For once, California is following Colorado’s lead instead of the other way around; this time, it’s on the Trump/14th Amendment issue. California’s Lieutenant Governor, Eleni Kounalakis, has sent a memo to the California Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, seeking to have Donald Trump removed from California’s primary ballot.
NEW: California’s Lieutenant Gov. @EleniForCA urges Secretary of State to explore legal options to remove former President Trump from California’s primary election ballot. pic.twitter.com/KUEYqtdH8x
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) December 20, 2023
There are many things wrong with this memo, and sadly, many of them are things that one would assume an elected official would know better than to lean on in an argument — but you know what happens when we assume.
The memo states in part:
Specifically, the Colorado Supreme Court held in Anderson v. Griswold (2023 CO…