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They released some body cam footage but it doesn’t show that so I’m assuming they aren’t releasing the video of the ICE agent getting body slammed by a Congressperson because it’s rad as fuck and that Congressperson would instantly be named Speaker of the House, Smack Down Champion, and a Cardinal by Chicago Pope regardless of their faith tradition.
Or maybe it just didn’t actually happen.
The rabid Congresswoman that did the alleged assaulting:
Contrast with these softies got their asses handed to them
This checks out!
She body slammed one and threw the rest off the prison roof like when Undertaker threw Mankind off the cage in that Hell in the Cell match.
“God almighty! God almighty! As God as my witness, he is broken in half!”
That man had a family!
Honestly makes me miss ShittyMorph
Wait what happened to Shittymorph?
For the unaware, u/ShittyMorph was once a prolific redditor, who was a mainstay on the website, so much so he became the beta testers for tips on reddit. While haven't been on reddit for years, I do fondly remember most of the interactions he had with people. I don't think I'll ever forget how he donated his kidney to someone who was there in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.
Bah Gawd!
Fascists are the biggest cry bullies.
Now this is a SLAMming I can get behind. Get SLAMMED, idiots.
The Atlantic has a great piece this month about how we saying the judicial system split in two, Watch for more of this and increasing penalties, some of them won’t be let out of jail eventually. And we’ll just be disappearing our political opponents.
Democrats didn't have the will to arrest Trump, and now guess what...
Good thing Merrick Garland dragged his feet, probably so the democrats could fundraise on Trump.
And Schumer will send another strongly worded letter.
Freaking ass had the chance to alter history potentially and he fucked it up.
Oh right, between ICE agents and house politicians, the latter really are the ones who everyone would believe to be the ones physically assaulting someone.
Spineless Democracts "Relax everyone. It is totally normal in a healthy democracy when the Executive branch, in this cause President Trump is threatening to arrest Legislators."
~~threatening to arrest~~ Legislators
...actually arresting Legislators
Yes! The take home message of this article is that Democrats are spineless and wouldn't risk themselves to stand up against fascism. You put it so succinctly that I felt the need to highlight your comment.
We need to air as much ire against Democrats as possible and consider sitting out the next election if they don't start doing something to try to stop these illegal detentions by that other party that doesn't really need to be our focus right now.
There is a definetely a faction of Democracts who are willing to fight back. It seems that facton is the minority while the majority sit on their ass.
Hardly. The majority fight the faction that fights their republican buddies.
Denocracts
I don't know why someone downvoted you. Your comment couldn't have been dripping with more sarcasm if you tried.
It's hard to go sarcastically with a comment so blatantly stupid when so many people appear to believe it already.
Yea sit out the election and really let the republicans win! That’ll show them!
Well... that's not really what I got out of this, and I don't see how your suggestions would help... But if it's what you think is best I'll do it. You've never steered me wrong before.
Paddle onward, brother!
Good on them for showing the fuck up. ICE needs to be banned from having any jurisdiction under local, county, or state law.
Yes, that's not a power that was ever given to the states, but nobody ever gave the Federal Government the power to abandon the 5th amendment and send people off to die in a foreign megaprison.
Whatever happens, ICE cannot continue to exist after this is over. The whole fucking agency needs to be dismantled, and not one single agent should ever work in law enforcement or security again, if they can even see daylight after being held to account for their crimes.
I know the police aren't allowed to detain a congress person heading to DC for congress business, does that not apply when they are at a federally run facility to conduct official business? They let them tour eventually so obviously they are aware of why they showed up, contradicting any claims they make about unlawful entry or whatever excuse they come up with.
They need to pull a "No u" with dRump and release an arrest warrant for the treasonous 47th and his goons. 😬
Too bad they don't have the balls to do things even at these level... Hopefully they get their heads out their ass before it's too late.
Good to hear that there are zero consequences so far for the ICE guys
Is there no immunity of parlamentarians in the US? Not a rhetoric question, I just don't know.
Unless they're on their way to a session of Congress (in which case they get to ignore a multitude of vehicular laws), not really LEGALLY. De facto, they've been immune from prosecution in a lot of cases (and moreover immune to actual consequences) because congresspeople are, by and large, wealthy, white, and male.
If they get arrested, time to surround the facility in which they are held and prevent anyone from entering and leaving until they are released.
Yes, wait until it happens, that always works
We can already do mass protests in the meantime.
Trump starting to arrest his political oppenents. Germany 1933, chile 1973, so many other historical examples...
Here you are, USA. Enjoy the ride.
Ready the muskets.
