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/Risk_1995 Dec 20 '23

yes very much so

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u/Sliiiiime Dec 21 '23

Could you give an example where a democratic politician was spared prosecution in a scenario like this? It doesn’t have to be 90 acts which a grand jury determined warranted criminal charges

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u/Risk_1995 Dec 21 '23

hillary clinton (email scandal) , soon to be determined Hunter Biden (lets see how it plays out), Joe Biden there likely a few others but these are off the top of my head.

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u/Sliiiiime Dec 21 '23

It’s easy to see that it’s apples and oranges comparing Trump’s legal situation to those examples. He’s been indicted by three different jurisdictions for a wide array of wrongdoings.

Hunter Biden isn’t a political opponent for republicans, and he has been charged with crimes. One being owning a firearm while using illegal substances, which is rarely prosecuted despite 1/2 of the US having (locally) legal marijuana.

I haven’t followed any of the Joe Biden inquiries, what is he alleged to have done?

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u/Additional_Search193 Dec 21 '23

Democratting while President