Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson and Cenk Uygur blasted the Florida Democratic Party after they were left off the primary presidential ballot. The candidates held a joint pre…
He announced his candidacy in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries in October 2023. Uygur is not a natural-born U.S. citizen; he claims the Equal Protection clause amends this requirement in an untested, novel legal theory. As of late November, he has failed in his efforts to be listed on three state primary ballots (Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina). He has only succeeded in Arkansas to date.
Seems like quite a stretch, but if a court ever agrees with this interpretation of the 14th Amendment then I’d rather see Schwarzenegger on the ballot.
Do you have any information that they tried to actually join the primaries on time? From what I read yesterday, the DNC said that the candidates didn’t meet the deadline.
Wait. Cenk Uygur is running for president? Whatever for?
Attention, one presumes.
As a naturalized citizen, he can’t be president, so yeah.
From his Wikipedia page
Seems like quite a stretch, but if a court ever agrees with this interpretation of the 14th Amendment then I’d rather see Schwarzenegger on the ballot.
Ah, okay. That makes more sense. Thanks.
Does it? That’s just his response to the Florida situation. He announced his presidential run back at the start of October.
I’m not a fan of Cenk at all, I find him annoying. I still believe the voters should have a voice in the primaries though.
Do you have any information that they tried to actually join the primaries on time? From what I read yesterday, the DNC said that the candidates didn’t meet the deadline.