• Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Thank you. I hate overly emotional rhetoric. I like facts.

    What I still find shocking is if he’s convicted. He can still run for president. That’s something I am against. I always assumed felons could but be elected.

    Hypothetically he could be in prison and president of the country.

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      1 year ago

      That would be quite the look for the US.

      In fact, it’s already quite the look, with him being the leading candidate of his party. Madness.

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        1 year ago

        Man, a sitting president in prison would be almost the perfect embodiment of American symbolism. Only thing to make it more so would be if he was in prison for shooting up an elementary school while holding a Bible and screaming “USA USA” from a mobility scooter, all while the police gave him a standing occasion from atop the back of a choked-out black man.

        Man, as a veteran of that same country, this whole situation makes me wonder what it was for… I’m waiting for all of this to make sense.

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      1 year ago

      Not if they actually follow the 14th amendment, this would solidify him as having been involved with a coup against the country and should bar him from holding office unless 60% of congress allows him.

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        1 year ago

        That’s a lame argument. I’ve read the claim it’s just stupid.

        Trump has not not been charged or convicted of a coup or an insurrection. The courts would throw that out immediately.

        That was a thought exercise two lawyers came up with it holds no merit.

        They’d need much harder proof than what they have now like Trump leading troops.