• cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m surprised that any president impeached in their first term is still allowed to run for any public office again. Being impeached for any reason should automatically disqualify you from running or holding ant public office.

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      1 year ago

      While I would agree under normal circumstances, that would just be abused in the current political atmosphere.

      Republicans are now already trying to impeach Biden for some made up reason while knowing it will never stick in the senate. Can you imagine how much more effort they’d spent in it if it would prevent Biden from running for reelection.

      Everything Trump has done should be enough to make him unelectable in the eyes of the voters, even if it doesn’t legally prevent him from running.

    • dhork@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Watch out, the threshold for impeachment is simply a majority of the House agreeing. A President can be impeached for any reason as long as the House votes on it. I wouldn’t put it past this Congress to impeach Biden simply for being too liberal. As in, their investigations go nowhere but they draft articles specifically saying he’s a Communist.