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

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.

  • Nougat@kbin.social
    6Ā·
    6 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
      8Ā·
      6 months ago

      He doesnā€™t have to. Republicans have never allowed the truth to get in the way of a good victimhood narrative before. Why start now?

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
      21Ā·
      6 months ago

      The only requirement to vote in the Republican Primary is ā€œI think Iā€™d like to vote in the Republican Primary this year.ā€

      • Nougat@kbin.social
        2Ā·
        6 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 partyā€™s primary in the state of Colorado, even if you ā€œthink youā€™d like to.ā€

        • candybrie@lemmy.world
          1Ā·
          6 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 thereā€™s one more step than ā€œthink youā€™d like toā€ itā€™s not by much.

        • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
          1Ā·
          6 months ago

          Ok. Letā€™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 ā€œI think Iā€™d like to vote in the Republican Primaryā€ a sufficient reason?

          • Nougat@kbin.social
            1Ā·
            6 months ago

            Thatā€™s fair. But itā€™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.