How does indicting Trump eliminate him from being a candidate?
It doesn’t, but they’re sure trying to make him start his run with 4 flat tires.
If it was just this, I think Trump would fight it out, but if they go after his kids, that could be the ballgame.
Legally nothing changes, but politically all the nevertrumpers and fair weather trump supporters will have cover to come out against him, deny him and his campaign access to resources, target and smear every campaign worker, activist or volunteer, and in some cases like in 2016 with crossfire hurricane, make up their own bogus charges against those people, either to use government resources to surveil the campaign, or to use law enforcement to harrass them. And as proven repeatedly, DC judges can and will do anything needed to support the establishment and DC juries are gleeful in supporting politically driven prosecutions.
The dems have learned from their mistakes of 2016 (well, Hillary hasn't, but as Biden has proven, the dems can rally around a sack of potatoes if need be). The republicans haven't learned from the failures of 2018, 2020 and 2022, and Trump himself has not learned from the failures of 2020. Whatever the 2024 primary season is going to be, the dems and the establishment are going to ensure that even if Trump isn’t the nominee (I think he will be, barring a medical issue), it will be Trump on the ballot and it will be a circus.
I think if he’s convicted he can’t run if he has a criminal record
It doesnt. Theyve tried to impeach him twice and this is strike 3 for them. They have literally no case and obviously zero self awareness… so lets all have a good laugh at this latest grasp at relevance.