Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says he is tired of legislators and elected officials not caring about the rule of law. That’s why he says he’s endorsing former President Donald Trump, who was just convicted last week in the state of New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records, in the November election. In […]
  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Cop literally wants a convicted felon to run the country, I can’t come up with a better satire for how little police care about rule of law… Or a better argument for the “Ban the Box” initiative

    I’m definitely all for loosening restrictions on former felons… Look bro, if we can have a convicted felon running for office, no reason why they can’t vote or hold jobs if they’ve done their time right?

  • kescusay@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Holy shit, he actually said that.

    This, right here, is a prime example of a political headline that looks like it comes from The Onion.

  • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    So basically he’s saying he has no faith or confidence in the criminal justice system? Wouldn’t that kind of… I dunno… disqualify you from a job in the criminal justice system?

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Look, I’m all for equal representation and equal opportunity for everyone. The US had a black president already, which is awesome, but I’m not thinking the next step here is to “recently convicted felon”. Maybe try for a woman as president first?

    Just saying.