Democrat California Secretary of State Keeps Trump on Ballot Following Calls for Removal
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber
California’s Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, has decided to keep former President Donald Trump on the presidential primary ballot.
Despite mounting pressure from various Democratic figures, including California’s own Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Secretary of State Shirley Weber has certified the list of candidates for the state’s GOP presidential primary, explicitly including Donald Trump.
This decision comes against a backdrop of requests for Trump’s removal based on claims he violated the “insurrection clause” of the U.S. Constitution.
In a letter addressed to Secretary Weber, Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis references the recent ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court in Anderson v. Griswold, which deemed former President Trump ineligible for Colorado’s ballot,
