The Democrat lieutenant governor of California wants to ‘explore every legal option’ to remove Trump from the ballot.
The Democrat lieutenant governor of California is calling on the state’s top election official to “explore every legal option” to remove former President Donald Trump from next year’s ballot — but her appeals to the Constitution don’t hold up.
“The constitution [sic] is clear,” Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis wrote Wednesday. “[Y]ou must be 40 years old and not be an insurrectionist.”
The minimum age requirement for the presidency outlined by the Constitution, however, is 35.
Kounalakis’ letter was written on the heels of a radical decision handed down by the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday to ban the Republican front-runner from the 2024 ballot over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In a 4-3 decision, the court, which is made up of justices entirely appointed by Democrats, removed ballot access from the former president, citing a Civil War-era provision barring candidates who “engaged in insurrection” from elected office.
