SCOTUS to decide Trump eligibility for Colorado ballot

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: President Biden says Donald Trump threatens the “sacred cause” of democracy. Also, Team Biden starts 2024 with a strong economy. Plus, Rep. Andy Kim is running in the primary against Sen. Bob Menendez. And Democrats look to defeat Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Barbara McQuade, Paul Butler, Heather Long, Rep. Andy Kim, and John Padora join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0	Time now for the last word with my friend Jonathan K
0:03.0	Kaphart in for Lawrence. Good evening my friend.
0:05.3	Hey Ali thank you very much and I'm gonna keep her name in mind Anna
0:10.1	Hokomer.
0:11.1	Yes, she was fantastic. Watch that one closely because every time we have seen
0:16.5	this people who've been you know pushing that rock up the hill when it comes to
0:19.8	abortion rights have met with success in the last few years in America. It's a bright spot my friend.
0:24.0	It surely is. Ali, thank you.
0:27.0	Have a good show.
0:28.0	February 8th, that's when the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to disqualify him from that state's Republican primary ballot over his role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
0:44.8	In their deliberations, the nine justices could decide whether Donald Trump, the Republican
0:49.8	frontrunner, is eligible to run for president at all under the 14th
0:54.4	amendments insurrection clause. Today Colorado Secretary of State General
0:58.8	Griswold announced that she has certified the Republican and Democratic ballots for the state's 2024 presidential
1:05.6	primary election saying, quote, Donald Trump will appear on the ballot as a result.
1:12.3	Colorado's primary is March 5th.
1:14.7	And with that, the fate of our democracy
1:18.2	is now in the hands of those nine justices,
1:21.0	a group that includes Clarence Thomas, and the three who were appointed by Donald
1:25.5	Trump.
1:26.5	Yesterday, a group of House Democrats called on Justice Thomas to recuse himself from the
1:31.4	Colorado case, Trump v v Anderson. You may remember that Justice
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