Republican Former Gov Who’s No Fan of Donald Trump Calls CO Court Decision ‘Pure Partisan Ridiculous Stuff’

Former President Donald Trump gained at least one unlikely ally in his fight with Colorado’s Supreme Court now that he is barred from appearing on the state’s 2024 ballot.

“This is just pure partisan ridiculous stuff here!” former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) told MSNBC’s Chris Jansing.

Kasich has opposed Trump and his policies ever since they ran against each other for the Republican nomination in 2016. Kasich continued:

Look, you’ve got a partisan court, all Democrats, and they barely — they barely could say that he should be disqualified, and think about the precedent of this. I always worry about that, I worry about the fact — I’ve told you this before — “You do this to me, I do this to you,” and this just goes on and on and on. I just think this case is not going to hold up, and it has a significant — if it were to hold up, you tell me what we’re looking at in terms of future decisions being made by partisans, it tells somebody who should be on the ballot.

And frankly, I know there are a lot of Democrats are probably excited about this. But, I’ve got news for them, or advice for them. Why don’t you figure out how to beat Trump? That would be a more important decision.

Kasich said he knows exactly “what these Trumpers are going to say” about Colorado’s decision.

“They’re gonna say, ‘You see! The deep state, they won’t even let him compete. They won’t even let him get into the ballpark and be able to swing at a pitch.’ That’s what they’re gonna say, and he’s gonna say it: ‘The deep state is at it again!'”

As expected, Trump lashed out at the decision, posting numerous times to Truth Social about “ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” The former president’s attorneys said they will appeal the decision.

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.