Haley says she is ‘very happy’ with Supreme Court keeping Trump on ballot

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she was “very happy” after the Supreme Court on Monday returned former President Trump to the ballot in Colorado, rejecting a 14th Amendment challenge to his eligibility for the White House. ” he said.

Haley and Jake Tapper reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision on CNN’s “The Read,” explaining that voters should decide whether they want Trump to lead the country.

“I don’t want any confusion where certain states or secretaries of state try to take someone off the ballot because they like it or they don’t like it. I trust the American people,” Haley told Tapper. Ta.

“I think at the end of the day, they’re going to decide who they want to lead this country. And I think they should let them do that. So I was very happy with the Supreme Court’s decision.” she added.

The court ruled that Colorado could not disqualify a former president from voting under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause, and the majority approved an amendment to disqualify federal candidates. The authority to enforce the law rests with Congress.

Haley remains Trump’s only major challenger in the Republican presidential primary, but she is far behind the former president. According to Decision Desk headquarters, 192 delegates have been pledged to Mr. Trump and 42 to Ms. Haley.

A candidate needs 1,215 delegates to win the Republican nomination.

Haley vowed ahead of Super Tuesday to remain in the primary “as long as it’s competitive.” She said Monday that she wants the court to defeat Trump without removing him from the vote.

“I’m trying to defeat Donald Trump fair and square, and that doesn’t require removing him from the ballot. “I think we’re trying to share enough that we need leaders. That’s how we continue to move forward,” she said.

I asked her if she was 14.^th He said the proposed amendments should be “taken seriously” in light of the ruling and that it was up to legal experts to decide.

“You know, I don’t think the Supreme Court was there to decide whether it was a riot or not,” she said. “They were there to decide whether they could take someone off the ballot that way. And when they said let people decide and leave it alone from there, I I think I made the right decision.”