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

Presidential hopefuls vying for a spot on Illinois’ March 19 primary ballot had to submit their nominating petitions to the State Board of Elections on Thursday or Friday. The loyalty pledge is not required but is a long-standing tradition that candidates undertake as part of that paperwork.

  • CodeName@infosec.pub
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    10 months ago

    Why not just lie about it like he does everything else? Take the oath. Who cares? Because this has become a selling point. Your crazy uncle and/or crazy parents want democracy to die and for this shit stained drug addled moron to become a dictator. It’s the ultimate variation of sticking it to the libs.