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The Supreme Court seems poised to reject efforts to kick Trump off the ballot over the Capitol riot (apnews.com)

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[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Yes, you're absolutely correct.

But Colorado already decided that. The court found, as a matter of fact and using previous judicial case law, that Trump does meet all of the requirements necessary for disqualification under the 14th. It's not just a single person choosing to keep Trump off the ballot.

Besides that, we literally have

video of Trump telling his mob that they have to fight like hell.
video of Trump telling them they're gonna lose their country.
video of Trump telling them to go to the Capitol.
sworn testimony that he tried to go too while the riot was already happening and was only stopped because the Secret Service refused to take him.
knowledge of what his supporters did after they heard him speak (read: what they believed he was telling them to do.)

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