Chelsea Manning is running for US Senate

[Forever_frost]

https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/chelsea-manning-is-running-for-us-senate/

Chelsea Manning, the former Army private convicted of leaking classified government documents to WikiLeaks, is running for the U.S. Senate in Maryland.

Manning, a 30-year-old transgender woman born as Bradley, filed candidacy paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on Thursday, the Washington Post reported.

She was convicted in 2013 of 20 counts for releasing more than 700,000 classified government documents and sentenced to 35 years in prison — the longest sentence ever imposed in a leak case. She was released in May last year after serving seven years, when President Obama granted her clemency.

Some praise her as a hero for fighting government secrecy. Others, including President Trump, bill her a traitor for releasing documents from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Guantánamo.

She moved to Maryland following her time in a Kansas military prison, and has made headlines constantly since.

She posed in a swimsuit for Vogue in August, shared her beauty secrets in an article for Yahoo!, penned columns about transgender rights and government transparency for The Guardian, and rode on an ACLU float in the NYC Pride Parade in June.

She is also an outspoken, and often divisive figure, on social media. On Law Enforcement Appreciation Day this week, she tweeted, “F- – k the police.”

Manning would face-off with incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin, who has served two terms and is up for re-election in November.

With Post wires

[svauto-erotic855]

With his conviction is he even allowed on the ballot?

[Trip McNeely]

With his conviction is he even allowed on the ballot?

Technicality. She was a He when he committed the crime. She's a She now, so biologically a different person. (Liberal logic)

[Strychnine]

With his conviction is he even allowed on the ballot?

Sadly, yes.

Once a person meets the three constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship and inhabitancy in the State when elected, that person, if duly elected, is constitutionally “qualified” to serve in Congress, even if a convicted felon.

[helosailor]

[svauto-erotic855]

Sadly, yes.

I bet he will win.

[dcs13]

I bet he will win.

Call the gender pro noun police... lol. This fucking world has lost its mind

[Forever_frost]

And once he wins, he is eligible to read through all national security information and be on committees. I wonder if the Democrats or Republicans would call for an ethics probe immediately like they threatened for Moore.

[svauto-erotic855]

And once he wins, he is eligible to read through all national security information and be on committees. I wonder if the Democrats or Republicans would call for an ethics probe immediately like they threatened for Moore.

Nope, not a prayer of that.

[Sean88gt]

At some point the ying to the yang that we're in will rear it's ugly head.

[Gargamel]

This is the Socialist Republic of Maryland we're talking about.

Anything could happen up there.

[SBFORDTECH]

So Trump is accused of working with Wikileaks and Russia during the election by democrats. Impeach, Hitler, dictator, KGB!!!!!

Now this motherfucking thing that actually committed a crime leaking info to wikileaks runs for senate as a dem and will be applauded as a hero by the left.

[jammeejamm]

it’s that damn trans. they are so hot right now.

[BP]

It's going to be a shit show of epic proportions and I can't wait. It doesn't really matter nationally who wins since both are likely to vote the party line but in the mean time we get to watch a transgender traitor run against a career liberal senator.

[Forever_frost]

It's going to be a shit show of epic proportions and I can't wait. It doesn't really matter nationally who wins since both are likely to vote the party line but in the mean time we get to watch a transgender traitor run against a career liberal senator.

So essentially the same thing?