US Politics |OT|

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TallSilhouette said:

One high profile arrest deserves another. Galactic Emperor George Santos arrested on 13 federal charges. Of course you can't shame the shameless and he still won't resign. I wonder how much longer a bunch of the GOP will hold out in refusing to condemn him or kick him out, though.

This is something that baffles me about the US political system: convicts, in many states even former ones, are banned from voting, but at the same they could be voted into any office including the presidency.

In most other democratic countries, it's the other way around: convicts are allowed to vote, but persons with a criminal record cannot be elected into offices, and if they get caught breaking the law they're pretty much forced to resign unless they want to break yet another law.