California’s Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis (D) is terribly proud of herself for sending a letter “urging” California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D) “to explore every legal option to remove former President Trump from CA’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.”
Kounalakis, who announced in April she is running for California Governor, is calling for destroying Democracy by removing Donald Trump’s name from the ballot, so she and those on the left can claim to “save it” from boogeyman Trump.
“This decision is about honoring the rule of law in our country and protecting the fundamental pillars of our democracy,” Kounalakis claims.
“…this is not a matter of political gamesmanship. This is a dire matter that puts at stake the sanctity of our constitution and our democracy,” according to Kounalakis.
Many Constitutional scholars and attorneys weighed in – including legal scholar Alan Dershowitz on Newsmax:
“The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify former President Donald Trump from next year’s presidential ballot ‘is so anti-democratic,’ constitutional expert and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Wednesday.”
“The court’s 4-3 decision Tuesday made Trump the first presidential candidate in U.S. history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision of the U.S. Constitution that bars officials who have engaged in ‘insurrection or rebellion’ from holding office.”
“In the 60 years I’ve been practicing and teaching law, I’ve never seen a decision that’s so anti-democratic and so unconstitutional; it is absurd,” Dershowitz said. “The idea that the 14th Amendment was supposed to substitute for the impeachment provision, carefully drafted by the framers, is wrong.”
In a NY Post article, George Washington University Attorney Jonathan Turley said, “The Colorado decision should be unanimously overturned.” Turley said the Colorado decision to bar Donald Trump from the ballot “is wrong on the history and the language of the 14th Amendment – Dead wrong.”
Twitter/X was all atwitter with responses – most of which eviscerated the California Lieutenant Governor.
The favorite of the Globe, was former Ambassador to Germany and Trump Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell’s response:
“Eleni attacks our Democracy because the Progressive Left tells her to do it. She’s running for Governor so she does exactly what the radicals tell her to do. She doesn’t have the backbone or the intellect to say NO to them. They control her. She thinks this move will help her in a primary but she looks like a clown…again.”
To Grenell’s response was this reply by another Richard:
“Donald Trump was never charged with insurrection because Merrick Garland’s DOJ knew it couldn’t win that case. Liberals think “Trump is an insurrectionist” because their bullshit echo chambers are repeating it all day.”
Replying to Kounalakis’s Tweet was this insightful reply:
“Eleni Koinalakis is just proving President Trump was right about how rigged the system is and how Democrats will cheat at every opportunity they have. She’s also helping make Trump even more popular. Trying to remove Trump from ballots is dumb. Eleni is not a smart person.”
I’m with Grenell – “She’s running for Governor so she does exactly what the radicals tell her to do.”
Kounalakis is quite ambitious, and as a member of the “by any means” Democrat Party, also makes her zealous.
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I like how she talks up the Constitution without ever having read the document.
Listen up, Eleni. School's in session: There's NO Constitutional requirement that someone "must be 40 years old and not be an insurrectionist" to be elected President.
This is the very reason why Nancy Pelosi et al. concocted the “insurrection” narrative.
Nancy Pelosi and her fellow democrat Mayor Marian Boswer denied Kash Patel and Donald Trump extra protection from the National Guard.
The word insurrection gives them the ammo to incite actions such as Eleni Kookkoonakalis to remove Trump from the ticket! It is so convoluted.
Boy if we think Newsom is bad, can you imagine how she will rule California?
Queen Eleni will be a nightmare.
She is willing to take away our right to vote for a candidate of our choosing, whoever that may be.
I hope the Supreme Court puts an end to the nonsense!
This is lawfare.
stealing my vote is stealing my voice and that sort of theft is treason
When the real insurrection (stolen elections) are revealed the firing squads are going to be working 24/7. Think about that Demonrats! Turn states evidence before it is too late and (maybe) save your sorry hides.
Every time I see a picture of Eleni she has a facial expression that looks like she is around someone who just passed gas. I think the best thing this state can do and the rest of the country can do for that matter, is keep Dumbocraps off the ballots.
Eleni is certainly no beauty and she has ZERO charisma? No doubt her rich daddy real estate developer Angelo Tsakopoulos paid the criminal Democrat cabal to have her installed as Lieutenant Governor?
Ha ha! No kidding, John.
Merry Christmas to you and yours. :)
There really isn't a nonviolent solution to this is there? This seems like a script from dream written by eugencists and British imperialists from the 18th and 19th centuries - break up the United States and set them fighting against each other.
The only people this benefits have off-shore bank accounts in the British Commonwealth.
Ms. Kounalakis is an ignorant tyrant. She falls right in line with CA's illiberal governor and legislature.
I love how she supposedly quoted the Constitution in her original letter stating a candidate "must be 40 years old and not an insurrectionist"..!! Both are wrong and she had to re-issue the letter to say "35 years old and not an insurrectionist" which is still wrong.
I guess her MBA from Berkeley didn't teach her to read the Constitution at all. The Colorado Supreme Court and Eleni conveniently forgot to read Section 5.
Section 5
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
This is so embarrassing, our elected officials are incredibly ignorant of the constitution!!! But then again, we have nothing but ignorant voters in this state too.
Ever notice how California and Colorado appear to be joined at the hip politically???
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/top-story/colorado-supreme-court-rules-on-trump-ballot-eligibility/article_bac74a2a-9eac-11ee-93db-a35aff45b795.html
Like Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-DUMB, one makes a move and the other inevitably follows within a week...