• johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I mean…none of those things are disqualifying for running for office, even if he were convicted of any crimes related to them, which he hasn’t been. Trump is a piece of shit, but yes he has a right to run for office. Now why people would still vote for him despite all that, is much more mysterious.

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      6 months ago

      he has a right to run for office.

      The Republican party has allowed him to be their candidate for president.

      They absolutely could choose to prevent him from having that role if they wanted to.

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          6 months ago

          He may be popular to some of them, but he’s also turned the party into a cult of personality that has abandoned most of what it used to claim to believe in.

          When he dies (or loses his ability to attract a crowd), the party will be a husk of its former self. They’ll have abandoned their principles which attracted fiscal conservatives in the past, and won’t have their cult leader to rally around.