Former United States President and current White House candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday accused his successor, Democrat Joe Biden, of being a “threat to democracy” after he was barred by a state court from participating in the primary elections in Colorado.
“No wonder corrupt Joe Biden and the lunatics on the left are desperately trying to stop us in any way they can,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Waterloo, Iowa.
He later added.
To win this election, they are willing to violate the U.S. Constitution on an unprecedented scale. Joe Biden is a threat to democracy, he is a threat.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred Trump from the state’s Republican primary for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, saying the former president was involved in an “insurrection.”
In an unprecedented decision in American history, the justices appealed the 14th Amendment, which bars people who had participated in an insurrection from holding elected office.
This amendment was passed in 1868, after the Civil War in the United States, to prevent people associated with the southern rebels of the Confederacy from coming to power.
A spokesman for Trump’s presidential campaign, Steven Cheung, announced that he would appeal the Colorado decision to the United States Supreme Court:
We are confident that the Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and put an end to these anti-American lawsuits.
The Colorado Supreme Court stayed its own ruling until January 4 to make room for possible appeals, leaving the final decision on the lawsuit in the hands of the United States Supreme Court.
Six of the nine members of the Supreme Court are considered conservative, three of whom were appointed by Trump himself during his term.
The Republican primaries begin on January 15 during the Iowa Conventions and according to all polls, Trump is the favorite to run again against the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, in the elections for the White House in November.
Colorado will hold its presidential primaries on March 5, known as “Super Tuesday,” a key date when 16 states vote and could determine the race.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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