Mexico’s President Says Dems Want to Use Trump Indictment to Stop Him From Running in 2024

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rushed to defend former President Donald Trump amid his ongoing legal battle with Manhattan DA’s office, saying Democrats are using a potential indictment to stop him from running in 2024 and becoming president.

“Right now, former President Trump is declaring that they are going to arrest him,” López Obrador said, Newsweek reported.

“If that were the case… it would be so that his name doesn’t appear on the ballot,” he said.

NEW! Angry at US criticism of human rights in Mexico, AMLO comes out in defense of Trump, assuring that his arrest would be a move to prevent him from running for President in 2024. pic.twitter.com/QMjZ8HJN3S— José Díaz Briseño (@diazbriseno) March 21, 2023

While López Obrador often disagrees with Trump, he outlined the politically motivated attacks on the former president as an instrument to stop him from running in 2024.

The news comes as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg weighs whether to bring charges against the former president.

The indictment …