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Zohran Mamdani made history as the youngest and first Muslim South Asian mayor of New York City, embodying socialist ideals by quoting Eugene Debs and emphasizing immigrant-led progress, amid political tensions with Trump.
Even if former President Donald Trump is convicted and sentenced to prison time for the 37-count indictment he was arraigned on Tuesday, there is nothing in the Constitution that would prevent him from running for the GOP nomination or against President Biden in November 2024. Eugene Debs, a five-time Socialist candidate for president, ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket four times between 1900 and 1912 as a free man. He made his fifth run for president in 1920 from federal prison in Georgia, earning nearly 1 million votes, or 3% of the popular vote. Joe Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic or the “Tiger King,” announced he would be running for president while serving a 21-year sentence for attempted murder-for-hire and animal abuse.
Former President Donald Trump may face indictment for falsifying business records over his efforts to conceal a hush money payment made on the eve of the 2016 election to porn star Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence about a 2006 sexual liaison. If indicted, Trump could still run for president from prison, as Eugene Debs did in 1920. While an indictment would add an entirely new level of uncertainty to the campaign, it wouldn't change much as the possibility of a Trump indictment has long been baked into presidential politics.