NAACP Urges Court To Bar Rioter From Holding Office

The Associated Press reports:

The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from public office, alleging that the Cowboys for Trump cofounder has sought to disenfranchise voters — including people of color — and stoke insurrection.

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization urged a state district court judge to remove and disqualify Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin from holding future public office, noting Griffin’s presence at the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection and his recent refusal to certify local results of New Mexico’s June 7 primary election.

Written final arguments and judgement are pending after a two-day bench trial against Griffin, who has represented himself without legal counsel. Griffin was convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, without going inside. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served.

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Griffin first appeared on JMG when Trump retweeted a video in which Griffin declared, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” Griffin has said that the deaths that occurred during the riot were faked.

The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from public office, alleging that the Cowboys for Trump cofounder has sought to disenfranchise voters — including people of color — and stoke insurrection. https://t.co/zpCImcPzPI

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