Trump Disqualified in Colorado

[Renauda]

@Jolly

Hell, he lost last time, until Trump couldn't beat the cheat.

You can keep saying that all you want. Doesn’t mean that it’s true or anyone here of any consequence even believes the coffee and donut shop gossip you preach.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

Hell, he lost last time, until Trump couldn't beat the cheat.

Dude, there's 5 stages of grief. Time to move past the first one.

[Jolly]

What did Truman say? I just tell them the Truth and they think it's hell...

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

What did Truman say?

Among other things …

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111642745146668045
https://archive.ph/U8Qh1

[Jolly]

Works for me.

[Renauda]

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

Works for me.

That’s just a polite way of saying “you can fuck me, Don, but don’t crush my smokes”.

[Jolly]

Voice of experience, eh?

[George K]

(too lazy to look it up)

Supposedly, the Secretary of State in Maine has unilateral power to remove a candidate from a ballot.

[Jolly]

And her being a former ACLU official.

Freedom for me, not for thee.

[Renauda]

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

Voice of experience, eh?

You would know, eh?

[Jolly]

@Renauda said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

Voice of experience, eh?

You would know, eh?

Just following your lead. I understand the nights are long and cold in Alberta.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

(too lazy to look it up)

Supposedly, the unelected Secretary of State in Maine has unilateral power to remove a candidate from a ballot.

[Jolly]

And now...The appointed idiot stays her own decision...

https://www.maine.gov/sos/news/2023/BellowsDecisionChallengeTrumpPrimaryPetitionsDec2023.html

[George K]

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

appointed

Colorado Supreme Court justices are appointed (and subject to electoral approval).

Maine's SoS is appointed.

Democracy dies in appointments.

[Renauda]

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

@Renauda said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

@Jolly said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

Voice of experience, eh?

You would know, eh?

Just following your lead. I understand the nights are long and cold in Alberta.

My lead? Ha! Trump’s been boning the US since Oral Roberts was a cowboy. Betcha y’all knowed that too.

[Jolly]

Nope. Haven't kept up with Trump's boning. Nice to know you have a hobby.

Everybody needs one.

[Doctor Phibes]

Take the red pill: The election was rigged.

Take the blue pill: The erection was rigid.

[Renauda]

@Jolly

Nope. Haven't kept up with Trump's boning.

Go on with you! Now you’ve gone from ClaghornIn’ to Leghornin’ us.

[jon-nyc]

@89th said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

Stupid question, but why is a criminal conviction required? It just says the person shall not have engaged in insurrection, right? I haven't paid attention to the details here since I presume SCOTUS will overturn this in about two months.

There doesn’t need to be a charge or a conviction.

Keep in mind this was written with the confederacy in mind. With very few exceptions, the US neither convicted nor charged the 1,000,000 or so former confederate soldiers yet this amendment applied to all of them and everyone knew it at the time.

Having said that, I’m not a fan of these moves and consider the law to be unworkably vague without enabling legislation from congress. Especially the second part - if ‘insurrection’ is vague, surely ‘providing aid or comfort’ to an enemy is worse.

I’m pretty sure the court will shut this down. I hope they do.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Trump Disqualified in Colorado:

There doesn’t need to be a charge or a conviction.

"You participated in an insurrection! You can't hold office!"

"No I didn't!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

Is that how it works? You can enact this because you think someone did something?