SACRAMENTO – Today, California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson released the following statement in response to California Democrats’ latest efforts to interfere with Republicans’ presidential primary ballot:

“Someone who thinks the Constitution says you have to be 40 to run for president is probably not the person who should be dictating to California voters who is constitutionally eligible for the ballot. This is the same play, different election cycle, for California Democrats, having also tried (and failed!) to kick President Trump off of the ballot in 2020. Once again, Democrats are salivating at any opportunity to deprive Republican voters of a full slate of candidates for our nation’s highest office. California Democrats need to quit meddling in Republicans’ primary and leave this decision to California voters.”