Johnson Opposes Removing Trump from Ballot

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Johnson Opposes Removing Trump from Ballot 

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) joined the filing of the amicus brief opposing the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the Colorado ballot.

“Donald Trump hasn’t been convicted of or charged with insurrection,” said Johnson. “Using the 14th amendment to kick him off the ballot is a massive overreach by Colorado’s highest court.”

In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled the former president is ineligible for presidency because of his actions on January 6, 2021, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The Amendment bars anyone from office who took an oath to uphold the Constitution but “engaged” in “insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution.

The amicus brief is led by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). 136 House Republicans, and 42 Senate Republicans joined the brief. Read the amicus brief here.

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12 thoughts on “Johnson Opposes Removing Trump from Ballot”

  2. All of those confederates didn’t need convictions to be barred from office. Sounds like they are applying it a bit liberally but it’s not like the guy was the instigator of the big lie. He is willing to throw out the constitution. The guy is a disease on the party.

    1. whether you like Trump or not, here’s the question: were we better off during four years of Trump or do we want four more years of Biden?
      That is the choice.
      That is the only thing the voters care about.

      We can all rant about Trump’s narcissism or Biden’s dementia, but when it comes to voting, we vote our self-interest.

      1. We are better off under Biden and he proved that by pulling us out of the hole that Trump put us in. Trump stacked the Supreme Court and that is the only real accomplishment. Economy, healthcare, foreign affairs….Trump failed at them all. He set a record deficit, triggered the largest transfer of wealth, gave you 1400 and gave the wealthy 10s of thousands, gave you a tax break that expired while giving the wealthy a tax break that doesn’t. Pick a metric that he did well at that Biden hasn’t already beat. We are pumping more oil than ever under Trump.

          1. Pick a metric. Come on. Why do you guys always avoid discussing the facts on the issues?

            Gdp?
            Unemployment?
            Deficit spending?
            Ppp loans?
            Wage growth?
            Job growth?
            Oil production?
            Gas prices?
            Infrastructure spending?
            Military spending?
            9/11 first responder benefits?
            Veteran burn pit assistance?
            Healthcare?
            Childcare?
            Social security?
            Medicare and medicaid?

        2. It’s all about the kitchen-table issues.
          You can rant all you want to about GDP and the national debt, but ordinary voters don’t talk about those things when they sit down at their kitchen tables and go over their expenses, and how the kids are doing in school, and which gender they are this week,

          Those day to day issues are the only ones that count.

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