Trump Did Not Sign Illinois State Loyalty Oath Pledge Not To “Advocate For Overthrowing The Government”

Chicago’s PBS affiliate reports:

Republican Donald Trump didn’t submit a state loyalty oath that candidates in Illinois have been signing for more than a half century that asserts they won’t “advocate the overthrow of the government” — a pledge that holds new resonance on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6th insurrection.

That’s a departure his presidential campaign is not explaining after Trump signed and submitted the document to Illinois election authorities for both the 2016 and 2020 election cycles, when he ran against Democrats Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden, respectively.

Under Illinois law, presidential candidates wanting to be on the state’s March 19th primary ballot had to turn in their nominating petitions to the State Board of Elections on Thursday or Friday, and the loyalty oath is a time-honored part of that process.

Read the full article. Biden has signed the pledge.

When Donald Trump filed to run for U.S. president in Illinois, he failed to sign an oath pledging not to “advocate the overthrow of the government” — even though he signed that pledge in 2016 & 2020, @davemckinney reports for @wbez https://t.co/219UOrKbiN

— Heather Cherone (@HeatherCherone) January 6, 2024