• D_C@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    Question:
    How can a person who has these type of documents and accusations about them ever be allowed to run for any type of political position? Let alone become the president of a country (twice)?

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      6 hours ago

      But you don’t understand, the only other choice we had was a lady

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      It’s because legally, having a criminal record doesn’t disqualify you from running. There isnt anything preventing this. Most likely its to help prevent a minor mishap from long ago condemning your future abilities (otherwise, you’d have all sorts of small charges against every politician to destroy their career. It would make the worst blackmail material).

      Now, morally why did enough people vote for him anyway is a whole different issue that I don’t have an answer for.

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        It’s also so that someone can’t weaponize law enforcement on their political opponents. So let’s say you’re president. You come after me on a bogus charge. I’ve now got a record. I can no longer run against you.

        Morally, I agree entirely.

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          Crazy to me, that, this is all true, I can become the president, can’t vote for it. Assuming it’s a felony.

          Edit: I have educated myself, and this is not the case. I am not a felon, do not have any experience lol I’ve just, incorrectly, heard, that you can’t vote if you’re a felon.

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            Yeah, felonies are more complicated and on a per state basis. A lot of media has flattened it into this binary thing.

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        I know loads of adults with no “minor mishaps.” It’s not just normal to have a criminal record, they had no reason to do that. They just assumed no one was dumb enough to vote for criminals

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        even if you are imprisoned. there was this discussion that trump could serve as president from a jail cell.

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      A considerable amount of the American general public is criminally ignorant, willfully terrible, or both.

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      Good portion of people don’t give a shit.

      I’ve spend the past three years trying to get people to investigate the sexual and physical abuse of children in Oklahoma, including some child trafficking. No one cares or wants to do anything about it. More people than we want to admit are okay with children being raped and abused as long as they are a certain type of child (foster kids usually.)