A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on December 21, 2023.
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By the end of December 21, the Trump camp had done what it so often does: tried to spin a legal disaster into oxygen, only to make the underlying problem louder. The ballot fight was not a glitch; it was a symptom. And on this date, the symptom was screaming.
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Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 19, 2023, that Donald Trump could be removed from the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot, then stayed the decision while review continued. By Dec. 21, the campaign fight had become a test of how much of Trump’s 2024 operation would be consumed by ballot and Jan. 6 litigation instead of standard campaigning.
A December 19 Colorado Supreme Court ruling said Donald Trump was disqualified from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, and his lawyers were expected to seek U.S. Supreme Court review. The case turned his campaign into a constitutional fight over eligibility.