Democratic presidential candidate-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said all Americans should be “troubled” by the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision that former President Donald Trump should be barred from appearing on the presidential primary ballot. in the state.
“All Americans should be concerned about the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove President Trump from the ballot,” Kennedy tweeted. “The court has deprived him of a consequential right without having been convicted of a crime. This was done without an evidentiary hearing in which he is given the basic right to confront his accusers,” he said. wrote. “It’s time to trust the voters. It’s up to the people to decide who the best candidate is. Not the courts. The people. That’s Democracy 101,” she said. noted.
Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to withdraw from the Colorado Republican presidential primary if Trump is not allowed to appear on the ballot.
“The left invokes ‘democracy’ to justify their use of power, even if that means abusing the judiciary to remove a candidate from the ballot based on spurious legal grounds,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is also currently seeks the presidential candidacy of the Republican Party. , tweeted. “SCOTUS should back off.”
“Accordingly, we conclude that because President Trump is disqualified from serving as President under Section Three, it would be an unlawful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to include President Trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. Therefore “Therefore, the Secretary cannot include President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, nor can she count write-in votes cast in his favor,” the Colorado Supreme Court said. decision declares.
“But we will postpone our ruling until January 4, 2024 (the day before the Secretary’s deadline to certify the contents of the presidential primary ballot),” the court noted. “If a review is requested in the Supreme Court before the stay expires, it will remain in effect and the Secretary will continue to be required to include President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot until he receives any order or mandate from the Supreme Court “Court,” reads the decision.
Some judges disagreed.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement“We will promptly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a simultaneous request to stay this deeply undemocratic decision.”
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