Political strategist Karl Rove claimed that the Colorado Supreme Court ruling to take former President Donald Trump off the state’s ballot will backfire on Democrats.
The ruling, he told Fox News, “makes him a victim” and “makes him look like he’s on the receiving end of unfair partisanship, and it is unfair.”
“This is hearkening back to the Reconstruction era, a section of the Constitution, of the 14th Amendment, that doesn’t ever mention the word president and requires somebody to have been involved in insurrection or rebellion against the government,” the former Bush deputy chief of staff said, referring to the court’s ruling and its interpretation of the amendment’s provision….