Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has weighed in on X regarding the Colorado Supreme Court ruling removing former President Donald Trump from the Colorado primary ballot. His comment came as a reply to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT):
The Left invokes “democracy” to justify its use of power, even if it means abusing judicial power to remove a candidate from the ballot based on spurious legal grounds. SCOTUS should reverse. https://t.co/D4pCzZ7FhY
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 20, 2023
In comparison to other candidates’ statements, such as Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, and Robert Kennedy Jr., it is noticeable that DeSantis does not namecheck Trump. (A side note is that Senator Lee’s tweet also did not mention Trump by name.) This is not unexpected given the prickly relationship between the Trump and DeSantis campaigns. It does open the door to Trump supporters further…
