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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Wednesday attacked the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Colorado ruling, which came down late Tuesday night, was the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate. The Civil War-era provision bars from office any “officer of the United States” who took an oath to support the U.S. Constitution and then engaged in “in…