Trump skips Illinois loyalty oath promising not to overthrow government
Trump skips Illinois loyalty oath promising not to overthrow government
The oath, dating to the communist scare of the 1950s, asks candidates to swear that they won’t support overthrowing the government.
Presidential hopefuls vying for a spot on Illinois’ March 19 primary ballot had to submit their nominating petitions to the State Board of Elections on Thursday or Friday. The loyalty pledge is not required but is a long-standing tradition that candidates undertake as part of that paperwork.
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Probably because he IS planning to (try and) overthrow the government again if he looses in November.
Or if he doesn't.
Yeah his plan probably boils down to:
A) Lose and overthrow
Or
B) Win and destroy our democracy
Same outcome either way.
Wrong, if he loses then we have a better chance of stopping his attempts
It depends on if his plans go accordingly.
For context his afternoon plans were to NOT shit himself. You can have a guess how those plans turned out.
He's been pretty vocal about his plans if he wins.
Yeah, I think he is being backed into a corner where he is all in on either "winning" the election or using his cult (this includes members of congress/military/etc.) to try and take the government so he doesn't have to answer for his crimes. He basically has nothing left to lose, which is why it's scary that states are putting him on the primary ballot to begin with. Letting him win the nomination and then should the Supreme Court decide that he (or any/every) president have absolute immunity to commit crimes and that the 14th amendment applies to him, things are going to get a lot more ugly. If he makes it all the way till November I think we are going to see violence from the right that makes Jan. 6 seem like a warm-up run.
If the supreme Court decides president have absolute immunity I hope Joe Biden straight up shoots him in the face.
He never would, but I also hope that he doesn't step down and instead we hold another election that includes non-traitors. He should also have a constitutional amendment that 100% spell out in no law degree required language that a president (sitting or not) is ALWAYS subject to the law, and insurrection by a president should be a "lock them up while they await trial" offence.