Presidential contender and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who switched from Democrat to independent in October, eviscerated the state court’s opinion as “wrong”
When a court in another country disqualifies an opposition candidate from running, we say, ‘That’s not a real democracy.’ Now it’s happening here.’ Now it’s happening here,” he wrote on X. “I want to beat him in a fair election, not because he was kicked off the ballot. Let the voters choose, not the courts.” Trump blocked from the ballot in Colorado. When a court in another country disqualifies an opposition candidate from running, we say, “That’s not a real democracy.” Now it’s happening here.— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 20, 2023
Technically, the ruling against Trump is stayed until Jan. 4, so that his team has time to file an appeal to the US Supreme Court — which it has vowed to do. Justices on Colorado’s high court determined that Trump’s conduct “constituted overt, voluntary and direct participation in the insurrection” and invoked Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause to boot him from the ballot. Republicans in Colorado have hinted at plans to shift to a caucus system if that decision holds. The Centennial State’s primary is set for March 5.
Donald Trump fundraised heavily off the news out of Colorado, and his campaign vowed that he would appeal the decision. AP