans have spoken loud and clear – they don't want the government involved in their personal, private health care decisions," said state Sen. Antonio, a Lakewood Democrat who's 23rd district includes 14 of Cleveland's 17 wards. "Parents should have the right to make important physical and mental health care decisions for their children. I applaud the governor for exercising due diligence and discernment in making the decision to veto House Bill 68, which would have taken away the rights of parents. I want to thank the thousands of advocates, kids, parents, religious and business leaders who spoke out against this dangerous bill – this veto belongs to you. The fight for LGBTQ+ equal rights will continue until all may enjoy the freedom to live their authentic lives without government interference."

Whether Ohio's GOP dominated state legislature will seek to overturn the veto remains to be seen, given that the governor broke from his party and vetoed the legislation. Gov. DeWine said via a press conference on Friday that decisions about gender-affirming care should be left to families and their doctors.

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Former President Donald Trump

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor

MAINE- Former President Donald Trump has been booted from another state primary ballot following a ruling last week by the Colorado Supreme Court that says his candidacy in the state's primary next year is prohibited on constitutional grounds.

This time the state of Maine is at the helm and state officials there, specifically Secretary of State Sheena Bellows, say he engaged in insurrection and that such behavior disqualify's him from seeking the presidency for a third time. Her decision to remove the former president's name from the ballot following administrative review, which is permitted under state law, is on hold pending an appeal, which the Trump campaign has promised.

Bellows told reporters that she did what the law required her to do and that her decision is in cooperation with "the constitution and Maine election law." She says she has since received threats and that she is concerned for her safety and the safety of those around her, including family members and security personnel.

Challenges in a few other states, some of them still pending, have proven unsuccessful and legal sources say that the Colorado ruling has opened the floodgates for other states like Maine to follow, notwithstanding an ultimate decision on the controversial matter by the US Supreme Court in Trump's favor.

A lower Colorado court ruled that while Trump engaged in insurrection via the Jan 6 Capitol riot it did not disqualify him from the state primary ballot, but the state's highest court saw otherwise.

"A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution," the ruling said. "Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”

The Colorado Supreme Court decision, however, is stayed until Jan. 4 to allow for further appeals.

Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump's campaign, blasted the Colorado ruling and said that an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is forthcoming. Trump has never been charged with insurrection relative to the Jan 6 Capitol riot, much less convicted, his supporters say, though his opponents say a conviction is not required under the 14th Amendment provision at issue, section three in fact.

“Unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice," Cheung said in a statement.

He added that "we have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these un-American lawsuits."

The Colorado Republican Party has also joined in, filing an appeal and asking the US Supreme Court to hear the case and reverse the Colorado Supreme Court decision.

How the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court will rule if it takes on the Colorado case remains to be seen.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) issued the following statement after Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed House Bill 68, which would have banned critical gender-affirming health care for minors and banned transgender student-athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

"Ohioans have spoken loud and clear – they don't want the government involved in their personal, private health care decisions," said Sen. Antonio, a Lakewood Democrat who's 23rd district includes 14 of Cleveland's 17 wards. "Parents should have the right to make important physical and mental health care decisions for their children. I applaud the governor for exercising due diligence and discernment in making the decision to veto House Bill 68, which would have taken away the rights of parents. I want to thank the thousands of advocates, kids, parents, religious and business leaders who spoke out against this dangerous bill – this veto belongs to you. The fight for LGBTQ+ equal rights will continue until all may enjoy the freedom to live their authentic lives without government interference."

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

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