This week, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump would be kicked off the state’s 2024 ballot over his role in the Jan. 6 capitol riots. One day after, California's Democrat Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis sent a letter to Secretary of State Shirley Weber demanding that she "explore every legal option to remove former President Donald Trump from California's 2024 presidential primary ballot."
On Tuesday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) suggested taking President Joe Biden off the 2024 ballot in Texas due to his handling of the border crisis.
“Seeing what happened in Colorado tonight…it makes me think, except we believe in democracy in Texas, maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing eight million people to cross the border since he’s been President, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” Patrick said, before adding that more than 12,000 migrants have crossed the border daily in recent weeks.
Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick hits back:
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 20, 2023
"Maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history." pic.twitter.com/4ONK3JhPhH
Patrick responded to remarks from Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett this week, claiming that Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration is trying to “kill” illegal immigrants, which Townhall covered. Crockett’s remarks came after Abbott signed a bill into law that makes crossing the border illegally a state crime.
“She’s Jasmine crackpot, not Jasmine Crockett. That’s just absolutely ridiculous,” Patrick said.
“We know that hundreds of people on the terrorist watch list have been apprehended. That doesn’t count all the people we don’t catch. We know that murderers, sex offenders and rapists have crossed the border and Biden does nothing and puts our lives at risk,” he added.