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This should result in an automatic disqualification from the election, but so should leading an attempted coup. If that's not enough, then nothing is. He's outright stated multiple times that anything other than a win will result in violence, yet he's still being treated like a viable candidate. It's insane.
The plain text of the constitution prohibits insurrectionists from being president. Some judges agreed that Trump shouldn’t be on the ballot for this reason. But our god kings, in their infinite wisdom, said that he could be on the ballot.