The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to expel Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary could create a fundraising gold mine and boost his standing among his fellow Republicans, a top Republican aide said.
“It serves to energize Trump supporters and give the former president a chance to raise more money from people who are suddenly going to be angry about what’s going on,” said Karl Rove, a former senior adviser during the George W. Bush administration. . Fox News’ “The Story” on Saturday.
“This doesn’t seem fair, it doesn’t seem appropriate. And the answer will be to increase the numbers of the president… of the former president.”
The 4-3 ruling, handed down Tuesday night, cited Section 3 of the Civil War-era Fourteenth Amendment, commonly known as the Insurrection Clause or Disqualification Clause, which prohibits those who participated in holding public office. in “insurrection or rebellion.”
Democratic-appointed judges on the Centennial State’s highest court concluded that Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021 “constituted open, voluntary and direct participation in the insurrection.”
Colorado’s decision to disqualify Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary should create a fundraising gold mine for him. Via REUTERS
Donald Trump’s team has vowed to fight the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that expels him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. AFP via Getty Images
Colorado’s decision was automatically put on hold until Jan. 4 to give Trump time to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, something his team has already promised to do.
Rove also said he believes Democrats risk appearing hypocritical, citing a number of former Democratic lawmakers who could have been similarly barred from office by the insurrection clause.
Among them, he said, was former Confederate Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens, a Georgia Democrat elected to the House of Representatives after the Civil War ended.
Stephens resigned after nearly a decade in the House to eventually become governor of Georgia.
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