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I'm in NH. We still have people out on the corner with Trump flags.
NH is the Florida of the north.
I see them in Merrimack. So cringe. How are these full grown adults out here slinging trump flags still
Less than a year ago people tried to set up tents and booths alongside a major highway next to a liquor store to support Trump.
I doubt they had permits, but they sure had a lot of AR15s around.
Sadly, my state is a Republican stronghold.
At this point I'm not looking to move states, I'm considering other countries.
America was a grand experiment.
Know what happens when an experiment fails in a science lab? Flushed down the metaphorical shitter. Use what good data you got from it, even if it doesn't support your hypothesis.
Trump would gleefully fiddle ala Nero if it meant he was in power.
I'm glad this is getting the attention it deserves right now, but this issue should have been front page news THE DAY Trump announced he was running.
"Donald Trump announces new bid for presidency, but may not qualify"
The sheer number of charges against Trump now gives conservative jurists cover to make these statements. Democrats are probably happy to let the debate over qualification drag out as it hangs a cloud over the whole Republican primary process.
I'm hoping some, but not all, states disqualify him.
Betteridge's law of headlines: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.
The question mark is in the middle.
Yeah, this isn't a click bate headline that ends in a question mark. This is a story about the steps being done to answer that question before the first primary.
It doesn’t end in a question mark. It ends in the answer to the question. It’s not clickbait.
This law has been dead since at least 2019.
Parties are parties. The republican party could have a squid reach for ballons with candidates names on them to choose their nominee. The only thing that the consitution disqualifies him is running in the general.
Of course, if the Republicans had a rule saying only valid candidates for general can run in the primary, then there is trouble, as he won't get disqualified until after the trial, which is after the primary.
The NH AG, John Formella, seems like a party man. I would be surprised if he would agree with this argument, especially in the administration of Chris "I'm a Trump guy through and through" Sununu.
Be especially wary of Republicans who are pushing this "ineligible even without judicial input" argument. Many of them would love to rid themselves of the Trump albatross, but even more, would LOOOOVE the idea of simply declaring people ineligible with no oversight.
To most people, Trump's involvement in Jan 6 is obvious, but without a conviction, the door is wide open for people like DeSantis and his lackies to just start erasing names off the contender list with the thinnest of justifications. "Oh, Biden supports the Paris Climate Accords. He doesn't believe in American sovereignty, which is tantamount to treason, therefore he won't be on the Florida ballot in 2024."
Republicans will do it now anyway. Their only regret at this point is that they hadn't thought of it before. The GOP has become so baldfaced uncouth, they don't care anymore if their dirty tricks are performed in broad daylight. Watch trump has taught them there is (so far) little to no repercussions for breaking "tradition" or "precedence".
This is an excellent point and why we should allow some kind of process. I'm not sure what that process should be, but something that can't be easily abused by Republicans.