Caitlyn Jenner Lashes Out Over Trump Ballot Block

Caitlyn Jenner has lashed out at the Colorado Supreme Court, following its decision to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's ballot for the 2024 presidential election primary.

The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in a 4-3 decision to bar Trump from the Republican presidential primary ballot after determining that he engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021. Supporters of Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on the day President Joe Biden's election victory was set to be confirmed.

Those opposing Trump's election bid cited a Civil War-era clause in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that mandates officials who take an oath to support the Constitution to be banned from office in the future if they engage in "insurrection."

Steven Cheung, spokesperson for Trump's campaign, told Newsweek in a statement that they planned to file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cheung branded the ruling a "scheme" intended to help Biden win in 2024. He further characterized it as a "completely flawed" and undemocratic decision.

Trump could still win the presidential election if he's barred from the ballot in Colorado. It's a state that Biden won by more than 13 percentage points in 2020, and isn't critical to Trump's electoral count.

However, if more states follow Colorado's lead, it could block Trump from being able to reach the 270-vote threshold needed to win.

At the time of their ruling, the Colorado justices acknowledged that their decision could be overturned on appeal.

Jenner, who is an avowed Trump supporter and is backing him in his 2024 presidential election bid, joined a host of conservatives in expressing outrage at the ruling.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the former Keeping Up with the Kardashians star responded to the news by writing: "This is insane Election Interference!"

While Jenner now supports Trump and backed him during the 2016 presidential campaign, she spoke out against him in an op-ed published by The Washington Post in 2018.

"The reality is that the trans community is being relentlessly attacked by this president," she wrote at the time. "The leader of our nation has shown no regard for an already marginalized and struggling community. He has ignored our humanity. He has insulted our dignity.

"He has made trans people into political pawns as he whips up animus against us in an attempt to energize the most right-wing segment of his party, claiming his anti-transgender policies are meant to 'protect the country.' This is politics at its worst. It is unacceptable, it is upsetting, and it has deeply, personally hurt me."

Jenner called her efforts to work with the Trump administration a mistake and criticized the then-president for his pursuits against LGBTQ+ rights, including his ban on trans soldiers and his reversal of former President Barack Obama's protections for trans schoolchildren.

"It's clear these policies have come directly from Trump, and they have been sanctioned, passively or actively, by the Republicans by whose continued support he governs. My hope in him—in them—was misplaced, and I cannot support anyone who is working against our community," Jenner wrote. "I do not support Trump. I must learn from my mistakes and move forward."

She has since resumed support of Trump, dedicating a large number of her social media posts to fervently backing him on his 2024 presidential run. Her continued support of the GOP has been questioned at a time when anti-transgender sentiment has been a focus in ongoing culture wars.

The Fox News contributor, who came out as transgender in 2015, has been an outspoken critic of transgender women participating in sports against other women. Her stance aligns with the views of several conservative commentators. In April, she said on X that "indoctrination" of America's youth has led to the transgender community being "oversaturated."

Jenner—whose efforts to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom saw her scrape 1 percent of the total vote in the 2021 recall election—said last year that she and her staff had been inundated with death threats and hate mail from the "so-called 'inclusive' LGBT community" in reaction to her views.