Former President Trump on Thursday denied that he is an insurrectionist after President Biden said it was “self-evident” Trump was one for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
“I’m not an Insurrectionist,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, specifically pointing to his comments on Jan. 6 in which he encouraged supporters to march to the Capitol “peacefully and patriotically.”
Trump also claimed Biden is an insurrectionist and a threat to democracy, continuing a pattern in which the former president accuses his opponents and critics of the same thing he is accused of doing.
In a Tuesday ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision affirmed Trump engaged in insurrection by inflaming his supporters with false claims of election fraud and directing them to the Capitol — preventing him from a second White House term under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause.”
Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to try to stop the certification of Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Trump’s campaign has said it will appeal the Colorado ruling.
Biden on Wednesday declined to weigh in on the court’s decision or on whether Trump should be removed from the ballot. But he said it was “self-evident” Trump supported an insurrection.
“Whether the 14th Amendment applies or not, we’ll let the court make that decision,” Biden said. “But he certainly supported an insurrection. There’s no question about it. None. Zero. And he seems to be doubling down on it.”
