We defeat candidates at the polls. He said as he shut down removing Trump from the ballot.

The comment from Newsom came days after Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis called on the Secretary of State to copy Colorado and remove Trump from California’s ballot.

“There is no doubt that Donald Trump is a threat to our liberties and even to our democracy. But in California, we defeat candidates at the polls. Everything else is a political distraction,” Newsom said as he shut down the idea of removing Trump from the ballot.

Here is what Newsom recently had to say about his thoughts on the Republican primary.