With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trump’s Republican rivals are once again rallying to his defense.

With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trump‘s Republican rivals are once again rallying to his defense, this time after Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled to remove him from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause.

Just as they had following Trump’s successive indictments as he racked up 91 criminal charges, the GOP front-runner’s opponents cast the landmark decision — the first time in history the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate and one the former president has vowed to appeal — as inappropriate, a “stunt” and an “attack on democracy.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis charged the court’s ruling was a plot to ensure Trump wins the nomination because Democrats view him as the weakest Republican candidate.

  • Nougat@kbin.social
    6·
    11 months ago

    I wonder how he squares the fact that the petitioners were Republicans and independents - you know, people who are qualified to vote in the Republican primary.

    • knotthatone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      He doesn’t have to. Republicans have never allowed the truth to get in the way of a good victimhood narrative before. Why start now?

    • Rivalarrival
      21·
      11 months ago

      The only requirement to vote in the Republican Primary is “I think I’d like to vote in the Republican Primary this year.”

      • Nougat@kbin.social
        2·
        11 months ago

        https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/FAQs/primaryElectionsFAQ.html

        Q2. Who can vote in a Primary Election?

        A2. During either the Presidential or June primary:

        • Voters affiliated with a major party: may cast a ballot for candidates of the party they are affiliated with.
        • Voters affiliated with a minor party: if there is a minor party contest those affiliated with that minor party may cast a ballot for those candidates.
        • Unaffiliated voters: An unaffiliated voter may cast a ballot for any one political party. If an unaffiliated voter returns a ballot with more than one political party, the ballot will be rejected and none of the votes will be counted.

        If you are registered with a specific party, you may not vote in another party’s primary in the state of Colorado, even if you “think you’d like to.”

        • Rivalarrival
          1·
          11 months ago

          Ok. Let’s assume I am, in fact, currently registered as a Democrat. Am I never allowed to change that affiliation?

          Oh, I can change that affiliation?

          What are the requirements to change my party affiliation again? Is “I think I’d like to vote in the Republican Primary” a sufficient reason?

          • Nougat@kbin.social
            1·
            11 months ago

            That’s fair. But it’s also true that the actual Republican petitioners in the case (five of the seven) are very long time Republicans who have been notable in party politics in the state.

        • candybrie@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Now go look at hard it is to change your registered party in Colorado. It takes about 5 minutes. And I think the only thing it really affects for most people is which primary they vote in. So while there’s one more step than “think you’d like to” it’s not by much.