Alex Padilla: “I look forward to following up with you on not just funding opportunities, but also the financing programs.”

Any DOJ action that could spoil an election would be one of the most serious constitutional violations imaginable.

This incident is a stark reminder of the very real danger facing those who serve the public and who help administer our elections in the face of increasingly hostile political rhetoric.

I know how California elections work very, very well. They’re safe, they’re secure. They’re fair, they’re free, and they’re going to stay that way.

Their only hope for trying to maintain any sense of power is to interfere. It’s to change the rules. It’s to rig the elections.