▲ 709 ▼ Pence Says Trump Shouldn’t Be Disqualified Even If CONVICTED — Says ‘That Needs To Be Left To The American People’ (www.mediaite.com) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 174 comments fedilink hide all child comments He. Tried. To. Kill. You.
[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Gotta convict him first, unfortunately. You aren't disqualified merely for being accused of doing something, no matter how awful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Which is, honestly, the way it should be. If it were just on accusation, or a charge, I have zero difficulty imagining a scenario where a Trump administration DoJ forms cases, no matter how flimsy, against any and every opponent of his, just to get a charge on them to get them DQed from elections up and down the ticket, all across the country, from president all the way down to school board treasurer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Which is, honestly, the way it should be. If it were just on accusation, or a charge, I have zero difficulty imagining a scenario where a Trump administration DoJ forms cases, no matter how flimsy, against any and every opponent of his, just to get a charge on them to get them DQed from elections up and down the ticket, all across the country, from president all the way down to school board treasurer. permalink fedilink source parent