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lees1975

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7. An indictment, no

Reply to Beastly Boy (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 5, 2023, 11:06 PM

Mar 2023

though an indictment will guarantee he loses if he is the nominee. But a conviction, yes, that disqualifies him.

So that's why this needs to move along.

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Are We Ready For The Storm To Come? (Trump Indictment(s) & GOP Primaries), w/Poll [View all] winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP

They will rally around him Trenzalore Mar 2023 #1

Anything and everything. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #2

They will spend all their time defending the terrorist attacks that will be rampant. Runningdawg Mar 2023 #3

Well, well...All those people living in fear of Garland sitting on his hands as time is running out, Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #4

+10,000 wnylib Mar 2023 #5

An indictment, no lees1975 Mar 2023 #7

There is nothing in the Constitution that hints at a disqualification. Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #10

Theoretically a conviction is an automatic disqualifier. lees1975 Mar 2023 #14

Not according to Politifacts Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #16

But when a party puts forward a criminal as their candidate Frasier Balzov Mar 2023 #8

The voters are the only one who can determine this regardless of what we'd like to think. Beastly Boy Mar 2023 #11

They'll whine and piss and pule, and play the aggrieved victims of imaginary misfortune gratuitous Mar 2023 #6

When Trump is indicted, he will do what he does best wnylib Mar 2023 #9

"I will not resign if indicted." Hmm... Where have we heard that before? LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #12

In 2016, TFG warned about unprecedented constitutional crisis-a sitting POTUS under indictment LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #13

Indictment will cement his nomination JCMach1 Mar 2023 #15