“I’ve been concerned about violence and threats of violence since Donald Trump incited the insurrection,” Griswold, who has been Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state since 2019, said in an interview.
She’s faced an astounding uptick in threats amid the lawsuit over Trump’s eligibility to appear on the state ballot, even though she has nothing to do with it.
The case, which was brought in September by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, was filed by six unaffiliated and Republican voters in Colorado.
I’m part of this case because I’m the secretary of state,” Griswold said.
“Within three weeks of it being filed, I received 64 death threats and over 900 non-lethal threats of abuse.
For the moment, though, Trump is disqualified from being on the ballot, and Griswold says she agrees with the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision.
“We cannot allow these people trying to steal elections and using rhetoric to incite violence... to not be opposed with the truth. »
