Banning the Opposition's leading candidate

Fact Check: Would US Sanction Other Countries for Doing What Colorado Supreme Court Did to Trump?

YES!

Officials associated with the political party in power act to ban the opposition’s leading candidate from even competing on the ballot.

Not to fear, the Biden administration—and before that, the Trump administration—stepped up to sanction other nations that did that.

The Colorado Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Tuesday disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot invited comparisons to other countries sanctioned by the United States for barring opposition candidates from their ballots.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., posted Tuesday evening on X: “The U.S. has put sanctions on other countries for doing exactly what the Colorado Supreme Court has done today.”

The United States has sanctioned several countries, including Venezuela, Belarus, and Nicaragua, for kicking opposition candidates or opposition parties off the ballot.

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