With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trumpā€˜s Republican rivals are once again rallying to his defense, this time after Coloradoā€™s Supreme Court ruled to remove him from the stateā€™s presidential primary ballot under the U.S. Constitutionā€™s insurrection clause.

Just as they had following Trumpā€™s successive indictments as he racked up 91 criminal charges, the GOP front-runnerā€™s opponents cast the landmark decision ā€” 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 ā€” as inappropriate, a ā€œstuntā€ and an ā€œattack on democracy.ā€

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

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    Ā·
    11 months ago

    I guess what they donā€™t seem to understand (or are unwilling to understand) is that the more they prop him up, the less influence they have over the party and the much lower chance they have to win the presidency.

    Of all the people to stand behind to the end of the earth, they choose this guy?

    • prole@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      Ā·
      11 months ago

      Not only that, but he has shown time and time again that loyalty only goes one way, and he will throw them under the bus the first chance he gets.