Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said she has received dozens of death threats since the filing of the lawsuit to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot.
Griswold shared the link to an interview she gave before Christmas on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which she briefly discussed that she was concerned about Trump supporters and her worry that they could be prone to violence. Then on Saturday, her caption to the article changed her tune and brushed off any attempt to intimidate her.
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Within three weeks of the lawsuit being filed, I received 64 death threats. I stopped counting after that.
I will not be intimidated. Democracy and peace will triumph over tyranny and violence.https://t.co/gC0O6TQQTA
— Jena Griswold (@JenaGriswold) December 30, 2023
“Within three weeks of the lawsuit being filed, I received 64 death threats,” Griswold wrote. “I stopped counting after that. I will not be intimidated. Democracy and peace will triumph over tyranny and violence.”
Griswold was not the one who filed the suit against Trump that eventually went to the state Supreme Court, but she was present during hearings. The original claim that Trump violated Section Three of the 14th Amendment was filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, but Colorado was the first to bar the former president from the 2024 ballot. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows followed earlier this week.
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Earlier this month, FBI officials said they were looking into threats made against the four justices in the Colorado Supreme Court that ruled against Trump. In Maine, Bellows’ home was swatted during the holiday weekend.
Meanwhile, Trump has maintained a massive lead in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination despite also facing various indictments against him, which include federal charges of mishandling classified documents. He has pleaded not guilty to all 91 felony charges against him.
