The Wyoming Legislature has never in its history considered, debated, nor voted on any proposal to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in any election, in any state. Political mailers sent by the officially registered WY Freedom PAC to Laramie, Fremont and Sweetwater county voters this week claim otherwise.
“[He] voted with the RADICAL LEFT to remove President Trump from the ballot,” according to glossy postcards targeting Reps. Lloyd Larsen (R-Lander), Cody Wylie (R-Rock Springs) and Dan Zwonitzer (R-Cheyenne).
A similar mailer aimed at Rep. J.T. Larson (R-Rock Springs) accused the lawmaker of voting “NO to KEEP President Trump on the ballot this fall.”
But of the hundreds of bills and amendments filed during the 2024 session none required lawmakers to vote on whether to remove or keep Trump on the ballot.
The WY Freedom PAC, the political action committee launched in 2023 to support the hard-line Wyoming Freedom Caucus, is responsible for the mailers.
Reached by phone Friday, WY Freedom PAC Chairman Kari Drost referred WyoFile to an explanation contained in the mailers.
“I don’t have them in front of me, but I am pretty sure that there is a reference to all of the statements made on the bottom of the postcard,” Drost said. “There’s a specific vote that’s referenced, so you could look that up.”
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