Someone who has tried to overthrow the U.S. government cannot be president.
The Constitution sets out four criteria that must be met in order for someone to be president. As directed by the Constitution, a presidential candidate: (1) must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, (2) must be a resident for 14 years, (3) must be 35 years of age or older, and (4) must not, after having sworn an oath to support the Constitution, have engaged in insurrection against the United States.
Trump meets the first three criteria. He does not meet the fourth.
Why? Because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution clearly states:
No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States … who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
This requirement was put in place after the Civil War to ensure that people elected to public office could be trusted to uphold the Constitution.
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