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According to the U.S. Constitution
Timothy Snyder
Jan 21, 2024
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Trump cannot run for office

Timothy Snyder
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December 29, 2023
Trump cannot run for office

If you pick up your copy of the Constitution, as I have just done, you can see that its plain language forbids Donald Trump from running for office. Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is as clear as can be on this point. Anyone who has taken an oath as an officer of government, and then taken part in an insurrection, may not hold any office th…

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