Why is this insurrectionist, anti-American, Fascist being allowed to announce a candidacy for

[lees1975]

President?

How does that happen in a constitutional democracy? He's running to be president of something he intended to destroy, and that's bad enough.

But we're letting him do it.

[elleng]

1. It's a free country.

I learned that in playground in Brooklyn 70 years ago, and it still holds.

[choie]

4. it's a free country

where corrupt, un-indicted criminals can run for president? Wonderful!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. Ummm, yeah. nt

[stopdiggin]

14. Unless there's a law saying he cannot?

Then I guess the answer would be, 'yes.'
(incidentally, no one is being forced to support his candidacy - and we also call that democracy)

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. He hasn't been charged or convicted of anything yet,

it's still a free country, he can announce all he wants, doesn't mean he's going to even advance to the general election.

[tanyev]

3. This is where the Republican party is failing America.

A political party that truly supports democracy would denounce him and have nothing more to do with him. Shouldn’t have had anything to do with him in the first place. But a large number of elected Republicans are complicit and enabling him, and a large number of Republican voters think fascism is just swell.

[fescuerescue]

5. Because it's not illegal to do so.

In theory. One can be on death row, convicted of murder and still be elected President.

[global1]

7. A Criminal Holds An Announcement & The MSM Flocks To Cover It....

If this was back in the days of Al Capone - would the MSM have been there to give Capone the microphone?

[live love laugh]

17. It's the Republican Owned Media that consistently flocks ...

and spotlights Republicans while doing their damnest to diminish Democrats.

[Scrivener7]

8. Justice denied.

[Cha]

9. Dammed if I know

DT had a Failed Coup to overthrow our Government.. isn’t there something in the Constitution that forbids it?

[stopdiggin]

15. perhaps if convicted of a failed coup .... -(nt)-

[Cha]

16. Yeah, I thought about that later

he has to be convicted FIRST!

[Initech]

10. I have absolutely no doubt that fucking asshole would go full Nazi if given a second term.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. ....

[Patton French]

12. Silly question.

Maybe just defeat him, resoundingly.

[Meowmee]

13. Because he has not been even indicted for his numerous crimes

Which include the murders of over one million Americans. Congrats usa. There are also no real standards for who can run for office at all.

[LT Barclay]

18. Personally, I think any prosecution is now on hold until he either drops out of the race (unlikely)

or for a year after he loses.
This is why:
In my opinion, he announced as soon as he was able because now if he is prosecuted, he will post bail. He will not shut up. He will violate gag order after gag order. AND THEN he will profess, proclaim and shout that he is being politically persecuted and the democrats are like a banana republic dictatorship that is trying to imprison political opponents.

I'm frustrated too, but I think he should have been charged and then the DOJ could have put the finishing touches on the case as Trump was stalling.