Staff Reports
California’s Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis isn’t playing any games when it comes to former President Donald Trump. She’s officially requested the state’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber to explore legal ways to kick Trump off the 2024 presidential primary ballot. Why, you ask? Well, it all ties back to that whole Capitol incident thing from January 6, 2021. Kounalakis is citing a recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling that deemed Trump ineligible for their ballot due to his alleged part in that whole mess. Now, she’s bringing that energy to the Golden State.
Not surprisingly, California now pushing to block Trump from the 2024 ballothttps://t.co/aGIDj6HVgU
— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) December 20, 2023
In her letter to Weber, Kounalakis made it clear that this wasn’t about political shenanigans, but rather about standing up for the rule of law and safeguarding the core of our democracy. She’s really out here emphasizing the importance of the constitution and all that patriotic jazz. She’s hoping Weber can squash this Trump business before the certified list of candidates for the 2024 primary election drops next week. Talk about cutting it close!
But hold onto your MAGA hats, folks, because this move has stirred up quite the fuss in conservative circles. They’re crying foul play, saying it’s just another liberal scheme to manipulate the electoral process and stifle political opposition. You can almost hear the gasps and pearl-clutching from here.
And get this – they’re throwing shade at the Colorado ruling for name-dropping conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, calling it a strategic ploy to make the decision seem bipartisan. But come on, folks, can a state really unilaterally boot a presidential candidate off the ballot based on its interpretation of federal constitutional rules? And doesn’t this whole thing kind of trample on the democratic idea of letting the voters have their say? These are the burning questions swirling around this whole Trump ballot drama.
Now, as if that weren’t enough, it looks like this Trump vs. state officials showdown is spreading like wildfire. Over in Maine, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is gearing up to drop the mic on whether Trump can strut his stuff in the Republican primary election. The president’s foes are all hot and bothered, claiming he should be disqualified under some insurrectionist clause in the Constitution.
