• blazera@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Its literally anti-democratic. I dunno what definitions of democracy anyone here is using, but its a system by which people decide via votes.

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      10 months ago

      It’s not anti-democratic to force candidates to abide by existing law.

      For example: AOC couldn’t run in 2020 because the Constitution states you have to be 35 to be President and she would not have been old enough.

      That’s not anti-democratic, that’s the “you must be this tall to ride this ride” rule.

      For the same reason, removing an insurrectionist from the ballot is not anti-democratic. They’ve proven they can’t be trusted and so aren’t qualified for office, and the 14th Amendment disqualifies them.

      See: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-faces-14th-amendment-suits-cuoy-griffin-speaks/story?id=103009491