Thread by @DHStokyo

Remember when Democrats passed a law in California that prevents presidential candidates from appearing on their primary ballot unless they release their tax returns?

Well, Fox News just started freaking out about it. Here’s why:

Back in July, Gov. Gavin Newsom (who won the governorship at the midterms) signed the law, meaning Trump cannot appear as a candidate on the primary ballot in 2020 unless he releases his tax returns.
latimes.com/california/sto…

Most assumed this was an attempt to force Trump to release his tax returns. But he knows, as we do, that he’ll never win California. He doesn’t need those electoral votes.

But that’s not why this law is devastating.

Let’s assume Trump isn’t going to release his tax returns—he isn’t going to be on the ballot. His voters, the ones who will crawl over glass to vote for him, will have little reason to show up to the primary.

California uses a jungle primary. That means instead of each party holding their own primary and then each party’s winner faces off in the general election, ALL of the candidates go head-to-head and the top two vote-getters move forward to the general.

If two Democrats get the most votes, then they go to the general. No one else appears on the ballot.

So if Trump isn’t on the ballot in CA, and his voters skip the primary, then it’s the DOWN-BALLOT Republicans who will get screwed.

So, Republican candidates all over the state, for the US House or the state legislature, could be facing unprecedented enthusiasm from Democratic voters just as Trump’s own actions depress GOP turnout.

They could get shut out of hundreds of races all over the state.

Those Republicans who lost in the midterms who are mounting a comeback? Likely screwed.

Yup, Trump appears to be willing to devastate the California Republican party’s chances to hang onto to any power in the state because he refuses to release his tax returns. //end

Source: foxnews.com/politics/calif…