Vivek Ramaswamy vows to 'withdraw' from Colorado ballot over Trump removal
Colorado: Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to withdraw from the GOP primary ballot in Colorado.
This decision comes in response to a recent ruling by the state's Supreme Court, which removed former President Donald Trump from the ballot due to his involvement in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
In a narrow 4-3 decision, Colorado's highest court invoked the 14th Amendment's 'insurrection clause' to kick off Trump.
"I pledge to withdraw from the Colorado GOP primary unless Trump is also allowed to be on the state's ballot, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley to do the same immediately - or else they are tacitly endorsing this illegal manoeuvre, which will have disastrous consequences for our country," Ramaswamy posted on X, calling out his fellow candidates in the GOP presidential primary.
"This is what an actual attack on democracy looks like: in an un-American, unconstitutional, and unprecedented decision, a cabal of Democrat judges are barring Trump from the ballot in Colorado. Having tried every trick in the book to eliminate President Trump from running in this election, the bipartisan Establishment is now deploying a new tactic to bar him from ever holding office again: the 14th Amendment," his post also read.
Another key GOP presidential candidate, Chris Christie, also weighed in on the Colorado Supreme Court's decision, arguing that it is voters and not the courts that should decide if Trump should be "prevented" from being re-elected to the White House, according to The Hill.
"What I will say is I do not believe Donald Trump should be prevented from being President of the United States, by any court," Christie said, adding, "I think he should be prevented from being the President of the United States by the voters of this country."
In a statement Tuesday, Christie said he doesn't believe "it's good" for the US if Trump is kept off the ballot by a court.
"I think it's bad for the country if that happens," Christie said, adding, "Now, the other reason I believe that is because, you know, he will have had to incite insurrection, be a part of an insurrection for him to be excluded. There's been no trial of him on that", The Hill reported.
(ANI)
