Comment on Because of Trump, is it now open for someone with a criminal background to hold the office?

Psionicsickness@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SnowMeowXP@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m not from the US, but I am interested to know if Benjamin Franklin falls on this category? What is his crime?

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  • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not from the US, but I am interested to know if Benjamin Franklin falls on this category? What is his crime?

    By definition the founding fathers were part of an opposing empire.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Treason, tax evasion, sedition, breach of the peace, incitement to riot, incitement to murder.

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    • h54@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Enslavers, rapists, and genocidal too.

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      • JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, but not all of them were slavers and rapists. Only most of them.

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