Former President Donald Trump denied being an ‘insurrectionist’ and labeled President Joe Biden as one in table-turning remarks after his Colorado ballot ban.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday denied being an “insurrectionist” while labeling President Joe Biden as one, while citing as proof factors like the “open” border and accusing the president of “destroying” America with radical anti-fossil fuel policies.
“I’m not an insurrectionist (‘PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY’), Crooked Joe Biden is,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social, with the words “peacefully & patriotically” in reference to a fragment of his Jan. 6 speech in which he told members of the crowd to head to the Capitol building “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the former president’s claim.
President Trump’s remarks came two days after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to bar him from the state’s presidential primary ballot on the basis of a section of the 14th Amendment that blocks anyone from running for office who engaged in an “insurrection.”
The former president called the Colorado court’s ruling a politically motivated decision and a “shame for our country,” while his attorneys vowed to