CO SoS vows to see ballot lawsuit through

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BY JULIA SHAPERO - 09/09/23 9:34 PM ET

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) called former President Trump a “liar,” after he suggested a recent push to use the 14th Amendment to keep him off the ballot in the state was “election interference.”

“Trump is a liar with no respect for the Constitution,” Griswold said in an interview on MSNBC on Saturday.

“To say that a section of the 14th Amendment is election interference and considering how to uphold the Constitution is election interference is un-American,” she continued. “We know that the former president is a liar who will do everything he can to hold onto power.”

Griswold and Trump were both named in a recent lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which argues that the former president is disqualified from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment’s Section 3 — also dubbed the insurrection clause ...

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4196268-colorado-official-on-trump-ballot-lawsuit/

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1. Courageous and dedicated public servant.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. She stands TALL.

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2. She was on MSNBC Saturday morning.

"No former president will ever intimidate me, and that's what all Americans have to do. We cannot allow the gravity of the situation to put us into despair. We have to stand up, protect our democracy. That includes litigating cases, showing up as poll workers and showing up to vote next year."

Jena Griswold (D) Colorado Secretary of State


https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/embedded-video/mmvo192606789690


*edited to add video link

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3. And so far, it's my Quote of the Week for our next Call to Action email.

It’s what my Indivisible group issues every week.