Former President Donald Trump is trying to deflect the label “insurrectionist.”
In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, he suggested the title actually belongs to President Joe Biden.
“I’m not an Insurrectionist (‘PEACEFULLY [and] PATRIOTICALLY’), Crooked Joe Biden is!!!” Trump wrote.
TRUMP:
— Anthony Hughes (@CallMeAntwan) December 21, 2023
President Donald J. Trump just posted the following statement on Truth Social, saying:
"I'm not an insurrectionist ("PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY"), Crooked Joe Biden is!!!" pic.twitter.com/XuLN2ZgocS
Trump referred to his speech before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol when he said his supporters would be “marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
On Tuesday, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled Trump is ineligible to hold office again.
The ruling applies only to Colorado’s ballots and was paused until Jan. 4, the day before the state’s secretary of state has to certify candidates for the primary.
CBS News noted all the justices on the court were appointed by Democratic governors.
“We conclude 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 majority’s opinion stated.
It added, “Therefore, the Secretary may not list President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him.
On Wednesday, Biden argued it was “self-evident” that the former president is an insurrectionist.
However, he added, “Whether the 14th Amendment applies, we’ll let the court make that decision. But, he certainly supported an insurrection, no question about it, none, zero. And, he seems to be doubling down on everything.”