Republicans are taking a victory lap after the Supreme Court unanimously decided to reinstate former President Donald Trump to the presidential ballot in Colorado, framing it as a major win ahead of the November election.
GOP lawmakers framed the decision as a victory against attempted “election interference” toward Trump as he looks to clinch the party’s nomination in the coming weeks.
“As I have said since the start, extreme Democrats will shred the Constitution in order to prevent the American people from exercising their constitutional right to vote for President Donald Trump,” House GOP Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said. “This dangerous attempt by the radical Left to suppress votes was fundamentally unAmerican and why I was proud to sign on to the amicus brief to the Supreme Court. We the people decide elections, not unelected radical leftists.”
Stefanik has long been a staunch supporter of Trump in the House, frequently using her position to thwart legal challenges on his behalf.
Other Trump allies framed the Supreme Court decision as a way against “liberal” judges seeking to unfairly block access to the Republican Party’s leading candidate.
“Big win for common sense and democracy!” Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said in a statement.
“Activist judges in Colorado and other liberal states believe that the American people should not have the right to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said in a post on X. “This morning, the Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED their attempt to stop Donald J. Trump from running for President!”
“The right decision. Glad to see the Supreme Court stand up to the extreme left’s attempts to undermine our democracy,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said.
“This is huge,” Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) added in a statement of his own.
Some Republicans are already using the decision to attack Democrats, with the National Republican Senatorial Committee blasting Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for her “radical effort to kick [Trump] off the ballot.” Slotkin is running in the high-profile Senate race in Michigan that could determine the balance of power in the upper chamber next year.
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The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 on Monday to keep Trump on the ballot in Colorado, a major decision that came just one day before dozens of states cast their votes in the biggest primary election of the 2024 cycle.
The case, Trump v. Anderson, arose from the Colorado Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision to remove Trump from the state’s primary ballot, citing his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, as violating the 14th Amendment. The majority opinion for the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Colorado’s decision and halted similar rulings one day ahead of Super Tuesday, when Colorado and dozens of other states will vote for their preferred primary candidate ahead of the November general election.
