Burgeoning attempts to disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s Disqualification Clause have been met with everything from ridicule to giddiness.
In principle, TFG should obviously be disqualified but that would deprive us of our right to watch him get beat like a red haired stepchild next year.
He hasn’t gotten his dander up yet, eh?
Among the poll respondents actually interviewed for the article are two independents who voted for Biden in 2020 to get Trump out of office. One is considering writing someone else’s name in; another is considering voting for Cornell West.
…and we’re left in the Lurch.
Off to the punnic wars.
Is he the the one with the corrosive personality? Or am I thinking of Rustem Alloff?
They could write in:
A moslem Tatar defense minister for a Jewish president and Russia wants us to believe the Ukrainians are nazis?
Maybe a different Aadams?
“Vote Tuesday for Wednesday!”
Guilty? Sure, just like OJ. But innocent until proven guilty, so it’s wrong to pre-disqualify.
“I, Donald J Trump, do solemnly swear… So help me God.”
Trump lied the biggest lie of all.
At some point comeuppance will arrive at trump’s door.
This may ramp up quickly, or stagger slowly.
I hope Comeuppance remembers to bring the warrant.
Question: Who determines if a candidate is old enough to be President?
Shouldn’t “adherence to the 14th” already be on the list?
The judge in the one successful case of disqualifying a county commissioner that was quoted in the article said a conviction wasn’t necessary, but that’s not going to fly for a national election for President. And the timeline for a Trump conviction and appeals is going to be either very close to November 2024 or even past it. Democrats and disgruntled old school Republicans are not going to sell this idea in the swing states anyway, the only place it would matter.
It’s a distraction and wasted effort. It makes Dems look scared and weak, like they can’t beat Trump in a fair election and have to resort to extraordinary means to remove him from the ballot. This nonsense should be dropped, in favor of GOTV efforts and messaging on women’s abortion rights that will be more productive.
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The Constitution stipulated 35 yeas of age. Now the Chief Justice could ask for proof at the swearing in ceremony by asking the prospective occupant to produce such proof as a driver’s license or some other government issued card.
That’s Itt.
