Joe Biden, the former president, stated on Wednesday that while his predecessor, Donald Trump, “certainly supported an insurrection,” the question of whether or not this disqualifies him from seeking the presidency rests with the courts.
Before the Supreme Court’s decision disqualifying Trump off Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot due to his rebellion, neither the White House nor Biden’s campaign had any comment on the matter.
After disembarking from Air Force One in Milwaukee, Biden addressed reporters, saying, “I think it’s self evident” that Trump is an insurrectionist.
“The application of the 14th Amendment is a matter for the court to decide,” Biden stated.
However, he unquestionably backed a rebellion. That much is certain. Not a soul. “Zero,” Biden declared. “It appears like he’s putting his weight behind everything.”
The historic 4-3 decision will remain on hold until January 4th, according to the court’s announcement on Tuesday night. The matter could be resolved for the entire nation if Trump decides to appeal the verdict to the US Supreme Court.
Colorado election officials have requested a resolution to the matter by January 5, the statutory deadline for establishing the slate of candidates for the March 5 GOP primary.
“Trump continued to support it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President (Mike) Pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electoral votes,” the majority wrote in its unsigned opinion, adding that Trump did not “merely incite the insurrection.”
Overt, voluntary, and direct participation in the rebellion was the majority’s interpretation of the acts.
The Trump team announced on Tuesday that it will “swiftly file an appeal” against the ruling made by the Colorado Supreme Court.
A number of Republican senators and state representatives, including Trump’s primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy, came out in Trump’s defence after the verdict.
The verdict was criticised by House Speaker Mike Johnson as a “thinly veiled partisan attack.”
Johnson, who has backed Trump for president in 2024, declared, “We trust the US Supreme Court will set aside this reckless decision and let the American people decide the next President of the United States.” Trump has been Johnson’s buddy for a long time.
Ramaswamy called the decision “election interference” and promised not to cast a ballot for Trump in Colorado.
While criticising Trump for his part in the rebellion, Biden continued the president’s pattern of avoiding direct questions regarding the numerous legal and judicial matters involving his probable 2024 opponent in his remarks on Wednesday.
In what seems like an attempt to evade accusations of political persecution, Biden has attempted to distance himself from the actions of his Justice Department by refusing to provide significant comments on the previous president’s several criminal prosecutions.
Regardless, Biden vehemently criticised Trump’s performance on January 6. According to Biden, after Trump’s defeat in 2020, he and his associates kept “a dagger at the throat of America” by referring to some of Trump’s remarks as “flat seditious” from earlier this summer.
