Entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he was disappointed in fellow Republican contenders for president regarding their response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to leave former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot in 2024.
The Colorado Supreme Court earlier barred Trump from running for president in the state in 2024, ruling that the former president was ineligible to run for president as a consequence of his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Ramaswamy joined Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo Sunday to discuss the situation and his disappointment in the GOP field for not following in his strong response to the ruling. He had said he would have his name removed from the state’s ballot as well if Trump were not allowed to run in the state.
“It’s an unconstitutional and flagrant violation of the way we conduct elections in this country, Maria. This is not the way we do things in the United States of America. ‘We the people’ are the ones who select our leaders, not unelected cabals of Democrat judges and back offices,” he said.
The Colorado Supreme Court comprises judges who were all appointed by Democrats, according to NBC News. The judges were divided on the ruling.
Ramaswamy continued, calling his response to the situation practical.
“The reason I made the statement I did, Maria, is very practical. If every Republican in the Colorado GOP primary also says ‘we’re not participating,’ then this blatant act of election interference has no impact.”
“So, I wanted to lead by example to say that if they are going to forcibly remove Trump’s name from that ballot, then I would voluntarily remove myself too, and called on Chris Christie and Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis to do the same thing.”
“I have to say, I was disappointed to hear radio silence or worse from those other candidates who said they wanted to collect their delegates,” Ramaswamy said.
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Though he has used strong rhetoric in high-profile situations, Ramaswamy has continued to be one of the lowest polling candidates in the race for the GOP nomination.
As of Sunday, FiveThirtyEight had Ramaswamy garnering 4% in the Republican primary. Trump was listed at 62.4% support. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley were respectively at 11.7% and 10.8%.
