• @jordanlundM
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    803 months ago

    Tempted to remove as “Fox by Proxy” but here’s an alternate source which confirms the story and raises an excellent point:

    https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/g-s1-24436/haitian-group-charges-trump-vance-springfield

    “If it were anyone else other than Trump and Vance who had done what they’ve done — wreak havoc on Springfield, resulting in bomb threats, evacuated and closed government buildings and schools, threats to the mayor and his family — they would have been arrested by now,” Chandra said. “They are not above the law.”

    Chandra said the U.S. Supreme Court’s July ruling granting ex-presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution does not apply in this case because Trump is currently a private citizen and Vance was not acting in his capacity as a senator when he amplified the rumors that members of Springfield’s 15,000-member Haitian community were eating people’s pets.

    • Nailbar
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      3 months ago

      "If it were anyone else … they would have been arrested by now,” Chandra said. “They are not above the law.”

      Those two sentences don’t add up.

      • @rockhstrongo
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        3 months ago

        Yeah. “They shouldn’t be above the law.” works better.

      • @Buddahriffic
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        63 months ago

        They add up to “therefore they should be attested”.

      • @jordanlundM
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        43 months ago

        “They are not above the law” is the justification for calling for their arrest.