Guilty on 34 counts.

In a historic verdict, Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.

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      I understand the sentiment, but it is important for felons to be allowed to run for office. I would also say that the vast majority of them should be allowed to vote as well (I would only take that away in cases which involve acts against democracy, election interference, etc–which, incidentally, this was).

      Sometimes the law is wrong. How many people are felons because they smoked pot, for example?

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        Meh…the felon population is not supposed to be large enough to influence elections…looks up incarcerated numbers…Louisiana/Oklahoma/Mississipi: nearly 1%…ok…new voting group: the incarcerated…but…who wants to fight for that vote?

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              because once you take the right away from a group, somehow laws are written and enforced to make targeted population into that group. Look at drug laws. Oh, you have 2 Marijuana cigarettes? 20 years and no vote for you drug kingpen.

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                Wait, the rates of incarceration in Louisiana are because of pot? Yeah, that’s fucked up.