Newsom Just Threatened to Jail Anyone Who Tries to Fix California’s Broken Elections

Gavin Newsom doesn’t want clean elections. He just proved it.

Facing growing scrutiny over California’s catastrophically dysfunctional election system — the state that took 28 days to count ballots in a single mayoral primary while Colombia counted an entire nation’s votes in hours — Newsom didn’t announce reforms. He didn’t promise accountability. He threatened to arrest anyone who tries to fix it.

“Let me speak directly to anyone considering helping President Trump interfere with our election or our count,” Newsom said. “If you violate California’s laws, if you interfere with our voters, tamper with our ballots, or meddle in our elections, you will be prosecuted. Doesn’t matter who gave the order. That is why I am moving forward with new legislation that would make it a felony to seize ballots before the vote has been certified by state and county officials. We will be the wall he cannot get past, because we believe that once an election is decided, the winner governs for everyone. That’s the architecture of American liberty. Donald Trump doesn’t believe in that architecture.”