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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts) Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:22 AM Nov 2020

Can u run for POTUS from,,,

prison?????

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Can u run for POTUS from,,, (Original Post) Cryptoad Nov 2020 OP

Yes. Eugene Debs did in 1920... First Speaker Nov 2020 #1

Sure, no law against it at all relayerbob Nov 2020 #2

So did Lyndon Larouche. RDANGELO Nov 2020 #3

So an ex con can't vote but can run for prez. Yikes. LakeArenal Nov 2020 #4

An ex felon can't vote but a current felon can run and serve as potus unblock Nov 2020 #5

Maybe he can, but he won't want to without the rallies. Marie Marie Nov 2020 #6

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

1. Yes. Eugene Debs did in 1920...

Reply to Cryptoad (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:24 AM

Nov 2020

...and won a million votes.

relayerbob

(6,537 posts)

2. Sure, no law against it at all

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Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:24 AM

Nov 2020

RDANGELO

(3,432 posts)

3. So did Lyndon Larouche.

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Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:25 AM

Nov 2020

LakeArenal

(28,802 posts)

4. So an ex con can't vote but can run for prez. Yikes.

Reply to Cryptoad (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:26 AM

Nov 2020

unblock

(52,116 posts)

5. An ex felon can't vote but a current felon can run and serve as potus

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:29 AM

Nov 2020

Yup. And people still try to rationalize felony disenfranchisement.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)

6. Maybe he can, but he won't want to without the rallies.

Reply to Cryptoad (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:47 AM

Nov 2020

It's all about the adulation. BUT, maybe the guards will let him take a little spin in a prison van to wave to his dozens of supporters who will camp out outside of the prison.

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