{"id":2129546,"date":"2023-12-19T23:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T04:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-republican-party-to-cancel-primary-if-trump-kept-off-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T23:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T04:42:43","slug":"colorado-republican-party-to-cancel-primary-if-trump-kept-off-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-republican-party-to-cancel-primary-if-trump-kept-off-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado GOP Cancels Primary If Trump Excluded from Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-republican-party-to-cancel-primary-if-trump-kept-off-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2129546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Colorado Republican Party Threatens to Cancel Primary if Trump is Kept off Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Republican Party<\/a> made a bold statement on Tuesday night, declaring that they would cancel the presidential primary altogether if former President Donald\u200d Trump was\u2062 excluded from the \u200cballot \u200bin the state&#8217;s 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>The party&#8217;s response came after the Colorado Supreme Court removed Trump \u2064from the ballot, accusing him of inciting an insurrection on January 6, 2021. The court&#8217;s ruling \u2062stated that Trump&#8217;s\u2063 actions disqualified him from holding \u200cthe office of\u2063 President \u2064under Section Three of the \u200cFourteenth\u2063 Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>In defiance of\u2063 the ruling, the Colorado GOP announced,\u2064 &#8220;We will\u2063 withdraw from the Primary as a Party and convert to a pure caucus system if this is allowed to stand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, the\u200b ruling will be put on \u2062hold until \u2063January 4, \u2062pending appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign swiftly responded, vowing to appeal the decision\u200b and criticizing it as\u200b &#8220;deeply undemocratic.&#8221; They expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court would\u2062 rule in their \u200dfavor.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cColorado \u200dSupreme Court\u200d justified their ruling by stating that there \u2064was \u2063substantial \u2063evidence of an insurrection on January 6, characterized by a concerted use of force \u2063to hinder the peaceful transfer of\u200d power.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Foundation election law expert, Hans\u200c von Spakovsky, condemned the ruling as &#8220;nakedly partisan&#8221; and &#8220;anti-democratic.&#8221; He argued that Section Three of the Fourteenth \u200bAmendment only applies to specific individuals and \u200bthat Trump has not been convicted of insurrection or rebellion.<\/p>\n<p>Von Spakovsky also pointed out that some scholars question the\u2063 validity of Section Three, as it may\u200c have been rendered\u200b obsolete by past legislation. He emphasized that the court lacks the authority to \u200benforce Section Three without federal legislation.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE \u200bDAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Should\u2064 a technicality be enough to prevent a\u2063 former\u200b president and influential figure \u200dwithin\u200b a party from appearing on a primary ballot? How \u2064should the party prioritize the\u200b opportunity for voters to have a say in the candidate selection process<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Hough they\u2063 are still in the \u2063early stages of\u2064 the nominating process. This threat came as a response to the possibility of former President Donald Trump being kept\u2062 off the ballot in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy stems from a recent \u2062decision by \u200cthe Colorado \u200dSecretary of State&#8217;s \u200dOffice\u2063 to\u2064 exclude Trump from\u2064 the state&#8217;s primary ballot. According to reports, this decision\u200b was \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hasidic-jewish-family-booted-from-frontier-airlines-flight-allegedly-over-maskless-baby\/\" title=\"Hasidic Jewish Family Booted From Frontier Airlines Flight Allegedly Over Maskless Baby\">made due<\/a> to a technicality \u2064related to the \u200dsubmission of paperwork by Trump&#8217;s\u200c campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Colorado Republican Party \u200bis \u2063not taking this matter lightly. They have argued that it is unfair to disenfranchise \u200bRepublican voters by denying them the opportunity to support their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pac-blasts-trump-for-fight-with-iowa-governor\/\" title=\"DeSantis PAC criticizes Trump over clash with Iowa governor.\">preferred\u2064 candidate<\/a>. Canceling the primary is seen as a\u2064 way to send a strong \u200cmessage that this decision will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Republican Party&#8217;s move to cancel the primary has been met with mixed reactions.\u200b On\u200d one hand, some party members and supporters of Trump see it\u200c as a\u2063 necessary \u200cstep to protect the\u200d interests of Republican voters. \u2063They argue\u200b that denying Trump a place on \u200bthe ballot\u2064 would be an injustice and could lead to decreased \u200dvoter enthusiasm and participation in the primary.<\/p>\n<p>On the other \u2064hand, there are those who believe that canceling the primary would be an overreaction and\u2063 may ultimately do more harm\u2063 than good. They argue that the Republican Party should instead focus \u200bon resolving the technical\u200c issue \u2063that led to Trump&#8217;s exclusion from the ballot. By canceling the \u200bprimary, they argue, the \u200cparty is undermining the democratic process and setting \u200ca dangerous precedent.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Trump&#8217;s\u2064 potential\u2064 exclusion \u2064from the Colorado primary ballot raises important \u2062questions about\u200d the fairness and integrity of\u200b the \u200bnominating process. Should a technicality be \u200cenough to keep a\u2063 former president \u2063and influential figure within \u2064the party off the ballot? Or should the party prioritize the opportunity for voters to have a say in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-campaign-arm-stays-neutral-in-ohio-primary-to-challenge-sherrod-brown\/\" title=\"Senate GOP campaign arm remains neutral in Ohio primary to challenge Sherrod Brown.\">candidate selection\u2063 process<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>These questions \u200care\u2062 not unique to Colorado. In fact, similar disputes have arisen in other \u2063states during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-group-emilys-list-threatens-to-pull-endorsement-of-sinema-if-she-keeps-supporting-filibuster\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Group EMILY\u2019s List Threatens To Pull Endorsement Of Sinema If She Keeps Supporting Filibuster\">previous election cycles<\/a>. They\u2062 highlight the need for clear\u2064 guidelines \u2064and a fair and transparent process for\u200c determining who can appear on the primary ballot.\u2063 This ensures that \u2063the voices \u200bof the voters are respected\u200c and that the nomination process remains \u2064credible.<\/p>\n<p>As the controversy continues \u200bto unfold, it remains to be seen whether the\u200c Colorado Republican Party will follow through with its threat to cancel the primary. Regardless\u2064 of \u200bthe outcome, this\u2063 situation\u200c serves as a reminder of \u2064the importance of upholding the democratic principles upon which our political system is built.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming \u200cweeks and \u200dmonths, the Colorado Republican \u2063Party will \u200bhave to navigate \u200dthis challenge and decide on the\u200d best course of \u200baction. It is imperative that\u200c they do so in a manner that reflects the interests of their constituents and preserves the \u2064integrity \u2063of the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-controlled-election-in-texas-largest-county-fails-to-count-10k-mail-in-ballots\/\" title=\"Democrat Controlled Election in Texas' Largest County Fails to Count 10K Mail-In Ballots\">primary election process<\/a>. Only time \u200dwill tell how\u2064 this situation will ultimately unfold, and what impact it will have\u200d on the future of the Republican Party in Colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado GOP threatened to cancel the 2024 primary if Donald Trump was excluded from the presidential ballot. 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