• RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Cool. So fucking arrest him. He’s a public figure that knowingly and willingly endangered an entire population. Throw the book at his big fat eyelined face.

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        2 months ago

        everyone

        everyone didn’t believe it. those primed to buy conspiracy bullshit sure did tho.

        huh.

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        My pet theory is that it’s a reaction to the couch fucker thing. The left made up and ran with a story, and this is them trying to do the same thing. Obvious problem being that it’s racist, dangerous, and not funny, but that’s the right for you.

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      I’m not sure there is anything illegal about making up these stories.

      Edit: All these down votes are just wishful thinking. JD Vance is a piece of shit, but he hasn’t done anything illegal. (That’s not to say he hasn’t done anything wrong, because he totally has.)

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          This isn’t even close to the other, actual stochastic terrorism they’ve done before.

          If they were going to get charged for it, it shouldn’t be this one.

          Now, whoever runs the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire account, that feels like an actual crime.

          The cat thing should disqualify him as president because he’s blatantly lying. But it’s not a crime.

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          Name the criminal statute he should be charged with violating.

          Agreed that he likely does not have a 1st amendment defense. But you still need a specific criminal statute to charge him with. I am unaware of any that he has likely violated with his xenophobic remarks

          Demagoguery that targets a marginalized group is an American tradition. It is unlikely that he committed any crime

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            Ohio could possibly sue him civilly because of the bomb threats that caused them to shut down schools. That’s the best I got.

            If anyone is hurt over this, then they likely have standing for a civil suit (see Alex Jones).

            Criminal it’s definitely more tricky. Trump will likely get away with telling his followers to storm the capitol, so I doubt “eating cats and dogs” comes close to the same standard.

            Once upon a time, admitting to something like this would have been an impeachable offense. But that’s long sailed as something Congress would fairly enforce.