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Coming to America as well - look up Ricky Vaughn. Trial run on a deplorable, your ticket will get called eventually.


OK, I did. He told people they could legally vote by posting hashtags to twitter for specific candidates. That's an unethical thing to do even if you aren't a Nazi. Should it be against the law? Well, you might look up the reason these laws exist. Hint: probably won't make Nazis too happy.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1360816/downl...

> conspired to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate persons in the free exercise of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States, to wit, the right to vote, in violation of…


Setting aside the fact that 100% of the air has been let out of that accusation and nobody takes it seriously anymore and that's probably dangerous, whether or not he's a Nazi, which I doubt very much that he is, is immaterial. Disinformation is basically the stock-in-trade for politicians, it is not illegal. This will likely be and certainly should be an acquittal on first amendment grounds. It is political persecution, just like Saudi Arabia imprisoning someone advocating for women's rights.

How people don't see where this kind of thing is leading is beyond me.


As stupid as it is, there are legitimate legal complaints against him, namely advertising that votes could be texted to a certain phone number.




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