NYT Writer: Americans Who Oppose Colorado Supreme Court Decision on Trump ‘Support the Confederates’

New York Times writer and MSNBC contributor Mara Gay argued that anybody who opposes the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot “supports the Confederates.”

“To the Republican candidate’s argument that the voters should have the say and not the courts?” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough asked her on Wednesday.

“Why are you standing with Confederates who betrayed this country?” Gay replied.

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“And this is what they’re standing with is the spirit of those Confederates rather than the Americans who came together after a long and brutal Civil War that was fought to keep the union together.”

“And saw, clearly saw a threat in ex-Confederates running for office, so much so that they amended the Constitution to prevent those traitors from running for office,” she continued.

“That should send a message that our election system, our electoral system, can be used for nefarious purposes against the democracy itself. It’s clear as day,” Gay added.

If Gay actually understood history, she could have mentioned how Republican President Abraham Lincoln was also barred from appearing on the ballot in 10 Democrat southern states during the 1860 presidential election.

Lincoln still won the election despite his name not appearing in those state ballots, and his victory was a key factor in triggering the formation of the Confederacy.