Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president

[highplainsdem]

Source: AP

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian election officials have formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president.

The Central Election Commission voted on Monday that the anti-corruption crusader isn’t eligible to run.

Navalny is implicitly barred from running for office because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution. He could have run if he was given a special dispensation or if his conviction was cancelled.

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Navalny is the most serious challenger that Putin has faced in all of his years in power.

Read more: https://apnews.com/25f9d52e55f24a098ed4d28cf6db8008/Russian-officials-bar-Navalny-from-running-for-president

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Because the fake-macho coward in the Kremlin can't face Navalny getting any votes, let alone all the support he'd get in an honest election.

[nwduke]

1. Putin

Trumps hero! Donald quote “I wanna be just like him”

[Scarsdale]

2. Coming SOON to

the USA. Donnie Two Scoops would LOVE that kind of power.

[Marcuse]

4. It has begun:

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, also called the Voter Fraud Commission, is a temporary commission established in May 2017 by United States President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13799 on May 11, 2017. The Trump administration has said the commission would review claims of voter fraud, improper registration, and voter suppression. The establishment of the commission followed through on previous unsubstantiated claims by Trump that millions of illegal immigrants had voted in the 2016 United States presidential election. Vice President Mike Pence serves as Chair of the Commission, with Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, serving as Vice Chair.

[bitterross]

6. My thoughts too!

If 45 can figure a way to do this - he will. Actually, it would be his minions. 45 doesn't have a clue how to do anything except tweet.

[SHRED]

3. 'Strong leader' -- Republicans

[malthaussen]

5. Mr Trump and the GOP cannot wait to emulate this...

... since they apparently cannot win even with the deck largely stacked in their favor, the next best thing is to forbid anyone to run against them. Then they're assured at least one vote... probably.

-- Mal