• highenergyphysics@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yes, if a Dem president incites an insurrection against the United States of America to illegally stay in power, I would absolutely support removing them from the ballot.

    Liberals are weak fascist enablers but that take is not it lmfao

    • Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Fully agreed, but what if a Dem president is “allegedly” inciting an insurrection? In terms of electoral games, this is really one I would not want to play with the GOP. They will say that Biden is a traitor because he pulled troops from Afghanistan/the border/whatever other BS they can come up with.

      With a conviction I would be fully in favour of removing Trump from the ballot. Without a conviction it’s just too easy for GOP to come up with a BS story. As a warning, many swing states are controlled by GOP.

      • lingh0e@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        So you’re reasoning is that we shouldn’t legitimately use the constitutional amendment to bar a criminal insurrectionist from running for president because other criminals may fraudulently use the same amendment in the future?

        “If you legitimately try to stop the criminals with laws, those criminals may use those same laws illegitimately in the future” is not a reason to let them get away with their bullshit.