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Donald Trump initially said Kamala Harris shouldn't be “allowed” to run against him. Now he wants her “forced off” the campaign trail.

Ahead of Election Day 2020, Trump said Joe Biden shouldn’t have been “allowed” to run for president. In July 2024, he said Kamala Harris shouldn’t be “allowed” to run, either.

Four months later, as a HuffPost report noted, the former president insisted that the Democratic vice president should now be “forced off” the campaign trail.

In recent weeks, as the GOP nominee has struggled to come up with a coherent closing message, he’s fixated on a handful of preoccupations, including his desire to see Biden return to the ballot, his baseless “60 Minutes” conspiracy theory and his insistence that Harris should stop running against him.


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[–] [email protected] 208 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You know who I think shouldn't be allowed to run? The guy who tried to stage a coup.

[–] corroded 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm going to go ahead and say convicted felons probably shouldn't be eligible for the country's highest office, either.

[–] AngryCommieKender 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a good law to pass. The GOP would weaponize that before the ink was dry on the bill.

[–] RegalPotoo 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If your country is in a place where you don't think banning felons from holding elected office is good because you are worried that the legislative branch will weaponize the judicial branch to stop their opposition from running, then I'd suggest that the problem isn't one that laws can fix

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was a forethought, it was intentional. The "founding fathers" may have been super naive and absurd in some situations, but this is one they got correct. You don't want to let the government decide who gets to run in that way because that will almost always be abused no matter what the current society is like.

There are specific situations like what Colorado tried with Trump that makes sense and have a legal history, he was part of an insurrection, but for "standard" felonies it's best that we don't go down that road.

[–] 51dusty 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

nevermind standard felonies. if it were almost any other federal position with access to classified material he'd never get a clearance, along with many other politicians; strictly based on business deals with foreign powers, debt and erratic behavior. why these people don't have to go through the same minimum, non-political checks for access as other federal workers is beyond me.... at the very least, he just doesn't meet the minimum qualifications for access to material needed to perform his job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

If I understand correctly (however dumb I think it is) "we" give him clearance by voting for him. We are supposed to be that check.

That's one place the founders fucked up, but also their system of elections was much different than it is now. I for one wouldn't even be able to vote since I don't own land... They never expected complete fucking morons and propagandized asshats to be voting. I believe they also expected the electors of the electoral college to override a vote for someone as bat shit crazy as Trump...

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme 1 points 2 weeks ago

Gonna need a supervolcano eruption.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't he clarify that it was a celebration of joy or something?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's right, a day of 🥰 between ordinary folks and their political representatives

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

He isn't. No sane reading of the 14th amendment allows him to run.

[–] TropicalDingdong 103 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I hope he's seeing some internal polling that gives him panic attacks at night.

[–] 1D10 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I can honestly see them kicking Vance out putting puppy killer in as VP and declaring that the election should be postponed for 6months so she can have the same chance Harris had.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

... puppy killer ...

That doesn't really narrow it down much.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I was curious which one they were referring to as well.

[–] someguy3 2 points 2 weeks ago

Kennedy would get it.

[–] xantoxis 37 points 2 weeks ago

The moment every candidate fears: The day an unhinged, barely-functioning amoral lunatic says they shouldn't be in the race. Everyone knows this is what candidates say to other candidates when they are definitely going to win.

[–] WrenFeathers 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wonder if this means he knows something we don’t.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t think he knows a damn thing, but his campaign staff definitely do.

[–] WrenFeathers 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aaaahhh… that’s what I mean. “He” as a representation of his handlers.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun 20 points 2 weeks ago

The "royal he"

[–] xantoxis 12 points 2 weeks ago

Everything he knows that we don't is in a banker's box of highly classified documents, the location of which he no longer remembers.

[–] foggy 24 points 2 weeks ago

😂 what a fucking pussy.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Aww. Sleepy Don misses his friend Sleepy Joe.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He's going to quit and flee, many people are saying it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

The best people!

[–] someguy3 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then Vance takes the candidacy.

[–] Dkarma -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] someguy3 1 points 2 weeks ago

Technically no but 99% chance that's how it will work out.

[–] jordanlund 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I swear Biden looks like he aged another 10 years since dropping out.

[–] Snapz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe, but your picture is a bit grainy and we live in AI times, so maybe it's also "enhanced" without being labeled as such.

[–] _bcron_ 12 points 2 weeks ago

Knowing Trump and how batshit crazy his followers are I wouldn't afford him any plausible deniability if people took this as some sort of coded message

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

And I should have a billion dollars so I can quit working and enjoy life the way I want it. Fuck this guy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't he just saying yesterday how he was "Grateful" to Biden for dropping out "making it so easy to win"??

[–] tired_n_bored 6 points 2 weeks ago

Cry bitch, you're being owned by a black woman, fucking clown

[–] Gammelfisch 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Give the Orange F-tard a one-way ticket to Moscow or Caracas.

[–] Dkarma 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You only get to dictate who your running mates are (or to be more specific, which ones get to live and campaign) AFTER you become the dictator.

Poor old fucker is confused.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] someguy3 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wow still on this. Guessing he got bad polling info.

[–] EleventhHour 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I’m sure he does

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Right, because if she (Harris) stays on, he loses. Smart guy. /s

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker -4 points 2 weeks ago