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Christie: Maine decision makes Trump a ‘martyr’
(thehill.com)
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Kicking Trump off the ballot is following the Constitution. Courts are supposed to decide without fear or favor. Christie doesn't argue that Trump didn't do it, but that he shouldn't be held accountable for it.
They fear the precedent set. If we don't let criminals play now it means the criminals might get punished more. Christie is one of those criminals
White collar criminals don't really think that they'll ever be held to account.
I think Christie is just doing his version of what all other Republicans are doing. He wants to win, even if it means ignoring the Constitution.
He’s smart enough to know he has no chance. Is he hoping for VP? Has he not realized Trump picks his associates based almost entirely on looks?
Trump may have enough dysmorphia to think he looks good and has a full head of hair, but—with the possible exception of Ghouliani and Trumps juniors—he surrounds himself with people who look good. Thankfully they aren’t chosen on intelligence, or the country would be in even worse shape.
He has not been proven guilty of insurrection in the court of law yet. This is why these laws will get struck down sadly and be good PR for Trump. He will say something along the lines “see they don’t want me to run Biggly unfair and blame it on Biden.
I don’t like it but we are treating him as guilty before a court judgement. Sucks but this is the court system in the US for better and worse
There are diverging legal views on whether Trump must actually be found guilty of the crime of “insurrection” before he can be deemed constitutionally ineligible to serve for having “engaged in” one. That's one reason you need a decision from the Supreme Court.
Elections are civil proceedings, not criminal proceedings. Eligibility is purely a civil matter. It's not like he needs a criminal court to prove he is over 35 years old to be eligible, right?