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The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of former President Donald Trump’s campaign despite ongoing attempts to remove him from the ballot in multiple states ahead of the 2024 election.
“The Court denied a writ of certiorari petition from John Castro, a registered Republican candidate for president in 2024, who sought to have Trump removed from the ballot in Arizona,” Newsweek reported.
“Castro, John A. V. Fontes, AZ Sec. Of State, et al. The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied,” the high court said in its ruling, which rejected a review of an earlier decision to allow Trump on the ballot in the state.
Castro filed lawsuits in several states to remove Trump from ballots due to his alleged connection to the January 6 riots and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In December, Castro’s filing was rejected by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes, prompting him to take it to the Supreme Court. The judge noted in his ruling that Castro’s argument “lacks standing to bring his claim,” NBC News reported. Castro argued that Trump should be disqualified from the ballot in Arizona for allegedly offering support to “insurrectionists” on January 6, 2021.
The judge also said that his arguments “do not show that Castro is truly competing with Trump.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager and top political adviser, Kellyanne Conway, gave her former boss some very good election news during a Fox Business segment on Friday with another former administration official, economist Larry Kudlow.
The host cited polling data showing the presumptive GOP nominee within striking distance of overtaking President Joe Biden in blue New York, which Conway said boded very well for the 45th president.
“What is going on is that Trump is actually expanding his coalition, core constituency, looks, feels different, larger and more diverse than in the past, 2016 and 2020. Why, Larry?” she began. “It includes more union households than in 2016 when that helped us win in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio.
“It includes more Hispanics and African Americans. It includes more women. Excuse me, he beat the queen bee herself, the would-be first woman president, while the majority of the voters were female. We’ve been the majority of the electorate since 1964. Even if he gets 4 percent more, 3 percent more,” she said.
“That New York Times/Sienna poll showing Biden leading Trump in New York by 10 points, where Biden won by 23 last time. If it is half right, Biden is in trouble,” Conway predicted while going on to comment on Trump’s interaction with crowds in recent days at a Harlem bodega and at a construction site in midtown Manhattan before heading to court earlier Friday.
“See what Trump’s doing. He is doing something Joe Biden can’t do. Joe Biden can’t command a crowd. He can’t, he’s just low energy, no excitement whenever he shows up somewhere. What is ironic is this is the way Democrats like Barack Obama, particularly Bill Clinton, and even Jimmy Carter at the time all over Iowa would go through the crowd and shake hands with people directly. It’s been Trump at his rallies on the dais, with the teleprompter, above the people,” she said.
“I’m one small person, people run up to me from all places, all spaces, many different faces, ‘tell him we’re for him 100 percent,’” Conway continued. “Some people say I didn’t vote for him before but things are so bad, Biden is a real gift to Trump.
“I think also ironically, although he is stuck in the courtroom all day, he is on message. He is projecting strength, resilience, and perseverance, these great American qualities, but he is the guy with better plan on inflation, [the] economy. Not hike your taxes. Not do 44 percent cap gains tax. Many people predicted Trump would be king of debt. He is the king of growth,” she said.
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Conway nicely sums up why Trump is kicking a$$ and taking names in the Big Blue Apple, NY. #Trump2024 pic.twitter.com/t9014K2zuZ— USA Features Media (@UsaFeatures) April 27, 2024
