If you thought this week's ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court — that the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause bars Donald Trump from running in 2024 — might prompt other GOP primary candidates to pile on the former president … that's not at all what happened.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accused the "left" of "abusing judicial power." Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared, "We don't need to have judges making these decisions."
Even Trump critic Chris Christie said, "I don't believe a court should exclude somebody from running for president without there being, you know, a trial and evidence that's accepted by a jury that they did participate in an insurrection."
But this is all part of a pattern we have seen since the Republican primary began.
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