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Joe Biden Says Donald Trump 'Certainly Supported An Insurrection'
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that former President Donald Trump supported an insurrection against the U. S. government when Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election result.
The Colorado Supreme Court had said Tuesday that Trump is disqualified from appearing on state ballots as he seeks to retake the White House, because the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution bars insurrectionists from holding office.
Biden said he wouldn’t comment on the court case, but when a reporter asked if Trump is an insurrectionist, Biden called it “self-evident.”
“Whether the 14th Amendment applies or not, we’ll let the court make that decision,” Biden said after getting off Air Force One in Milwaukee. “But he certainly supported an insurrection. There’s no question about it. None. Zero. And he seems to be doubling down on it.”
Whether the events of Jan. 6, 2021, counted as an “insurrection” was a key consideration for the Colorado Supreme Court, which parsed multiple dictionary definitions in its opinion. The case will likely wind up at the U. S. Supreme Court, with the Colorado court delaying the implementation of its own ruling until Jan. 4 so the high court can weigh in.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, drafted after the Civil War with an eye toward barring former Confederate officials from serving in Congress, says that nobody can “hold any office” in the U. S. if they had previously taken an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.”
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