Trump became a felon last week after being convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.
Former President Donald Trump has been stung by a hometown newspaper editorial that argues the country should not 'have a felon as its leader.'Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee in this year's presidential election, was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York last week. He maintains his innocence and claims without evidence that President Joe Biden, his opponent in November, was somehow behind the charges.
'Ask yourself what's important to you in a leader's character, and what kind of world you want your children and grandchildren to inherit.''We're agreed on one thing: America, a shining beacon for democracy worldwide, shouldn't have a leader behind bars,' it concludes. 'But nor should it have a felon as its leader.'Newsweek reached out for comment to Trump's office via email on Wednesday.
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