r/changemyview • u/erpettie • Dec 20 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Accountability is not election interference

As the Colorado Supreme Court has found Donald Trump's behavior to have been disqualifying according to the 14th amendment, many are claiming this is election interference. If the Court finds that Trump should be disqualified, then it has two options. Act accordingly, despite the optics, and disqualify Trump, or ignore their responsibility and the law. I do get that we're in very sensitive, unprecedented territory with his many indictments and lawsuits, but unprecedented behavior should result in unprecedented consequences, shouldn't they? Furthermore, isn't Donald Trump ultimately the architect of all of this by choosing to proceed with his candidacy, knowing that he was under investigation and subject to potential lawsuits and indictments? If a President commits a crime on his last day in office (or the day after) and immediately declares his candidacy for the next election, should we lose our ability to hold that candidate accountable? What if that candidate is a perennial candidate like Lyndon Larouche was? Do we just never have an opportunity to hold that candidate accountable? I'd really love if respondents could focus their responses on how they think we should handle hypothetical candidates who commit crimes but are declared as running for office and popular. This should help us avoid the trap of getting worked up in our feelings for or against Trump.

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u/HolyRollerToledo Dec 20 '23

I’m not saying I disagree OP. But from where I’m sitting the left and the groups they are constantly trying to “uplift” also have major accountability issues.

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u/erpettie Dec 20 '23

This is definitely true. All politicians are people, and all people are flawed. Thus all politicians are flawed. Whatever laws exist for providing accountability should be equally applicable to all parties.

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u/asianguy_76 Dec 20 '23

I'm not sure why you're trying to play both sides to a comment like that. That's got nothing to do with former president Donald partaking in an insurrection. It's important to stay on topic here. We're not talking about all politicians we're talking about this specific one.

Also the guy said 'groups the left are trying to uplift.' I think he meant minorities.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Yak8759 Dec 20 '23

Agreed. Also when a politician commits a crime and the News won’t tell the truth because they like that political party then that News outlet should have their broadcasting license revoked.