Last week, J.D. Vance, was in Wisconsin, whining that "some bureaucrats" won't let Robert F. Kennedy change his mind about running and get off the Wisconsin ballot. In what turned out to be a very timely interview, Milwaukee-based talk show UpFront spoke with Wisconsin Election Commissioner Ann Jacobs who made the reason why that is crystal clear:
UPFRONT: Why is RFK Junior's name still on the ballot?
JACOBS: Wisconsin has a very specific law, and it's 8.35. And that law literally says that once you have submitted your nomination papers and qualified for the ballot, the only way you can be removed from the ballot is through death. And since RFK Junior is, to my knowledge, still alive, the only way he cannot be removed from the ballot, even though he asked to be removed from it.
UPFRONT: And as you know, there was some debate among commission members. There's been some reaction to this since the 5 -1 vote about this. Vice presidential Republican nominee, J .D. Vance, was in the Green Bay area this past week, and he said this, take a listen.
VANCE: Look, I think it's ridiculous that RFK has endorsed Donald Trump. He has petitioned to be taken off the Wisconsin ballot, but a bunch of bureaucrats are gonna keep his name on the ballot because they think it'll hurt Donald Trump.
UPFRONT: Your response to that?
