Leader of 'Proud Boys' seks GOP Congressional nod

[struggle4progress]

Josh Israel
November 2, 2019

... Enrique Tarrio, who served nearly a year in federal prison for his role in a plot to resell stolen medical supplies, will seek the Republican nomination to take on Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) ...

Tarrio has a history hateful social media posts, has repeatedly been kicked off of Twitter — once after threatening to target undocumented immigrants — and was an attendee at the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia.

He is an associate of Roger Stone and was photographed sitting behind Donald Trump at a February rally ...

... Liz Curtis of Liz Curtis & Associates ... is listed as the campaign’s treasurer and custodian of records ...

https://www.nationalmemo.com/leader-of-violent-fascist-proud-boys-to-seek-gop-congressional-nod/?cn-reloaded=1

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I thought anyone w/ a record can't run for public office, or at least, a federal office? NT

[struggle4progress]

3. I don't know of a constitutional bar

[SWBTATTReg]

5. You're right. I didn't find anything either. I could have sworn I had read something to this ...

effect but only found the following (in Wiki)...thank you by the way, I appreciate your help...

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as president, one must:
be a natural-born U.S. citizen of the United States;
be at least thirty-five years old;
be a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.[1]

A person who meets the above qualifications would, however, still be disqualified from holding the office of president under any of the following conditions:
Under the Twenty-second Amendment, no person can be elected president more than twice. The amendment also specifies that if any eligible person serves as president or acting president for more than two years of a term for which some other eligible person was elected president, the former can only be elected president once.[2][3]
Under Article I, Section 3, Clause 7, upon conviction in impeachment cases, the Senate has the option of disqualifying convicted individuals from holding federal office, including that of president.[4]
Under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, no person who swore an oath to support the Constitution, and later rebelled against the United States, can become president. However, this disqualification can be lifted by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress.[5]

[comradebillyboy]

2. He looks like a good fit for today's Republican party...

[CurtEastPoint]

4. He is 'Afro Cuban' and leads a white nationalist movement. OK...