Hageman on frivolous lawsuit to keep Trump off the ballot: “Unconstitutional Idiocy”

Washington, DC - Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY) today blasted a frivolous lawsuit filed by a retired lawyer from Laramie seeking to block former President Donald J. Trump and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (WY) from appearing on election ballots in 2024. The suit included Lummis for an unknown reason, since she is not up for reelection until 2026 and will not be appearing on the ballot next year.

Hageman issued the following statement:

“These boneheaded attempts to keep President Trump off the ballot have sadly made their way to my state of Wyoming. This development, however, does not make the attempts any more constitutional. The qualifications to run for president and senator are spelled out quite clearly in our founding document, and it doesn’t say anything about retired lawyers from Laramie having a say in the matter at all. The unconstitutional idiocy of this lawsuit is just one problem, being compounded by the fact that it also seeks to block a sitting senator from standing for re-election in a year that she won’t be appearing on the ballot anyway. This is truly top-notch legal work.

“All joking aside, this is an attempt to use the court system to interfere with an upcoming election and deny voters the chance to support a candidate of their choosing. Nothing could be more tyrannical than that.”

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