The Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Donald Trump can remain on the Colorado ballot had one Democrat state official taking out her frustrations on the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
During an MSNBC appearance, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold whined about the high court’s ruling in the 14th Amendment case as it overturned the decision by the state’s Supreme Court which ruled that Trump’s name would not appear on the ballot because of the alleged role he played in the January 6, 2021, events at the U.S. Capitol.
Griswold expressed her “disappointment” with the unanimous Supreme Court decision while speaking with MSNBC’s host Katy Tur and doubled down on her rhetoric that Trump is an “insurrectionist” despite not being convicted as one.
“My larger reaction is disappointment,” Griswold said Monday. “I do believe that states should be able under our constitution to bar oath-breaking insurrectionists.”
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold looks like she’s about to cry on MSNBC:
“It will be up to the American voters to save our democracy.”
pic.twitter.com/7BkeBMBPWY— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 4, 2024
“Ultimately, this decision leaves open the door for Congress to act to pass authorizing legislation, but we know that Congress is a nearly non-functioning body,” she added. “So ultimately, it will be up to the American voters to save our democracy in November.”
When Tur asked Griswold if she thought the nation’s highest court was “partisan,” the Democrat brought up Thomas’ wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas.
“I think this court has had obviously some pretty big issues,” Griswold said. “Whether it has been Clarence Thomas’ wife’s role, gifts that have gone unreported, and there are some pretty big decisions that have come out of the court that I highly disagree with, and I think strip Americans of our basic human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
“With that said, we live in a country of rule of law. We have to respect the court’s decisions while disagreeing with them. And honestly, I think that’s something that MAGA Republicans could take a lesson from,” she added, throwing in her dig at half the country that supports Trump.
“It’s OK to disagree with decisions and one another and not turn into violent rhetoric in attempts to steal elections. You win cases, you lose cases, just like elections,” she said, lacking all self-awareness.
“What we need Donald Trump to understand is that there are losers and winners in elections, and if you lose an election that does not mean it’s stolen from you, and that does not give you the ability to incite an assault on the United States Capitol and the country,” she whined.
Griswold was raked over the coals on social media for her part in trying to keep Trump off the ballot in Colorado and for her subsequent meltdown after the Supreme Court’s decision this week.
Rep. Lauren Boebert is threatening a recall of the Democrat.
The Supreme Court unanimously threw out this idiotic and unconstitutional argument.
The fact that you’re still acting like a petulant child because you don’t like Trump is just pathetic.
You have no business in the Secretary of State’s office and shouldn’t oversee an election…
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) March 4, 2024
.@JenaGriswold, start packing your bags. pic.twitter.com/CUxm0Q04tm
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) March 4, 2024
Others also reacted to Griswold’s remarks.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold; “My larger reaction is disappointment.” One might have hoped for a modicum of contrition after being unanimously found to have violated the Constitution in an effort to deny citizens the ability to vote for their preferred candidate…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) March 4, 2024
Colorado’s radical leftist Secretary of State Jena Griswold is melting down at SCOTUS’s unanimous ruling. These people act like tyrants and then call you a “threat to democracy.”
Pound sand, Jena. pic.twitter.com/E0Vy4eWN9J
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 4, 2024
Exactly. These mental gymnastics that AKTUALLY, IT WAS 5-4 is silly. And for Griswold to give back-handed claims she respects them is pathetic.
You’re an insurrectionist who tried to steal OUR RIGHT TO VOTE because you hate Trump and you hate us. This is the most embarrassing day of your life, when even far leftist SCOTUS justices declare your actions illegal.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) March 4, 2024
They’re engaging in the very delegitimizing of a major institution they’re accusing MAGA of doing. It’s quite a sight to behold.— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 4, 2024
So if Justice Thomas recused himself and it was an 8-0 decision, would she still be screeching? And notice zero attention is being paid to the three leftist harpies on the Court that agreed with this decision.
— (@navychick1993) March 4, 2024
The headline should be “Jena Griswold and SCOTCo so wrong they manage to get KBJackson and Clarence Thomas to agree on something”. @robwitwer
— Michael J. Alcorn (@MichaelJAlcorn) March 4, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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