Tim Scott suspends campaign

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(11-13-2023, 02:02 PM)Nately120 Wrote: As I said right or wrong our society is weirded out by people who were never married.  I can't imagine a bachelor president or a president without kids.  It just doesn't fit the nuclear family template people cling to. 

I don't even think anyone but Trump could get away with not having a pet in the white house. 

I think the reason the President is scrutinized at that level is because of spousal privilege. It's the only relationship that is coded into law regarding secrecy. Could you imagine a president is single, so there is no first lady, and he just has girlfriends coming to the white house periodically to visit him? Seems like a fairly large security risk if she were to overhear anything or, in some cases, told something by the President, she is not lawfully tied to the presidency in any way.