The lawmaker discussed the Supreme Court’s decision on President Trump’s ballot eligibility, her race in a new district, and Colorado’s weakening GOP.
DENVER, Colo.—In a March 4 interview, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) weighed in on Colorado’s leftward shift, her motivations for running in a new district, and former President Donald Trump, who endorsed her candidacy just days ago.
“There are many people who are waking up, who are frustrated at the political persecution that President Trump is going through,” she told The Epoch Times.
She praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous March 4 ruling permitting President Trump to remain on ballots across the nation while noting that it was “something that we expected.”
“This is justice for the disenfranchised voters across America,” said Ms. Boebert, who received President Trump’s public support ahead of a June primary that will see her running in a new district, Colorado’s fourth, rather than the third district, which she currently represents.
Like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and others in the “MAGA” wing of the GOP, she has campaigned with the former president. The Colorado congresswoman’s state is just one of many holding primary season contests on Super Tuesday, March 5.
‘Extremists’
Ms. Boebert sharply criticized the four justices from the Colorado Supreme Court who ruled last year in favor of removing President Trump from ballots in the state. Every justice on the current court was appointed by a Democrat governor.
“They were out of line. They were interfering in an election,” she said. “Anyone voting in favor of this decision is an extremist.”
The 2023 ruling leaned on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a post-Civil War amendment to the Constitution originally aimed at former Confederates.
In a 4-3 ruling, the justices determined that the breach of the U.S. Capitol by protesters on Jan. 6, 2021, constituted an “insurrection” and that President Trump engaged in the alleged “insurrection.” That allowed for his disqualification from ballots in Colorado.
A timely appeal by the Colorado Republican Party enabled President Trump’s name to remain on the GOP primary ballot now being voted on in the state.
