With less than a month to go before voting begins, Donald Trumpās Republican rivals are once again rallying to his defense, this time after Coloradoās Supreme Court ruled to remove him from the stateās presidential primary ballot under the U.S. Constitutionās insurrection clause.
Just as they had following Trumpās successive indictments as he racked up 91 criminal charges, the GOP front-runnerās opponents cast the landmark decision ā the first time in history the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate and one the former president has vowed to appeal ā as inappropriate, a āstuntā and an āattack on democracy.ā
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis charged the courtās ruling was a plot to ensure Trump wins the nomination because Democrats view him as the weakest Republican candidate.
Iāve said it before and Iāll say it again. Nobody on those debate stages is actually running for president. Theyāre all auditioning for Trumpās VP slot. Except perhaps Vivek Ramaswamy, who seems to be trying to use his presidential run to launch some sort of career as a right wing media personality.
I agree with that. Itās a kind of performance art piece with that goal. Additionally, it makes Trump look more attractive to the extreme right part of the base. They all look at him ignoring the debates and see it as a sign of how strong he is rather than how afraid he is.
I disagree, theyāre also hoping to gain Trumpās supporter base if Trump is out of the election, Iāve already heard āWeāll avenge Trumpā rhetoric from Desantis