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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Wednesday calling out the Colorado’s Supreme Court ruling to remove him from the ballot, stating that President Joe Biden should “drop all” indictment charges against him.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a 4-3 decision that Trump should be removed from the state ballot due to allegedly violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, barring those who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office and citing the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
Although the 45th president has not been formally convicted of involvement with the Jan. 6 events, the judges still claimed that they found Trump had laid “substantial evidence” in “the groundwork for a claim that the election was rigged,” according to CBS News.
Trump’s rebuttal to the courts motion on Truth Social Wednesday stating that there was not only “shame for our country,” but that Biden should “drop all” “fake” indictments.
“BIDEN SHOULD DROP ALL OF THESE FAKE POLITICAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST ME, BOTH CRIMINAL & CIVIL. EVERY CASE I AM FIGHTING IS THE WORK OF THE DOJ & WHITE HOUSE. NO SUCH THING HAS EVER HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY BEFORE. BANANA REPUBLIC??? ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!” Trump posted Wednesday.
“A SAD DAY IN AMERICA!!!” Trump stated in another post.
Following the annoucement of the state’s Supreme Court ruling, Trump’s campaign team quickly resonded to the motion stating that it was not only “completely flawed,” but that they would be “swiftly” filing an appeal.
“The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision,” a spokesman for the Trump campaign, Steven Cheung, stated. “We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits.”
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington group filed the original lawsuit in a Colorado state court against the 45th president in September. However by November, Denver District Court Judge Sarah Wallace had ruled that Trump would be allowed on the ballot claiming that she didn’t believe Section 3 was applicable to Trump due to unclear language, according to CBS News.
The Colorado Supreme Court then agreed to look over the district court’s ruling, with arguments being held in early December, CBS News reported.
If the U.S. Supreme Court does not rule on the case by Jan. 4, 2024, the state’s Supreme Court motion to bar Trump from the ballot will stay in place, due to the deadline for printing ballots which is on Jan. 5, 2024.
