The people who think Trump should be allowed to run in spite of being an insurrectionist are the same people who support barring other justice-involved people from merely voting in an election
I’m a little out of the loop, serious question, was he ever actually convicted of organizing an insurrection?
Edit: I’m not an American but apparently asking questions makes you “the enemy” over there. Jesus Christ your country is fucked.
There’s no requirement that he was previously convicted of insurrection - that’s a separate charge and carries a higher bar. The constitution only requires that the court concludes as part of this case that he was involved in an insurrection. And there’s a wealth of evidence showing that he was so the courts will almost certainly come to that conclusion.
Yeah, I totally remember how Trump led the charge up the Capitol steps, the whole time shouting “the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of tyrants!!”
Yes, apparently that’s the ONLY way anyone can ever start an insurrection. Damn your astute logic. If only everyone can be as flawlessly intelligent as you. All he did was plan with the Proud Boys to help rile people up and direct them towards the capital; privately reach out and pressure state election administrators to lie and overturn election results; claim that he was cheated and lied to everyone for weeks prior to Jan 6th, effectively building a political bonfire that he planned to light on Jan. 6th; give a speech where he helped to incite a mob and direct them towards the capital steps, with the Proud Boys helping to lead the chargea and effectively direct the crowds anger; and even actually tried to march to the Capital himself to lead the charge. But other than that, he did absolutely nothing. God damn, if we could only be so smart as you.
Fascism, uhhhh… finds a way
It’s quite simple
If my old folks didn’t read the Bible that they claim to know so much about, what makes you think they read the Constitution?
cause you know, president is the most important thing in the entire universe, always.
If you want to wield a a massive amount of global political and military power, it’s pretty important.
Externally it is a powerful position, but can the president do much inside the US itself?
Pardoning and appointments seem to be the limits.
