Republican Party lawyers in Oklahoma are lobbying to keep Trump in the state in the presidential election
After a little-known presidential candidate said he wanted to bar former President Donald Trump from the Oklahoma election, the state’s Republican Party is turning to a law firm. Earlier this month, John Anthony Castro sued Oklahoma in an attempt to remove Trump from the ballot in the 2024 election in several states, including Oklahoma, because of his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.| MORE | Lawsuit filed to keep former President Donald Trump from the 2024 election in Oklahoma. “Someone from another state should not be able to prohibit us, the Republicans, from choosing who they want to elect for president. “That should be left up to Republican voters in this state,” said Nathan Dahm, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party. The lawsuit was filed Sept. 6 in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City. According to the filing, Castro argued that the former was the case. Although the president provided “aid and comfort” to those who stormed the Capitol on January 6, he is constitutionally ineligible to hold political office. “President Trump has not been found guilty of insurrection.” “In fact, no one has been charged with insurrection, even though there is a specific federal law on insurrection,” Dahm said. If Castro succeeds in stopping Trump from the election, Oklahoma’s constitutional rights would be violated, Dahm said. “We have protected the “We have protected the right to express ourselves freely by voting for whom we want to vote for. “So if we want to vote for President Trump in the upcoming presidential primary, Super Tuesday in March in Oklahoma, we should have the right to do so,” Dahm said. The party said it has been working with the American Center for Law and Justice Center, a conservative legal organization in Washington, D.C. Dahm said the ACLJ’s lawyers are opposing Castro in the lawsuit and are now asking a federal judge to let them intervene and to hear their arguments about why Trump should not be removed from the ballot. TOP HEADLINES: Person dead after shooting at motel in northeast Oklahoma City, police say. Student taken to hospital after being stabbed at Francis Tuttle Technology Center in northwest OKC. “We had the right man”: 1981 carnival kidnapping by Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett Sheriff describes circumstances surrounding the death of a 25-year-old in an oil field. Officials release new details about body found in rural Pottawatomie County. Drive-thru Hero: Meet a Chick-fil-A employee praised for saving a child who was choking on a coin
After a little-known presidential candidate said he wanted to bar former President Donald Trump from the Oklahoma election, the state’s Republican Party is turning to a law firm.
Earlier this month, John Anthony Castro sued Oklahoma in an attempt to remove Trump from the ballot in the 2024 election in several states, including Oklahoma, because of his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“Someone from outside the state should not be able to prohibit us, Republicans, from choosing who they want to elect for president. “That should be left up to Republican voters in this state,” said Nathan Dahm, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
The lawsuit was filed Sept. 6 in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City. According to the filing, Castro argued that the former president was constitutionally ineligible to hold political office because he provided “aid and comfort” to those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“President Trump has been found not guilty of insurrection. In fact, no one has been charged with insurrection, even though there is a specific federal law on insurrection,” Dahm said.
If Castro succeeds in stopping Trump from the election, Oklahoma’s constitutional rights would be violated, Dahm said.
“We have the protected right to express ourselves freely by voting for whom we want to vote for. “So if we want to vote for President Trump in the upcoming presidential primary, Super Tuesday in March in Oklahoma, we should have the right to do so,” Dahm said.
The party said it has partnered with the American Center for Law and Justice Center, a conservative legal organization in Washington, DC
Dahm said ACLJ attorneys are opposing Castro in the lawsuit and are now asking a federal judge to let them intervene and hear their arguments about why Trump should not be removed from the ballot.
