in illinois, tracy porter ruled president trump is disqualified from the primary ballot and the general election over the anti-insurrection. joining me now is our fox news contributor. david is back with us. this never ceases to amaze me. as all of these individuals are screaming about russian election interference, all of these little prisoners and now they need to knock him off the ballot. so nobody has the opportunity to vote for him. your reaction. >> the arrogance of this is appalling and waiting until this late in the day to do it, giving the president until friday to file an appeal and it is already wednesday and to say, she issues an order that says the ruling will be further state if the supreme court enters an opinion inconsistent with this order. if people do what they say they are going to do, they are going to enter an opinion that makes it impossible for illinois to take him off the ballot. the arrogance should not astonish me, but it does. >> tracy porter joined the bench in 2021, very liberal. cook county is known for these judges. 31 states have sued to kick the former

in illinois, tracy porter ruled president trump is disqualified from the primary ballot and the general anti-insurrection. joining me now is our fox news contributor. david is back with us. this never ceases to amaze me. as all of these individuals are screaming about russian election interference, all of these little prisoners and now they need to knock him off the ballot. so nobody has the opportunity to vote for him. your reaction. >> the arrogance of this is appalling and waiting until this late in the day to do it, giving the president until friday to file an appeal and it is already wednesday and to say, she issues an order that says the ruling will be further state if the supreme court enters an opinion inconsistent with this order. if people do what they say they are going to do, they are going to enter an opinion that makes it impossible for illinois to take him off the ballot. the arrogance should not astonish me, but it does. >> tracy porter joined the bench in 2021, very liberal. cook county is known for these judges. 31 states have sued to kick the former president off the

cook county circuit judge tracy porter heavy relied on the prior finding by the colorado supreme courtcalling that compelling, realizing the magnitude of the decision, the impact on the upcoming primary illinois elections, they have decided to remove donald trump from the ballot for the general primary election to take place on march 19 this year. so that is one month after the anti-trump challenge was dismissed, a unanimous and bipartisan vote by the election board, because it said it did not have jurisdiction to review the matter. this now, i believe, makes illinois the third state where trump has been booted from the outlet after colorado, but those decisions were pause pending the appeal of the colorado case to the supreme court. we are also seeing the supreme court will weigh his bid for immunity from criminal prosecution as well. we both talk more on trade next. we are at the ministerial conference in abu dhabi. you can catch our conversation with the u.s. trade representative katherine tai. more to come on "daybreak asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ rate taking a look at how crypto st

cook county judge tracy porter cited the 14th amendment's insurrection clause in her ruling, ordering's election board to remove donald trump based on his actions on january 6th. illinois is now the third state to disqualify trump from 2024 primary ballots. the others are maine and colorado. as of right now, though, all three of these disqualifications are on hold pending a supreme court decision that could come down any day. judge porter acknowledged as much of her ruling tonight writing she knew her decision could not be the ultimate outcome. now, whenever the court rules on this issue, it is sure to be considered in light of tonight's news that the court will now take up the question of presidential immunity in jack smith's federal election interference case. joining me now to discuss all this is mary mccord, former senior doj official for the national security division and an msnbc legal analyst. mary, thanks for joining me tonight. some breaking news on all fronts. let me first just get your thoughts on the immunity question and the degree to which the fact the court is already m

porter, whose previous expertise was being a traffic judge, like you, jesse, ruling that the don cannottates ballot citing the 14th amendment and colorado's decision. is it because of the rulings on the timing? >> katie: they claim this is all about saving democracy, protecting voters, saving america, but they just exposed themselves because if they actually cared about that they wouldn't care when the trial might be, they just would agree the supreme court should take up the immunity question to see if president trump qualifies. they are very upset this may delay a trial which means they are just again admitting that this is really about trying to convict him before the election because polling shows if he were convicted people wouldn't vote for him. they just exposed themselves it is all about political games and they are trying to take down biden's top political opponent but still allowing them to vote for the sake of democracy. >> greg: i hate it when democrats expose themselves, it is the opposite of being engaged and aroused. jesse? katie brings up a good point, this is actually t

. >> john: cook county circuit judge traci porter did not either get it or read the memo. >> she's probablyon our text chain, we'll add her. >> john: so jonathan turley the same mind of you, david, saying wait a second, it's before the supreme court, what is judge porter doing. >> what is odd about the illinois decision, most judges are waiting to hear from the supreme court. expectation from us is the court will reject this claim, reject this theory. and yet this judge decided to break from the other judges and say no, no, i want to go on record. it's like paddling to get on the titanic before it sinks to be on the list of those lost at sea. >> john: he has way with words. >> he does. it's also interesting we don't see democrats saying that bob menendez should be taken off the ballot, he's up for a case he allegedly helped a foreign government. gosh, what better -- what better example of someone trying to undo the u.s. than to work for a foreign government, right. but yet we are going to allow, no democrats calling for him to be taken off the ballot. >> jacqui: only helps if the decision i

elizabeth: you know, francey, turning to this, cook county judge tracy porter kicked former presidentillinois' primary ballot, but she made this statement that the illinois board of elections must, quote, cause any if votes for trump to be suppressed. what's your reaction to this? >> well, i thought it was trump who was supposed to be the threat to democracy and republicans and white, rural voters are supposed to be the threat to democracy. what we have here is a single judge who has apparently illusions of grandeur when she says that she wants to up is press the people who have a constitutional -- suppress the people who have a right to vote for president trump. this is no more constitutional than the colorado or maine decisions, and i expect it to get slapped down by the supreme court. and i think this was purely political for weighing in at this time when the supreme court has already had oral arguments and will be weighing in shortly. i just can't think of any if reason besides a partisan one for her to have ruled now. elizabeth: or the. -- all right, so she put her own order on h

county judge tracy porter cited the 14th amendment's insurrection clause in her ruling, ordering theion board to remove donald trump east on his actions on january 6th. illinois is now the third state to disqualify trump from 2024 primary ballots. the others are maine and colorado. as of right now, all three of these disqualifications are on hold, pending a supreme court decision that could come down any day. and porter acknowledged as much in her ruling tonight writing that she knew her decision could not be the ultimate outcome. whenever the court rules on this issue, it is sure to be considered in light of tonight's news that the court will now take up the question of presidential immunity in jack smith's federal election interference case. joining me now to discuss all this is mary mccord, former senior doj official for the national security division and an msnbc legal analyst. thanks for joining me tonight. some breaking news on all fronts, let me first get your thoughts on the immunity question and the degree to which the fact that the court is already mulling over the 14th ame

illinois, colorado, maine maine, judge tracy porter says the 4th amendment -- 14th amendment prohibitsappealer on the ballot because he engaged in an insurrection trying to hold on to power after a losing the 2020 election. remember, trump was never if charged with insurrection. while there are challenges to keep him off the ballot in, count, 36 states, most judges are waiting to hear from the supreme court. they have already heard the issue, but their formal ruling awaits. illinois got a jump-start. stuart: okay. next one, senator minority leader, that's mitch mcconnell, obviously, we know he's stepping down in november. tell us more about his decision. lauren: such a real, real moment. 17 years, leading republican. the 82-year-old leader says he finally experienced that moment, his words, where he had total clarity and peace about the sunset of his work. that's what it's all about a, right? when do you know it's time to step away. he said it is time now for a new generation, so he is stepping down. i would say this suggests that the transformation of the republican party under donald

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