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.

  • Wodge@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If they arenā€™t using Trumpā€™s legal issues as a point of weakness to attack him, theyā€™re not running for the nomination. As such, what are the campaign donations for? Seems like fraud to me!