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Dec 2023
30m 57s

Disqualified in Colorado

MSNBC
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MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord react to the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. 
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