Why do people care that trump was convicted if he can still run as president?

[Hotzone417]

[RebelinSteel]

What happens if he gets say 4 years prison time.

does the guy with the football have to share a cell with him?

exactly how does he receive foreign heads of state, the Governor’s office?

Then there is the external view of the US with a head of state tagged as a criminal.

[AviatorTom]

People view a convicted felon as someone without morals, and that's not the kind of person they want in the White House. In reality, Donald Trump was convicted of something that many businessmen have done... without being prosecuted.

[Anonymous]

There are still some people who won't vote for a convicted felon. His cult followers will never leave even if he shot someone on live television, but the decent people of America will abandon him in droves.

[jshm2]

Because it is effectively the end of the USA as a credible state.

When the head of the legal system is a criminal himself, then it's no longer a viable state.

[patois]

He wasn't convicted. People aren't convicted in criminal cases until sentencing occurs and a final judgement is signed and recorded...