Colo. Sec. Of State Griswold: ‘The Supreme Court Has Issued Bad Decisions on Democracy’

Tur: “Given how you see this case, given how a number of independent and some Republican voters in your state, the ones who brought this case, see Donald Trump, as you said, an oath breaking insurrectionist, what do you make of the — of the voters in your state across the country that still believed that he should be president and that he’s still qualified to be president.”
Griswold: “Ultimately, that will be a voters’ decision. I think there’s a lot of reason for voters to look really hard at this upcoming election. And what we have seen in swing states, swing districts that in 2018 2020, and 2022, American voters have stepped up to safeguard American democracy, look, this upcoming election has — will have a big impact on our fundamental freedoms, the idea that women should have control over our own bodies, the idea that our democracy should remain intact, and some really basic agreement among Americans will be affected that in this upcoming election. What I hope for is that Americans pay really close attention. And I am immensely hopeful and optimistic that again, democracy will remain intact, and this country will have centuries ahead of us with a strong representation.”
Tur: “Do you have confidence in the Supreme Court?”
Griswold: “I would say as an office holder, it is my job to uphold the decision of the United States Supreme Court. And that’s why I’ve always said from the beginning of this litigation, that I’ll follow what the United States Supreme Court decides even if I disagree with them, which I do. I think the Supreme Court has issued bad decisions on democracy. I think what’s happening in this country for American women is horrendous. The idea that the overturning of Roe is leading to women not even have being able to access fertility treatment in the state of Alabama. And overall, again, the United States Supreme Court decision will — will not be the make it or break it as to whether democracy survives. The make it or break it will be the American people. And that’s who I have the utmost confidence and trust in.”
Tur: “Do you think this court is partisan?”
Griswold: “I think this court has had, obviously, some pretty big issues, whether it has been, you know, Clarence Thomas’s wife’s role, gifts that have gone unreported, and there are some pretty big decisions that have come out of the court that I highly disagree with, and I think strip Americans of our basic human rights and fundamental freedoms. With that said, we live in a country of rule of law, we have to respect the court’s decisions while disagreeing with them. And honestly, I think that’s something that MAGA Republicans could take a lesson from. It’s OK to disagree with decisions and one another and not turn into violent rhetoric and attempts to steal elections. You win cases, you lose cases, just like elections. And what we need Donald Trump to understand is that there are losers and winners in elections. And if you lose an election that does not mean it stolen from you, and that does not give you the ability to have — to incite an assault on the United States Capitol and the country.”
Tur: “Colorado Secretary of State, Jena Griswold, thank you very much for joining us.”
Griswold: “Thank you.”