New Delhi:
Vivek Ramaswamy, tech entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate, urged his occasion leaders to not take part in any major polls that take away Donald Trump from the poll. Hours after Colorado barred Donald Trump from the state polls, California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis stated they’re exploring authorized choices to do the identical.
In a publish on X (previously Twitter), Ramaswamy stated, “Now California is trying to remove Trump from ballot, citing Colorado. (Ron) DeSantis, (Nikki) Haley, & (Chris) Christie should join me in pledging to withdraw from the primary in *any* state that removes Trump from the ballot.”
The Indian-American chief stated that is the one option to cease ‘blatant interference’ within the Republican presidential major polls.
Now California is attempting to take away Trump from poll, citing Colorado.
DeSantis, Haley, & Christie ought to be a part of me in pledging to withdraw from the first in *any* state that removes Trump from poll. That’s the one option to cease blatant election interference within the GOP major. https://t.co/5xvuLWRWGD
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 20, 2023
Yesterday, the Colorado Supreme Court stated Trump is “disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.” Section Three of the 14th Amendment ratified in 1868 after the Civil War, bars anybody from holding public workplace in the event that they engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” after as soon as pledging to help and defend the Constitution.
The ruling was the primary to say that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election outcomes render him ineligible to run once more beneath a post-Civil War-era provision of the US Constitution that bans insurrectionists from holding public workplace.
Immediately after the ruling, Ramaswamy had vowed to not take part within the polls until Trump is reinstated.
I pledge to withdraw from the Colorado GOP major poll till Trump can also be allowed to be on the poll, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley do the identical instantly – or else they’re tacitly endorsing this unlawful maneuver which could have disastrous… pic.twitter.com/qbpNf9L3ln
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 20, 2023
“I pledge to withdraw from the Colorado GOP primary ballot until Trump is also allowed to be on the ballot, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley do the same immediately,” he stated.
