Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets.
More on this story from yesterday, as understood in Russia. I’m impressed at how much better they understand than do the Colorado judges, despite lacking American law degrees.
The court, whose judges were all appointed by Democratic governors, marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
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By a 4-3 vote, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump, who is running for president in 2024, is ineligible for office and should be removed from the state's Republican primary ballot.
The decision was made on the basis of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. In accordance with the third paragraph of this amendment, a person who held a military or civilian position after participating in an insurrection cannot hold public office (Trump has been charged in cases related to attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and the attack on the Capitol in January 2021, he does not recognize guilt).
The Democrats are so afraid of Donald that they are ready to bring the matter to a civil war and are using false legal grounds. Let me remind you that Trump has not yet been found guilty of any crime, let alone “found guilty of insurrection.” Neither funding nor participation in this uprising was proven. Therefore (and this is simple logic) the decision is illegal.
Republicans have already reacted to this court decision.
Trump himself has already announced that he is filing an appeal and it should be considered by January 5, 2024.
Republican Party Chairman Ronna McDaniel said that the court decision is tantamount to “election interference.” The Republican nominee will be determined by Republican voters, not a partisan (Democratic) state court, McDaniel tweeted.
Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump's election rival, showed solidarity with the ex-president:
- I will withdraw from the Republican primary in Colorado if Trump's name is not returned to the ballot. It is up to the people to decide, not the democratic judges, who were not elected by anyone. In Colorado or wherever. And I demand that Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Chris Christie follow my lead. Otherwise, they are silently supporting what the police state is doing to Trump now. I am withdrawing from participation and I hope that they will also do the right thing.
The Republican Party in Colorado did it easier. Party members said they would withdraw from the state election and simply move to a national party electoral system that allows it to choose its candidate if former President Trump's vote stands.
Meanwhile, a trailer for the upcoming film “Civil War” was released in the United States with the bright slogan “the empire has fallen.” According to the plot of the film, a civil war began in the states, the country fell apart, and the population bravely destroyed the “cradle” of democracy. The film should be released in mid-2024, we are looking forward to the premiere. Who knows, some films tend to come true, maybe the film has the same producer as Servant of the People.
And as far as I remember, Trump has not yet been convicted under the article,
Former US President Donald Trump has been banned from running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in Colorado. The corresponding decision was made by the state Supreme Court.
Supreme Court bars Trump from running in local elections in Colorado
The document states that, according to the third section of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, participants in the insurrection are prohibited from holding the highest public office.
The Trump campaign responded to the court verdict and called the decision erroneous, promising to appeal it.
As Regnum reported , in November, according to materials from the Associated Press, a court in the US state of Colorado recognized Trump's involvement in the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. An initiative group of left-wing citizens on behalf of independent voters in Colorado filed a lawsuit, noting that Trump's actions are contrary to the US Constitution. The judge admitted that the politician “provoked an uprising” with his public statements, however, according to the court decision, this involvement will not prevent him from participating in the presidential elections in 2024.
The Hill, citing a public opinion poll conducted by Bloomberg and Morning Consult, on December 14 noted the growing popularity of Trump, who was ahead of the current head of the White House Joe Biden in seven swing states - North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania. The average margin is 5.28%, with North Carolina reaching 11%, according to the survey.
The US presidential elections are scheduled for November 5, 2024. Most likely, as in 2020, the main candidates for the post will be Trump and Biden.
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Interesting to see even the Russians have figured it out.
What do the citizens of the fair state of Colorado think, one wonders.
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Answered my own question. A total of 54 percent of American adults approve of the ruling, according to the YouGov survey that questioned nearly 3,500 citizens. About 38 percent said they strongly approved of the decision.
My superficial analysis - All the Dems (38%) and 16% Never Trumpers.
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12/21/2023 9:08 Comments ||
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I have a strong track record of not GM filling out surveys even when they could earn me free fast food items.
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I’m impressed at how much better they understand than do the Colorado judges, despite lacking American law degrees.
Law degrees have nothing to do with it. This was a political decision by judges with axes to grind and creds to embellish.
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Republican Party Chairman Ronna McDaniel said that the court decision is tantamount to “election interference.”
The word tantamount in this sentence is unnecessary. It is election interference, plain and simple. If Ronna McDaniel is so indignant about it, why doesn't the RNC file a lawsuit of their own?
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I’m impressed at how much better they understand than do the Colorado judges
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#4 Nails it. We (long ago) entered a battle where "the rule of law" is merely used as cover, and ignored entirely when it suits our opponents. If we think that votes alone will solve the problem we will lose again, because the other side will once again steal the mechanisms for tallying the votes.
[ConservativeTreehouse] That GP article starts to scratch the surface, but if people ever decide to dig, I mean really dig, they will find McCord is a thread that unravels some of the biggest undiscovered background stories in DC media. Including: (1) The likely leaker of the Flynn conversation with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, and (2) the almost certain leaker of the Supreme Court “Dobbs Decision.” Hint: They eat dinner together nightly.
First, a context review, because so many are only just awakening.
If there is one corrupt DC player who has escaped scrutiny for her corrupt endeavors, it would be Mary McCord. More than any other Lawfare operative within Main Justice, Mary McCord sits at the center of every table in the manufacturing of cases against Donald Trump. {GO DEEP} Mary McCord’s husband is Sheldon Snook; he was the right hand to the legal counsel of Chief Justice John Roberts.
When the Carter Page FISA application was originally assembled by the FBI and DOJ, there was initial hesitancy from within the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) about submitting the application, because it did not have enough citations in evidence (the infamous ‘Woods File’). That’s why the Steele Dossier ultimately became important. It was the Steele Dossier that provided the push, the legal cover needed for the DOJ-NSD to submit the application for a Title-1 surveillance warrant against the campaign of Donald J. Trump.
When the application was finally assembled for submission to the FISA court, the head of the DOJ-NSD was John Carlin. Carlin quit working for the DOJ-NSD in late September 2016 just before the final application was submitted (October 21,2016). John Carlin was replaced by Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Mary McCord.
♦ When the FISA application was finally submitted (approved by Sally Yates and James Comey), it was Mary McCord who did the actual process of filing the application and gaining the Title-1 surveillance warrant.
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See how easy is is to hide in the swamp?
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12/21/2023 8:57 Comments ||
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There is no need for an alligator to hide in a vast swamp until the skinny kid with the marginal dental hygiene drives his boat into the same vicinity.
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[NY Post] What a moron Vice President Kamala Harris has been mocked for serving up her latest word salad — this time saying during a TV interview that "this is the most election of our lifetime." A good photoshopper could create an impressive Venn Diagram.
During an appearance on MSNBC’s "The Last Word" with Lawrence O’Donnell, Harris slammed former President Donald Trump’s remarks that migrants were "poisoning the blood of our country."
But the veep then stumbled over her words while turning her comments to the 2024 presidential election.
"You know, every election cycle we talk about this is the most election of our lifetime," Harris said, without correcting herself.
"Lawrence, this one is, this one is," she told the host.
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OK, on this one I'm calling out that she was 3 sheets til Sunday.
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"Gosh Ms. Harris, you use your mouth purdier than a half smashed geoduck."
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Kamala entered politics as a dude’s mistress. Translating her skill set into a political career has proved problematic, Kamala’s rise to high office is believed by most to be a shining example of the Peter Principle, but all of us express a strong preference that it be someone else’s Peter.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
The court, whose judges were all appointed by Democratic governors, marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
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