• @Asafum@feddit.nl
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    4311 months ago

    There’s a part of me that believes he only ran again because, aside from his ego, he believed it would make him immune to indictments.

    Unfortunately Mango Mussolini could even be arrested and still win the presidency from prison… (Although it is a good thing the rules exist in that way)

    • Granite
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      1811 months ago

      Horrible hypothetical: he wins and pardons himself of all federal crimes, but he’s still convicted of state crimes in NY and GA and has prison sentences. What happens?

    • Bizarroland
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      811 months ago

      So my question is, if he won the presidency from prison, would they let him out of prison during his presidential term? Would the White House temporarily have some black bars on it?

      • 520
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        1011 months ago

        There is neither precedent or written rules for it. Whatever happens will be a case of ‘made up as we go along’

        • Apathy Tree
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          711 months ago

          Imho that’s reason enough not to find out.

          Imagine the global reputation hit from a convicted treasonous felon being the leader of the country… woof. So much worse than him just having the support of such a huge swath of the country…

          • 🐱TheCat
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            111 months ago

            We’ve already lost credit rating due to this clown

        • Bizarroland
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          111 months ago

          Thank God he’s not smart because if I were him and doing these things on purpose I would wear that orange jumpsuit as a Red badge of courage and end up becoming emperor or at least Hitler part 2 electric boogaloo.

    • Buelldozer
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      11 months ago

      There’s a part of me that believes he only ran again because, aside from his ego, he believed it would make him immune to indictments.

      He should have listened when Liz Cheney, and more importantly her father, said he wouldn’t be allowed near the Presidency again.