Staff Reports
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is fighting back against the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary election ballot. Ramaswamy, through his lawyers, argues that the efforts to keep Trump off the ballot are driven by pure fear of facing him in a fair election.
Ramaswamy’s amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court warns that if the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision is upheld, it could open the floodgates for partisan attacks against other leading candidates. He emphasizes that this move sets a dangerous precedent and could lead to future efforts to disqualify candidates based on flimsy reasons.
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The Supreme Court’s agreement to decide whether Trump can be prevented from appearing on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot has major implications for the 2024 political landscape, as many other states have pending lawsuits against the former president using his role in the January 6th Capitol attack as grounds for disqualification.
Ramaswamy condemns the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision as “un-American, unconstitutional, and unprecedented.” He rejects the use of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump, arguing that it does not apply to a former president who has not taken oaths for other offices. Ramaswamy also vows to withdraw himself from the GOP primary ballots in Maine and Colorado, calling on other Republican candidates to follow suit.
Despite trailing Trump by a wide margin in national polls, Ramaswamy has garnered attention as a potential vice presidential pick for the Republican front-runner. He accuses Democrats of weaponizing the 14th Amendment to prevent Trump from seeking reelection, stressing that this goes against the intentions of the Amendment’s framers.
In the face of adversity, Ramaswamy remains steadfast in his support for Trump and his fight to ensure fair and open elections. He sees the use of the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause as a dangerous power play by political opponents, and he is determined to push back against what he sees as an assault on democracy.
