Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) went after former President Trump for his legal woes in an interview on MSNBC Saturday.
“I’ll take the individual who’s 81 over the guy who has 91 felony counts,” Swalwell said, making a reference to President Biden’s age in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show” on Saturday.
“It’s not about two individuals,” Swalwell continued, speaking about the 2024 election. “It’s about the idea of competence versus chaos, or even greater, freedom versus fascism. If we make it about those ideas, and what they mean in our daily lives, we’re gonna win.”
Swalwell’s comments come after Trump was ordered to pay almost $355 million in penalties in a civil fraud case and amid increased scrutiny faced by the president on his age and memory in the wake of a special counsel report on Biden’s handling of classified documents. The report noted that Biden had problems with memory and recall.
What kills me about this is that a felon can become president, but isn’t even allowed to vote. Like how does THAT make sense??
There’s only a handful of states where felons have no ability to vote after they’ve served their full sentence (including parole).
The big issue is that people in jail can’t vote at all in any election despite them being counted towards the population count. (except for I think Vermont allows this? I forget exactly and can’t be assed to look it up atm)
Genuine question: has he actually been convicted of any felonies yet?
No, he has not been convicted.
Nah, they keep saying “convicted” in the news when he loses civil trials
Never thought I’d be defending Trump but he’s only lost civil trials, not criminal ones. He’s not a convicted felons, and there is no guarantee that will happen.
What you prefer: Russia or USA? In Russia felon can’t be elected, but can vote, in USA what you said.