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Last week, I highlighted a particularly ridiculous attempt from Rep. Jim Banks’ (R-IN) Democratic opponent, Aaron “AJ” Calkins, to get the congressman banned from running for office. In a filing from February 6, 2022, Calkins tried to claim that Banks shouldn’t be able to run because of what Calkins simply wrote was “Violation of 14th Amendment Supporting An Insurrection.” As Tom Davies reported for AP on Friday, the state election commission, comprised of two Democrats and two Republicans, voted unanimously to reject Calkins’ bid.
Davies’ reporting mentions statements from Banks’ attorney, who said that “Congressman Banks has publicly commented that he did not support that conduct, nor did he engage in it, and he has also called for the prosecution of unlawful conduct that occurred that day.”
Banks himself also released a statement, just as he had when condemning what he referred to as Calkins’ “joke allegation” last week.
