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Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Trump skips Illinois loyalty oath promising not to overthrow government

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Trump skips Illinois loyalty oath promising not to overthrow government

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Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

The oath, dating to the communist scare of the 1950s, asks candidates to swear that they won’t support overthrowing the government.

Crosspost from c/politics

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oh do kindly fuck off
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  preeeetty sure they’re joking since the reason trump is in this situation is an anti communist law
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    this :)

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