After getting off the plane in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden said that there is “no question” his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, supported an insurrection through his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
The comment from Biden comes a day after a Colorado court ruled to remove Trump from the state’s ballot, saying that he was ineligible to run based on the insurrection clause in section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
“Whether the 14th Amendment applies or not, we’ll let the court make that decision,” Biden said. “But he certainly supported an insurrection. There’s no question about it. None. Zero. And he seems to be doubling down on it.”
Biden didn’t comment directly on the ruling but did say it was “self-evident” that Trump supported an insurrection.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Trump engaged in insurrection and was therefore not allowed to be on the ballot in 2024.
“Moreover, the evidence amply showed that President Trump undertook all these actions to aid and further a common unlawful purpose that he himself conceived and set in motion: prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election and stop the peaceful transfer of power,” the majority wrote in their ruling, adding that “because President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list President Trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”
The ruling from Colorado’s high court is currently on hold until Jan. 4 so Trump can seek review from the U.S. Supreme Court.
If he takes that action, his name will automatically remain on the ballot until the appeal is resolved.