Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was disappointed when other GOP candidates chose not to follow his decision to pull their names from the Colorado primary ballot in solidarity with former President Trump, but said the gesture was his way to “lead[ing] through example.”
“It is an unconstitutional and blatant violation of the way we conduct elections in this country. This is not the way we do things in the United States. We the people are the ones who elect our leaders, not a cabal of unelected Democratic judges and back offices,” Ramaswamy told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s ballot.
The respected entrepreneur and Republican firebrand joined the show, along with his wife Dr. Apoorva Ramaswamy, to explain his decision to remove his own name from the ballot and discuss the youth vote.
“The reason I made the statement I did was very practical,” he continued, reflecting on the Colorado vote.
“If every Republican in the Colorado GOP primary also said, ‘We’re not participating,’ then this blatant election interference would have no effect, so I want to lead by example to say that, if they’re going to forcefully remove Trump’s name off the ballot, then I will voluntarily remove myself as well, and call on Chris Christie and Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis to do the same. I have to say, I’m disappointed to hear radio silence or worse from other candidates who say they still want to gather their representatives.”
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was upset when other GOP candidates chose not to follow his decision to pull their names from Colorado’s primary ballot. Fox News
Ramaswamy said he doesn’t see much value in collecting a “tiny” number of delegates while tolerating “outright election interference,” but said candidates pledging to withdraw their names from the ballot would help the Republican Party “solve this problem.”
“I am running to win this election. It would be easier for me, for us, if Donald Trump was not in the race to win, but what are we winning for? This is to protect the constitutional republic. And that’s the first principle that we have to uphold above all, so that’s why I made the decision I did,” he said.
The court’s 4-3 decision last Tuesday disqualified the former president on grounds of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution, citing his conduct during the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
The decision was delayed until January 4, however, due to a possible appeal.
Ramaswamy, after news broke of the decision, came out swinging.
A 4-3 decision by a Colorado court on Tuesday disqualified former president Trump from appearing on the ballot on grounds of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution, citing his conduct during the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. REUTERS
He posted on Xblasted the move with language similar to Sunday’s segment, writing in part, “This is what a *real* attack on democracy looks like: in an un-American, unconstitutional, and *unprecedented’ decision, a group of Democratic judges blocked Trump from voting in Colorado .”
He continued, vowing to remove his own name from the state’s ballot unless Trump’s name was restored.
He also made a “demand” for other candidates to do the same.
While none have pledged to clear their names, Trump’s White House rivals are showing solidarity with him in their own ways.
“The Left invokes ‘democracy’ to justify its use of power, even if it means abusing judicial power to remove candidates from the ballot on bogus legal grounds. SCOTUS should reverse,” DeSantis wrote in a social media post, ripping what he saw as judicial overreach.
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters, “We don’t need a judge to make this decision. We need voters to make this decision. So I want to see this in the hands of the voters. We’re going to win this the right way.” CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters, “We don’t need a judge to make this decision. We need voters to make this decision. So I want to see this in the hands of the voters. We’re going to win this the right way.”
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, perhaps one of Trump’s more vocal opponents from his own side, said, “I don’t believe Donald Trump should be prevented from being President of the United States by any court. I think he should be prevented from being President of the United States by the voters of this country.”
Paul Steinhauser and Joseph A. Wulfsohn of Fox News contributed to this report.
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