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Has there ever been a person try to run for President that had a criminal background? In the US or other countries? (lemmy.world)
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[–] norimee@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Adolf Hitler was in prison for treason for a failed coup d'état.

See any parallels to recent history??

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean they imprisoned the fucker. The US just bent over and is actively taking it...

[–] dotslashme 1 points 1 year ago

They did, but the punishment he received was not really fitting the crime of treason.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/beer-hall-putsch-munich-putsch#trial-3

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