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Donald Trump disqualified: How does bombshell Colorado Supreme Court ruling affect his White House run

Source: AP

A Supreme Court-sized obstacle now likely lies in wait for Donald Trump’s opponents after he was barred from standing to be president in Colorado.

On the face of it, the decision by top judges in Colorado was epochal - no court in the United States had previously ruled that Trump is an “insurrectionist” and thus barred from standing for office.

The rulingbuilding on Capitol Hill after hearing him give an inflammatory speech rejecting his clear loss in the 2020 to .

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