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Top Republicans who once decried Trump and the U.S. Capitol attacks joined Thursday nearly 200 party members to throw support behind the former president’s fight against an insurrectionist ballot ban, court records show. Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — all of whom criticized Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 2021 — are among 180 Republican lawmakers named in an amicus brief sent to the Supreme Court as it considers Colorado’s decision to bump the candidate for the party’s presidential nomination from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. The Republicans argue …

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