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Colorado Sec of State disappointed by Trump SCOTUS
victory: Now 'up to American voters to save our
democracy'
MSNBC host asks Jena Griswold if she thinks Supreme Court is 'partisan' after 9-0 vote
By Kendall Tietz , David Rutz Fox News
Published March 4, 2024 4:00pm EST
Colorado secretary of state disappointed by Trump SCOTUS ruling
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said her reaction was "disappointment" to the Supreme Court unanimously ruling against Colorado banning former
President Trump from the ballot.
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold expressed "disappointment" Monday at the
Supreme Court's 9-0 decision that her state cannot bar former President Trump from
appearing on the ballot in 2024, saying it was now up to voters to "save our democracy."
Ahead of Super Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued an unanimous decision against the
case brought by the state of Colorado to remove Trump from the ballot, which argued he
was disqualified from public office under the 14th Amendment for causing an
"insurrection" in 2021.
"My larger reaction is disappointment," Griswold said on MSNBC . "I do believe that states
should be able under our constitution to bar oath-breaking insurrectionists."
"Ultimately, this decision leaves open the door for Congress to act to pass authorizing
legislation, but we know that Congress is a nearly non-functioning body," she added. "So
ultimately, it will be up to the American voters to save our democracy in November."
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In December, Colorado's highest court ruled that under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,
Trump's conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, applies to a president despite not being explicitly
indicated in the text.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold appears on MSNBC on Monday, March 4, 2024. (MSNBC)
"No person shall… hold any office… under the United States… who, having previously taken
an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States… to support the
Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof," the Constitution states.
"President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president," the state court wrote
in an unsigned opinion. "Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the
election code for the secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary
ballot."
The justices previously issued an administrative stay that ordered Griswold to put Trump's
name back on the GOP primary ballot until the case was decided. Legal experts widely
expected the decision in favor of the former president.
Griswold said she would have liked the decision sooner but added she wasn't surprised by
the outcome based on how the oral arguments went. She added the Supreme Court has
"issued bad decisions on democracy" but would respect its ruling in spite of her
disagreement.
She also doubled down on her view of Trump as a violent insurrectionist.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold previously said a Supreme Court ruling to keep Trump on the ballot would be a
"danger" to the longevity of the United States. (Photo by Julia Nikhinson/Getty Images/MSNBC/Screenshot)
"Ithink the larger picture is it's as clear as day what Donald Trump did," she said. "He
incited that violent mob to rush onto the Capitol to try to stop the peaceful transfer of
presidential power. His attacks and his allies' attacks on our democracy have not
stopped."
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Griswold added "they are already laying the groundwork to undermine 2024."
Although the decision was unanimous, MSNBC host Katy Tur asked Griswold if she
thought the Supreme Court was "partisan."
"Ithink this court has had obviously some pretty big issues," Griswold said. "Whether it has
been Clarence Thomas’ wife’s role, gifts that have gone unreported, and there are some
pretty big decisions that have come out of the the court that I highly disagree with, and I
think strip Americans of our basic human rights and fundamental freedoms. With that
said, we live in a country of rule of law. We have to respect the court’s decisions while
disagreeing with them. And honestly, think that’s something that MAGA Republicans
I
could take a lesson from."
InFebruary, following the oral arguments at the Supreme Court, Griswold warned that
keeping Trump on the ballot would be a "danger" to America's future.
"Ifthe justices were to accept Trump's arguments that he is fully above the Constitution,
that insurrectionists deserve a place on the ballot and potentially an office, that will be a
grave day for this country and a danger to our longevity as the United States," she said.
Fox News' Brooke Singman and Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.
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