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'I voted for him': Ex-Trump supporter behind lawsuit that axed him from Colorado ballot

One of the plaintiffs who filed a Colorado lawsuit to disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot actually voted for him in the 2020 election he lost.

Krista Kafer, a longtime Republican who was censured by the Arapahoe County Republican Party for her role in the case, appeared Tuesday night on CNN to discuss the ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that upheld a lower court's finding that Trump engaged in insurrection and was thus disqualified from holding elected office.

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Alan Dershowitz seeks wife's permission to represent Trump in 14th Amendment case

Attorney Alan Dershowitz said he would be "very, very tempted" to represent former President Donald Trump after the Colorado Supreme Court barred him from the state's 2024 ballot.

Dershowitz told conservative podcast host Steve Bannon that disqualifying Trump for inciting an insurrection would undermine faith in elections.

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'No question' Trump 'engaged in insurrection' and should be disqualified: ex-judge

A former judge on Wednesday praised the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to disqualify Donald Trump from holding political office.

Michael Luttig, a conservative former appeals court judge, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the state's court had correctly decided the issue on its constitutional merits, and he said the U.S. Supreme Court should affirm the ruling based on the evidence against the former president.

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Colorado decision written to maximize pressure on Trump-appointed judges: analysis

The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Donald Trump from the state's presidential ballot in a ruling that appears intended to put pressure on the justices he appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The court ruled 4-3 that Trump is ineligible under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to run for office due to his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the majority quoted Trump-nominated justice Neil Gorsuch in its decision – which could make things awkward when the time comes to hear that case, reported Newsweek.

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Watch: Comedian trolls Moms for Liberty by reading sexually explicit Bible verses

Walter Masterson, a TikTok comedian known for his satirical routines, trolled Moms for Liberty activists at a recent school board meeting by demanding the removal of a book full of sexuality and violence.

During the course of his speech, however, it became obvious that he was quoting from the Bible.

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'Skeptical' George Conway now 'completely sold' on Colorado ruling: 'It's strong evidence'

George Conway had been skeptical of the legal theory that Donald Trump should be disqualified from office, but he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he was persuaded after reading "trivial and weak" dissents in a Colorado Supreme Court ruling striking him from the state's ballot.

The court overturned a district court judge's ruling that found the former president had incited an insurrection Jan. 6, 2021, but said it wasn't clear whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was intended to cover the presidency, and Conway said he was "completely sold" on the theory by the dissents.

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Trump 'tripling down on fascist rhetoric' while denying he's a Hitler fan: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out Donald Trump's denials of having read Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" as hollow and false.

The former president claimed during an Iowa campaign speech that he's never read the Nazi leader's manifesto, a denial that was apparently necessitated by criticism of his recent authoritarian musings and his use of fascist language to disparage immigrants and political rivals, but the "Morning Joe" host wasn't buying it.

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'Made-up procedure' dooms Colorado court's decision to toss Trump from ballot: CNN expert

A CNN legal expert on Wednesday blew apart Colorado Supreme Court’s historic decision that threw Donald Trump off the state’s ballot — and effectively accusing the justices of making up the rules as it went along.

“What Colorado did is, they sort of made up this procedure,” said former federal prosecutor Elie Honig.

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‘Pig’ Ted Cruz roasted for attacking ‘angry’ liberal women, pronouns, and ‘weenies’

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), a promoter of Donald Trump's "Big Lie" who refused to certify the 2020 election, is under fire after attacking "liberal women" as "angry," claiming their husbands cannot satisfy them sexually, and declaring to college students, "My pronouns are 'kiss my ass.'"

Cruz, running for re-election, appeared on stage Tuesday at a convention held by Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA. Kirk is also a member of the highly secretive far-right Council for National Policy.

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'He had his shot': Legal expert shows why Trump's Colorado appeal argument falls flat

Trump may need to dazzle to win over the Supreme Court when attempting to show he didn't have a chance to deny he's an insurrectionist.

Former Solicitor General attorney Neal Katyal appearing on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell Tuesday night made it clear that the Supreme Court won't be easily swayed should it consider an appeal by Trump to prove what he believes will be their main beef: that the former president wasn't afforded enough opportunity prove his case.

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'Tough to overrule': Jan. 6 Committee lawyer says Colorado ruling is built to last

The Supreme Court may have their work cut out for them.

A former House Jan. 6 investigator is convinced trying to overturn Tuesday's 4 to 3 ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court disqualifying former President Donald Trump from appearing on the 2024 presidential primary ballot will be a tall order.

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'You're a losing loser who loses': Conservative Rick Wilson mocks Trump over Colorado loss

Former President Donald Trump was mocked in a gleeful video on Tuesday evening by Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project.

This comes after the Colorado Supreme Court held the former president is ineligible to run on the state primary ballot due to the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment — a decision that Wilson relished on camera.

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Conflicted Clarence Thomas has 'no business' hearing Trump's Colorado appeal: ex-judge

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is too conflicted to hear any appeal of the decision blocking former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado, former California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell said on MSNBC Tuesday.

Trump was disqualified by the Colorado Supreme Court under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment, for his role in the January 6 attack. Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni, has been implicated in many of the efforts to overturn the election that preceded that attack.

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