Republicans blast decision to remove Trump from Colorado primary ballot

Attorney Eric Olson, far right, argues before the Colorado Supreme Court, on Dec 6, 2023, in Denver. The court on Dec 19 declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause. [AP Photo]

Many Republicans across the United States have reacted with rage to a 4-3 decision by the Supreme Court of Colorado that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state's 2024 Republican primary ballot because of his involvement with the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The decision has been placed on hold pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but that has not prevented many in the party, including some of the former president's opponents in the primary, from assailing the ruling as an undemocratic attempt to take the Republican Party's choice of a presidential nominee out of the hands of its voters.