Trump Praises SCOTUS Ruling in Ballot Access Case, Explains Why Presidential Immunity Is Crucial

Just over two hours after the Supreme Court announced its ruling in the case of Trump v. Anderson, allowing Donald Trump to appear on the ballot in Colorado and ruling that states cannot unilaterally disqualify a federal candidate from the ballot, the former president spoke to reporters from Mar-a-Lago about the decision and the other lawfare he's facing from his political opponents.

Trump began by noting the historical importance of the decision and that the decision isn't about him personally.

I want to start by thanking the Supreme Court for its unanimous decision today. It was a very important decision, very well crafted. And I think it will go a long way toward bringing our country together, which our country needs. And they worked long, they worked hard, and frankly, they worked very quickly about something that will be spoken about 100 years from now and 200 years from now. Extremely important.
Essentially, you cannot take somebody out of a race because an opponent would like to have it that way, and it has nothing to do with the fact that it’s the leading candidate. Whether it was the leading candidate or a candidate that was well down on the totem pole, you cannot take somebody out of a race. The voters can take a person out of the race very quickly. But a court shouldn’t be doing that, and the Supreme Court saw that very well.

Trump then addressed the question of presidential immunity that’s key to his criminal trials, and made the point that, like the decision regarding Trump being on the ballot, this question isn’t about Trump overall. It’s an unsettled area of law that needs clarity going forward in this era of Democrat lawfare.

Another thing that will be coming up very soon will be immunity for a president, and not immunity for me, but for any president. If a president doesn't have full immunity, you really don't have a president, because nobody that is serving in that office will have the courage to make, in many cases, what would be the right decision. Or it could be the wrong decision. It could be in some cases the wrong decision. But they have to make decisions, and they need to make them free of all terror that can be rained upon them when they leave office or even before they leave office. And some decisions are very tough. I can tell you that as a president some decisions to make are very tough.

Trump on why he and other presidents should have immunity:

"If a president doesn't have full immunity, you really have a president because nobody that is serving in that office will have the courage to make [these tough] decisions." pic.twitter.com/KCu8G1XGGg
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Since networks were covering his remarks live, Trump took the opportunity to give examples of the types of tough decisions presidents have to make - examples that were some of the successes of his presidency, including how he dealt with ISIS and eliminating terrorists. While that was a tough decision with a good outcome, it's not always that way, and Trump pointed out that the road the country's on leads to a president who's simply a figurehead - and that wouldn't be a good thing for America.

There will be some things that perhaps don’t work out so well, but I don’t want to be prosecuted because I decided to do something that is very much for the good of the country and actually for the good of the world.
A president shouldn’t have that on his mind, and he has to have a free and clear mind when he makes very big decisions, or it’s going to be nothing more than a ceremonial post. You’ll be president, it’ll be a wonderful thing, and you won’t do anything because you don’t want to be hit by your opponent or hit by somebody else. Because who wants to leave office and go through what I've gone through?

TRUMP: "Who wants to leave office and go through what I've gone through? I'm being prosecuted by Biden, my opponent." pic.twitter.com/EXW0zkuEkl
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Democrats are constantly talking about their fear that Trump will prosecute political opponents if he's elected president again, even though it's the Biden DOJ that has completely rewritten standards and norms about not prosecuting political opponents. Trump pointed out where the political prosecutions are coming from and linked the prosecutions in New York and Georgia to the White House, a possible nod to RedState's reporting on the connections between the DNC, the Biden campaign, and Fani Willis' office.

I'm being prosecuted by Biden, my opponent. Because every one of these things, whether it’s Fani Willis or Bragg, these are local and state, but they’re in total coordination with the White House. You can’t do that. It shouldn’t be done.

As we reported on January 10, 2024, Willis' top advisor/enforcer, Jeff Disantis, is a partner in 20/20 Insight and the company's registered agent. Disantis' partner, Chris Huttman, is the top media buyer for the Biden/Harris campaign. Disantis hired Pallavi Purkayastha Bailey, one of Georgia's seven DNC members, the same week the grand jury was selected in the Trump investigation, as a spokesperson for Willis. Purkayastha Bailey is also the wife of Georgia's Democrat nominee for Lt. Governor in 2022, Charlie Bailey.

Trump also discussed Biden's border crisis and told him to "Close the borders now!"