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Yeah, we’ve all known that for years. But does it matter anymore?

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[–] Arotrios@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It actually might - check out the second half of the article:

There are minimally six aspects revealed in the latest indictment that we believe justify Georgia – under Section 3 of the post-Civil War Fourteenth Amendment – keeping Trump off the ballot:

  1. The racketeering scheme was a multifaceted attempt to subvert Georgia’s own part of the 2020 electoral process;

  2. The officials on the receiving end of the unsuccessful racketeering scheme were elected and appointed Georgia officials. …

  3. … whose actions to reject election subversion vindicated their own oaths to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States as well as Georgia’s;

  4. Most of these officials were and are Republicans – including Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger, Governor Brian Kemp and former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan;

  5. These officials will, in 2024 as in 2020, collectively determine who is qualified to be on Georgia’s presidential ballot; and

  6. These officials’ testimony, and related evidence, is at the heart of the proof of the Georgia racketeering case against Trump.

In other words, the evidence to convict Trump in the Georgia racketeering case is the same evidence, coming from the same Georgia officials, who will be involved in determining whether, under the 14th Amendment, Trump is qualified to be on the 2024 presidential ballot – or not.

Little if any additional evidence or proceedings are needed. The Georgia officials already hold that evidence, because much of it comes from them. They don’t need a trial to establish what they already know.

How could Trump avoid this happening? A quick trial date in Atlanta with an acquittal on all counts might do it, but this runs counter to his strategy to delay all the pending criminal cases until after the 2024 election.

With no preelection trial, there will likely be no Trump on the 2024 Georgia ballot, and no chance for him to win Georgia’s 2024 electoral college votes.

Once Georgia bars him, other states may follow. That would leave Trump with no way to credibly appear on the ballot in all 50 states, giving him no chance to win the electoral votes required to claim the White House.

This indicates that the GOP of GA are done with Trump after he dragged Raffensberger through the mud and cost them a Senate seat. They might just be petty enough to give him the middle finger here. Those "good ole boys" down south never forget a slight.

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Overall I think the GOP is likely going to elect Ron Desantis. He seems to be really playing to the GOP base lately and the crazies like him more than trump.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

Petition your state to exclude him from the primary. Probably won’t happen in red states, but getting him delisted in blue states may cost him the primary.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

It only matters I'd someone does anything. Which doesn't seem likely.