The Colorado State Supreme Court has disqualified former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot. The decision is a major blow to the GOP front-runner and could set a precedent for other states.
The unprecedented Colorado high court decision came on a narrow 4-3 vote, with justices ruling the former president is barred from the ballot for violating the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for activity related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Section Three is the insurrection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It disqualifies a candidate from holding office if they took an oath to uphold the constitution and then engaged in “insurrection or rebellion.”
Trump ignored the Colorado ruling during an Iowa campaign stop Tuesday night but reminded voters of what he claims is an ongoing witch hunt against him
“They want to silence me because I will never let them silence you and in the end, they’re not after me, they’re after you,” he explained.
One of Trump’s biggest critics in the Republican presidential field, Chris Christie said he “does not believe Donald Trump should be prevented from being president of the United States by any court.”Â
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he’ll withdraw from the
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