After the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump would not be allowed on the ballot, prominent GOP voices are threatening to kick President Biden off the ballot in their states.
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick spoke out about the situation on Fox News.
“Seeing what happened in Colorado tonight… makes me think — except we believe in democracy in Texas — maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” he said on Fox News.
From The Hill:
The 4-3 ruling cited the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause” and argued Trump was involved in an insurrection by prompting false claims of election fraud and directing his supporters to go toward the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The four majority justices ruled the office of the presidency falls under the insurrection clause, which says those who previously took oaths to support the Constitution as a “member of Congress,” “officer of the United States,” “member of any State legislature” or an “executive or judicial officer of any State” cannot engage in a rebellion against it.
Trump’s campaign has vowed to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump appointed three members of its six-member conservative majority.
More over at The Hill:
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