GOP Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) ripped his would-be Democratic challenger Aaron “A.J.” Calkins Thursday for attempting to keep Banks off the ballot over his decision to vote against certifying the 2020 election results, calling the gambit “absurd.”Calkins, who is in a three-way Democratic primary for the right to face Banks in November, filed the challenge with the Indiana Election Commission earlier this week, citing a “violation of the 14th Amendment supporting an insurrection.” A similar challenge was launched in North Carolina against conservative Rep. Madison Cawthorn, where a motion to bar him from running again was filed on Monday. “They’re challenging my eligibility based on a ridiculous charge that I violated the 14th Amendment and supported an insurrection because of my vote on Jan. 6 to object to how elections were conducted in the 2020 election,” Banks told The Post in an interview.
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