Conservative lawyer George Conway expressed that the Supreme Court's ruling on former President Trump's Colorado ballot case is not seen as good news. However, he stated that he would prefer to see Trump lose in the election rather than be disqualified before it.
“It’s difficult for me to see what the positive aspect is,” Conway informed MSNBC’s Katie Phang about the verdict. “I will say this. I mean, I understand how people feel about it. I would rather see Donald Trump beaten at the ballot box, and I think he will be, than him being kicked off the ballot.”
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colorado cannot bar Trump from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection ban. The amendment prevents individuals who took an oath to support the Constitution and then engaged in an insurrection from returning to office.
Originally meant to stop former Confederates from resuming office after the Civil War, the provision lay dormant until anti-Trump voters started filing numerous lawsuits against Trump post the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Conway argued that all nine Supreme Court justices understood that if they would have disqualified the former president, “there would be a backlash against the court and backlash against the ruling.”
In an interview with CNN, Conway said he thinks the justices had a “very difficult” time with the decision because the three opinions released don’t “make any sense whatsoever.”
The Trump critic continued, stating that the silver lining in the situation was that Colorado’s Supreme Court, and other courts across the country, have “made unrebutted findings that Donald Trump is an insurrectionist.”
“But I don’t find any, you know, I don’t find any solace in the court’s opinion, refusing to apply the law,” he said.
Following the justices’ decision, Trump celebrated, calling it a “Big win for America!!!” He said that since the decision was unanimous among the justices, it was both “unifying and inspirational.”
