CA says tRump can stay on the ballot.
California’s secretary of state declined to remove former President Trump from the presidential primary ballot despite calls from the state’s lieutenant governor for her to do so.
Shirley Weber (D) on Thursday published the list of candidates who will appear on California’s March 5 presidential primary, Trump included.
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis (D) requested last week that the state look into “every legal option” to remove the former president over 14th amendment concerns, just one day after the Colorado Supreme Court kicked him off its state’s ballot due to its finding that he engaged in an insurrection through his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Weber responded to Kounalakis’s letter last Friday, saying her office has been engaged in multiple lawsuits regarding Trump’s appearance on the ballot.“While we can agree that the attack on the Capitol and the former President’s involvement was abhorrent, there are complex legal issues surrounding this matter,” Weber wrote, adding that her office does not take the decision to remove him from the ballot lightly.
Weber said her office will “continue to assess” options, including the result of any action taken by the U.S. Supreme Court on the matter.
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