Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?

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If so, then why?

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I would say just don’t break any laws then, but laws can change and people are terrible.

Edit: Pretty sure you’re all downvoting a misunderstanding.

I’m saying I get why it’s a thing because people would convict their opponents. Not that I was actually saying well don’t break any laws.

Sure, but a corrupt government can fabricate evidence to keep their enemies silenced.

Look at Russia and their treatment of Alexei Navalny.

Or just regular ass black people in America.

Or the topic of this post

Might be a reasonable argument if you didn’t have 76 years of his rotten behavior as precedent in processing the decision made by a jury of his peers…