A convicted felon can't be a police officer or vote. But they can be elected as President of United States. Why?
excerpt from Kareem Abdul Jabbar's substack after the day convicted felon Donald Trump was elected President, Kareem summed up the situation nicely, hitting the important points. https://substack.com/@kareemabduljabbareditor America fooled me. Just when I was optimistic that we had turned a corner against irrationality, hate, and greed, and were marching forward toward a new age of enlightenment. We hurtle backward in time to a dark place where we dance around a pagan fire like the deranged children in Lord of the Flies. I don’t want this to turn into a bitter diatribe about my disappointment in the American people who selected a rapist, racist, and cognitively challenged buffoon as their leader. Who put all marginalized people’s lives and rights at risk. Who put the security of the country at risk. Who put our children’s futures at risk. The next four years will be challenging as we are led by a man in serious mental dec...