Tag: Insurrectionist

Trump defends himself to the Supreme Court, saying he called ‘for peace, patriotism, respect for law and order’ on Jan. 6 and is not an insurrectionist

Filing late in the day to meet the Jan. 18, 2024, deadline, former President Donald Trump submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that asked the justices to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove him from that state’s primary ballot. Norma Anderson, a Republican and former Colorado state lawmaker, and several other […]

Michigan Supreme Court keeps Trump on ballot; rejects insurrectionist argument

LANSING — The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to hear a case arguing former President Donald Trump should be excluded from the state’s primary ballot, meaning the Republican frontrunner for the GOP nomination will remain a listed candidate. Former President Donald Trump The order issued Wednesday is in line with lower court rulings in Michigan, […]

Trump says he’s ‘not an insurrectionist’ after Colorado high court removes him from ballot

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s “not an insurrectionist” in an apparent response to the Colorado Supreme Court‘s decision to remove him from the state’s 2024 primary election ballot, which President Joe Biden and others have commented on. “I’m not an Insurrectionist (“PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY”), Crooked Joe Biden is!!!” Trump wrote […]

Biden says it’s ‘self-evident’ that Trump is an insurrectionist

Joe Biden has said it is “self-evident” that Donald Trump is an insurrectionist in his first public comments since Colorado’s supreme court removed the former president from the state’s 2024 ballot. The president was speaking before boarding Air Force One to an afternoon engagement in Milwaukee, and said he would not comment on the legal […]