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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 11 Apr 2018
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    I have a security question. Does the President of the United States have to undergo an FBI background check like everybody else? Or do they get to forgo that by virtue of their election? I seriously doubt Trump could've ever passed one himself.

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      2. Jennifer Taub‏Verified account @jentaub 11 Apr 2018
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        Nope. No background check for him

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      3. Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 11 Apr 2018
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        Interesting.

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      1. Silence Dugud‏ @Silencedugud 11 Apr 2018
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        Presidents don’t require background checks or tax return publication or mental health evals or ethics or morals or standards or hair or the ability to read.

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      2. Ceres‏ @dearCeres 11 Apr 2018
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        I've read no. Which should change, am I right?

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      3. Ceres‏ @dearCeres 11 Apr 2018
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        Like maybe we could require a background check before people are allowed to be on the ballot. Along with releasing taxes.

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      1. LikeAPundit‏ @JenniferMW 11 Apr 2018
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        Trump couldn't pass a background check to work for his own firm.

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      1. Oskar Pineño‏ @opineno 11 Apr 2018
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        He wouldn't pass the naturalization test.https://twitter.com/opineno/status/952674876535590912 …

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        What would happen if Trump, the “hard on immigration” @POTUS applied for naturalization? As per form N-400 from the @USCIS, he would hardly be admitted as a citizen. Here are some questions from that form, available here: https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/n-400.pdf … 1/n
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      1. Third Sector Workhouse‏ @LamentablyAwake 11 Apr 2018
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        The FBI having the final say on who can become president would be very dangerous.

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      1. Amy Allen‏ @filledebeauvoir 11 Apr 2018
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        I’m pretty sure he’s getting a rather through one from Special Counsel right now.

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      1. Jonathan Drake‏ @lamarj84 11 Apr 2018
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        I believe a law needs to be put in place that before becoming a presidential nominee you first need to receive security clearance. I doubt 45 would have ever received it without becoming president

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      1. Nana On The Left‏ @Nana_OnTheLeft 11 Apr 2018
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        Apparently the commander in chief doesn't even have to follow OPSEC. You'd think these type of things would be important to the security of our nation. Fuck it. It's a free for all.

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      1. Erica Price‏ @RudeRicky 11 Apr 2018
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        I said this when he got elected! That he probably wouldn’t pass a background check to even visit the White House!

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      1. Dream Out Loud‏ @_Dream_Out_Loud 11 Apr 2018
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        If so, I’d imagine it would be well before the election. A condition of being on the ballot?

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      1. Robyn Greene‏ @Robyn_Greene 11 Apr 2018
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        Neither Trump nor any elected member of Congress need background checks to see classified info.

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      1. Akinwumi Junior Oyebade. Standing on Gods promises‏ @oyebee 11 Apr 2018
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        Absolutely not..

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      1. SalsaVerde‏ @Leslie_Salsa 11 Apr 2018
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        @CokieRoberts good question!! And if the answer is no, it should be changed

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