Posted on Dec 22, 2023
'I am not an insurrectionist': Trump pounds social media with claim of innocence
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Former President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that he was not an insurrectionist despite inciting a riot against the U.S. government.
"I'm not an Insurrectionist ('PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY'), Crooked Joe Biden is!!!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump's protest came after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that he should be barred from the state's primary ballot.
"President Trump incited and encouraged the use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power," Colorado justices wrote for the majority decision.
The ruling found that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment applied to Trump. The provision was added to the U.S. Constitution after the Civil War and says nobody who took part in an insurrection against the U.S. can hold public office.
Former President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that he was not an insurrectionist despite inciting a riot against the U.S. government.
"I'm not an Insurrectionist ('PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY'), Crooked Joe Biden is!!!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump's protest came after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that he should be barred from the state's primary ballot.
"President Trump incited and encouraged the use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power," Colorado justices wrote for the majority decision.
The ruling found that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment applied to Trump. The provision was added to the U.S. Constitution after the Civil War and says nobody who took part in an insurrection against the U.S. can hold public office.
'I am not an insurrectionist': Trump pounds social media with claim of innocence
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He's a delusional, vain, selfish, criminal. At best, he was thrilled with his supporters' actions on 1/6 and sat back watching: doing NOTHING for hours while Capital Police were assaulted, the Capital was ransacked, and calls to "hang" his Vice-President rang out. He failed to protect the people and the Constitution from attack. Had they found the VP, or several of the top democrats, who knows what would have happened. At worst, he's a traitor. He violated his oath of office and directed an exhaustive effort to try anything to overturn the legitimate election results. When all those legal and coercive moves failed, he loaded a gun (armed mob) and pointed it at the Congress, in hopes that he'd either convince VP Pence to call off the certification, or that his followers would be able to foist / substitute the fake electors on the Nation, during the confusion.
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Well, he says a lot of stuff, I think the courts would require a conviction before applying the label of "Insurrectionist.'
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