Colorado Secretary of State Jenna Griswold said she has weathered well over 64 death threats since the lawsuit to remove Trump from the state's ballot was filed.
Griswold, a Democrat, stressed that he would not bow to public pressure on the issue.
“Within three weeks of the lawsuit being filed, I received 64 death threats. I have since stopped counting. I will not be threatened. Democracy and peace triumph over tyranny and violence. ” Griswold wrote about X.
In her post, she linked to an interview in which she said she was “very concerned” about the violence and threats surrounding the lawsuit.
Griswold also said that although she “did not file this lawsuit,” she was drawn into it because of her position as secretary of state.
Mr. Trump had been scheduled to be removed from the state's ballot following a Colorado Supreme Court ruling earlier this month, but that has since been temporarily put on hold pending an appeal by his legal team to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Colorado's Republican primary election is scheduled to be held on March 5, 2024, also known as Super Tuesday.
The Colorado Supreme Court's 4-3 decision overruled a section of the Civil War-era Fourteenth Amendment, commonly known as the Insurrection Clause or Disqualification Clause, which prohibits those who participated in “insurrection or insurrection” from holding public office. He pointed out Article 3.
Ultimately, they concluded that Trump's conspiracy to contest the 2020 election precludes him from running under the disqualification clause.
The Trump campaign watered down the ruling.
“We are confident that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and ultimately put an end to this un-American litigation,” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan said at the time. Ta.
Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows has since chosen to exclude him from the state's 2024 primary election for similar reasons.
Mr. Griswold praised Mr. Bellows after she unilaterally assigned responsibility to Mr. Trump.
“I think Secretary Bellows is courageous and courageous,” Griswold told MSNBC on Friday. “She's the first person to have to make this decision alone.”
Ms Bellows claims she has endured death threats, and recently said she was “beaten down” after false calls were made to police and officers were called to her home.
Other states, including California and Michigan, have so far declined to remove Trump from their ballots.
