Last month, the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate voted in 36-19 in favor of a bill that would keep Donald Trump off the 2020 ballot unless he releases five years’ worth of tax returns. Well, evidently California state senators felt that Illinois had the right idea, because they’ve opted to go the same route:
BREAKING: The California state Senate has overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that would keep presidential candidates, including Trump, off the state’s 2020 ballot unless they release their tax returns.#Election2020 https://t.co/2bmzpBjHsf
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 3, 2019
More from the Hill:
The measure was approved in a 27-10 vote, according to The Associated Press. California, for the first time, will be one of the first states to hold its presidential primary in the 2020 cycle.
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All 10 Republicans in the state Senate voted against the bill’s passage.
“I get that playing the resistance card may be good politics for the majority party, but I would submit that it’s bad policy for Californians,” Sen. Brian Jones (R) told the wire service.
It’s bad policy, period.
This is why we have the Electoral College and not a pure popular vote system. https://t.co/ch5IcUipfQ
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 3, 2019
I was going to tweet "TFW someone proves the Electoral College is a genius system." https://t.co/F2uEK4WAsK
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 3, 2019
Yep:
As I noted in my Electoral College piece, a presidential candidate who is not even on the ballot in politically homogenous states – as Lincoln wasn't in the South in 1860 – skews the national popular vote. https://t.co/Vsp0Gkci7f
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 3, 2019
I used this hypothetical example: R candidate wins 48 states by identical 54-46 margins, D wins CA, NY & DC by 75-25 margins, D wins national popular vote. Who should win? pic.twitter.com/832nMi9j88
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 3, 2019
Anyway, I believe the last incumbent president who wasn't on the ballot in all the states was Taft.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 3, 2019
Just imagine if, say, Mississippi had come up with an excuse to keep Barack Obama off the ballot.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 3, 2019
Just imagine.
Meanwhile, the Resistance is super-stoked about this bill:
— For What It's Worth (@rhontwit) May 3, 2019
Yes!!! My state!!! ?
— Suzy Soteriou (@SuzyQEyes) May 3, 2019
I love it!
— Diane Derlein (@DianeDerlein) May 3, 2019
Great idea
— christy brown (@rbcb199) May 3, 2019
Thank you California! On top of the game as always! #NoTaxesNoVote
— Resist! (@SDSunchaser) May 3, 2019
But we’re not so sure what they’re excited about. Does Trump really have a huge shot at über-blue California anyway?
He’ll never recover from this https://t.co/KSDTU9U9j6
— Siraj House of Chungus, First of His Name (@SirajAHashmi) May 3, 2019
Children, I am afraid, this will wreck Trump's chances to win California in 2020. https://t.co/SkSMj0FcmZ
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) May 3, 2019
wow, now Trump might not win California https://t.co/cemk3uiLJt
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 3, 2019
Basically this is just another example of California Dems trying to flex their muscles and only succeeding in exposing their own petty idiocy.
The Supreme Court will toss this in the toilet.
— AtticusLee (@AtticusLee6) May 3, 2019
