# How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 15, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178 "2021-05-15T18:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 376
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7504 "2024-07-19T23:49:44Z")
I’d put money on he forgot Putin’s name and contributions (heheheh) and went with the one he loves instead. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7505 "2024-07-20T00:39:11Z")
Great, now Putin will be jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7506 "2024-07-20T00:55:24Z")
**“Dictator Fight!”** ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7507 "2024-07-20T05:27:36Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That’s what I want in a presidential candidate, the support of one of the most murderous dictators of our time. Republicans _adore_ dictators. They want to be dictators so they can brutalize everyone they hate. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7508 "2024-07-20T14:52:44Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Republicans _adore_ dictators. They want to be dictators so they can brutalize everyone they hate. [Sideshow Bob court speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXU2vZTTeMU) > “Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king. [snip]” The first comment seems spot on: > @KINGBADASS100 3 years ago > The most unrealistic thing about this is that Bob actually faced the consequences of his actions. ---
**Author:** ![GulfTiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@GulfTiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GulfTiger)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7509 "2024-07-24T00:39:35Z")
He’s not technically convicted yet until Merchen sentances him. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7510 "2024-07-24T01:04:22Z")
Um, yes he is. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7511 "2024-07-24T01:07:51Z")
Yes, @Stratocaster, you are correct. > **[conviction](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/conviction)** > A conviction is an adjudication of a criminal [defendant](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defendant)’s guilt; specifically, it is the act or [judicial](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/judicial) process of finding a criminal defendant [guilty](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/guilty) of a charged [offense](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/offense). Legally speaking, he was convicted when the jury found him guilty on all charges. And once he became convicted of a felony, legally he became a felon. > **[felon](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/felon)** > A felon is a person who has committed a [felony](https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/felony). None of that is dependent on sentencing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7512 "2024-07-24T03:33:05Z")
He woke up this morning. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7513 "2024-07-24T03:46:45Z")
I read somewhere that you know for sure that the bullet did not take off part of his ear because it is not up for sale anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7514 "2024-07-24T03:50:38Z")
I’m convinced his boo-boo healed up a week ago, but he’ll be wearing the Maxipad for the rest of the campaign ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7515 "2024-07-24T04:39:26Z")
If only he would wear it in his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7516 "2024-07-24T04:42:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I read somewhere that you know for sure that the bullet did not take off part of his ear because it is not up for sale anywhere. What? The part of the ear? > [@bobsmom101](#): > > I’m convinced his boo-boo healed up a week ago, but he’ll be wearing the Maxipad for the rest of the campaign Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7517 "2024-07-24T08:04:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > legally he became a felon I am not familiar with US law, but doesn’t a felony conviction prevent ascending to presidentcy? If Mr. Trump was a lawyer, he would have been disbarred long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7518 "2024-07-24T08:17:24Z")
Nothing in the Constitution prohibits a felon from becoming president. The Founders likely didn’t think it necessary, if they thought of it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7519 "2024-07-24T08:18:34Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I am not familiar with US law, but doesn’t a felony conviction prevent ascending to presidentcy? Nope. Here is the full text of [U.S. Constitution, article II, § 1, clause 5](https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii): > No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7520 "2024-07-24T08:42:20Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > If Mr. Trump was a lawyer, he would have been disbarred long ago. I kind of wish that Mr. Trump was a lawyer, just so he could be disbarred. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7521 "2024-07-24T11:50:35Z")
Did he, though? I DEMAND proof of life! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7522 "2024-07-24T11:58:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Nope. Here is the full text of [U.S. Constitution, article II, § 1, clause 5](https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii): There’s a lot of things the Founders took for granted. That’s partly why they included (what they thought) was a adequate way to change it. Well, time makes fools of us all ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178/7523 "2024-07-24T12:52:56Z")
People _are_ saying that a certain prominent politician has dies and his campaign is cover it up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-1/942178.md?page=377)