A mental aptitude test for all politicians is a great idea actually
I mean... Trump did take a mental fitness test, and failed so miserably he genuinely thought he had passed it. Person-woman-man-camera-tv, anyone? And that was years ago, he's certainly lost even more of his faculties since then.
There's basically 3 rules to be president:
Born in the US
Over the age of 35
Never lead an intersection against the United States
If Trump can't be barred from running for his role in Jan 6, there's no way adding more requirements will somehow fix things.
Man, woman, person, camera, TV
The doctors were so impressed with how well I did on that intelligent test.
Fwiw, he passed a cognitive stroke exam 4 years ago.
This could be weaponized as a tool of discrimination to keep minority groups or the impoverished out of office by constructing purposefully confusing questions. Just like the Jim Crow Era laws requiring people pass literacy tests to vote.
This could be weaponized
COULD, not WOULD.
If you don't make any rules that the fascists might want to abuse, you don't make any rules.
Your slippery slope fallacy does not invalidate the need to make sure that public officials are fit to carry out their duties.
A mental aptitude test for all politicians is a great idea actually
I mean... Trump did take a mental fitness test, and failed so miserably he genuinely thought he had passed it. Person-woman-man-camera-tv, anyone? And that was years ago, he's certainly lost even more of his faculties since then.
There's basically 3 rules to be president:
If Trump can't be barred from running for his role in Jan 6, there's no way adding more requirements will somehow fix things.
Fwiw, he passed a cognitive stroke exam 4 years ago.
This could be weaponized as a tool of discrimination to keep minority groups or the impoverished out of office by constructing purposefully confusing questions. Just like the Jim Crow Era laws requiring people pass literacy tests to vote.
COULD, not WOULD.
If you don't make any rules that the fascists might want to abuse, you don't make any rules.
Your slippery slope fallacy does not invalidate the need to make sure that public officials are fit to carry out their duties.