Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off ballot

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[–]no_u 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

14th Amendment, section 3:

No person shall ... hold any office, civil or military, under the United States ... who, having previously taken an oath ... as an officer of the United States, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

Colorado's bipartisan (though very conservative) legislature hereby proving that they support the US and its constitution.

[–]yellowsnow2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

engaged in

He gave a speech outside and told people to be peaceful. He has not been convicted nor charged with insurrection. That is just a word the media corporation used to strategically labet the protest for this very reason.

The media corporations are not judge, jury, and executioners. Fascists may want a corporation to have that kind of power.

They even changed the laws concerning White House security a week ahead of time because they planned this whole thing from the start and issued the media their talking points.