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salvadorbonaparte · 6 months ago

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I think that, in theory, you should be able to run for office even if you have been convicted of a crime. Otherwise, you'd risk show trials where political opponents get convicted of fake crimes to get rid of them. However, Donald "first president to be impeached twice" "first president to be convicted of a crime" Trump with his 34 felony counts, other open cases and all of that directly relating to his campaign and time as president. Is no such case. He never should have been able to become president in the first place. Every day I hope there is some loophole that disqualifies him and also that he dies in prison.

#us politics #I've seen people discuss voting rights for felons but not this #Like yeah probably people wouldn't want to vote for a convicted murderer or someone who like legitimately committed treason or fraud or smth #Like in a sensible normal world which is not the case anymore post trump anyway #But like some crimes are dumb and related to injustice #And also I do believe people are generally capable of change and certain crimes are not actually indicative of someone being a bad person #Also I definitely need to read more about it but I'm a partial believer in prison abolition #And a full believer in prison reforms

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