'States have only one responsibility: to hold honest elections so citizens — regardless of their party — can vote for the presidential candidate they desire,' writes columnist LATimesSkelton .
Gov. Jerry Brown was right. His successor Gavin Newsom isn’t — at least about whether a state should be allowed to dictate qualifications for a presidential candidate.
“States have a legal and moral duty,” Newsom continued, “to do everything in their power to ensure leaders seeking the highest offices meet minimal standards and restore public confidence.”States have only one responsibility: to hold honest elections so citizens — regardless of their party — can vote for the presidential candidate they desire.
That’s unwarranted, too, at least for this president. He signals his mental state daily with tweets . Let’s be honest: The governor’s and the Legislature’s actions were merely gratuitous partisan provocations against a president who is highly unpopular in deep-blue California. Democrats were smacking their favorite piñata.
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