Many Republicans across the United States have reacted with rage to a 4-3 decision by the Supreme Court of Colorado that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot because of his involvement with the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The decision has been placed on hold pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but that has not prevented many in the party, including some of the former president’s opponents in the primary, from assailing the ruling as an undemocratic attempt to take the Republican Party’s choice of a presidential nominee out of the hands of its voters.
With Trump’s eligibility being challenged in more than a dozen other states, Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel used the social media platform X to denounce the ruling as "election interference."
"This irresponsible ruling will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and our legal team looks forward to helping fight for a victory," she wrote. "The Republican nominee will be decided by Republican voters, not a partisan state court."
