spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoJoe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground stateswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square341fedilinkarrow-up1779arrow-down134
arrow-up1745arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground stateswww.newsweek.comspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square341fedilink
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoThought leaders have been raising this issue for years. Among those calling for barring criminals from running for office: some guy named Donald Trump.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 months agoShouldn’t you have the right to run for office when you have paid back your debt to society? I mean if you can get an opponent convicted and it prevents them running, it feels kind of undemocratic. BTW I’m not talking about tRump, he should be behind bars since ages already.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoYeah probably. The same logic ought to be applied to felons who currently lose their right to vote. Rights being treated as privileges…
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI’m pretty sure the last guy to run for office from a cell was a socialist.
Thought leaders have been raising this issue for years. Among those calling for barring criminals from running for office: some guy named Donald Trump.
Shouldn’t you have the right to run for office when you have paid back your debt to society?
I mean if you can get an opponent convicted and it prevents them running, it feels kind of undemocratic.
BTW I’m not talking about tRump, he should be behind bars since ages already.
Yeah probably. The same logic ought to be applied to felons who currently lose their right to vote. Rights being treated as privileges…
I’m pretty sure the last guy to run for office from a cell was a socialist.