As a foreigner I am surprised it took this long. Will likely not lessen the support for Trump, but nearly nothing will at this point.
The ballot disqualification part is cool and all, but isn’t the bigger deal a legal ruling saying yes it was obviously an insurrection and yes he obviously incited it?
This decision was about whether the whole “not being allowed on the ballot if you incite an insurrection” thing was intended to apply to the president, or just everyone else. That’s a weird discussion to have after deciding a leading presidential contender obviously tried a coup. I’d really prefer we focus back on the coup part, and maybe less on the intentions of 150+ y/o lawmakers.
Given that Colorado isn’t a swing state, does this actually matter in practical terms?
It feels very much like a political show of sorts. Trump wasnt gonna get the CO vote regardless. Similar to how in kind, Texas is threatening to remove Biden from the ballot. Texas is gonna be a red vote no matter who is running until at least the boomers and gen xers die off.
Right, so it’s basically just theatre for the base.
Great idea, ban the frontrunner of the only other viable Party from running for office, this won’t have any consequences at all!
