Posted on 01/20/2025 1:41:22 PM PST by simpson96
I’m sure that all of you remember how ABC and George Stephanopoulos entered into a $15 million settlement with Donald Trump, plus providing an apology, after George S repeatedly called Donald Trump a “rapist.” Trump was never tried or found guilty of rape, and calling him a “rapist” was and is pure defamation. (And that’s entirely separate from the peculiarities in E. Jean Carroll’s narrative.)
It seems, though, that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC”) missed out on that whole $15 million dollars thing. On Sunday, in one of a series of anti-Trump rants, AOC explicitly called Trump a rapist. Many instantly noted what she’d done and reminded Trump that he should sue her:
"All these journalists are like, congressman, are you going to the inauguration, congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? You going to the inauguration? Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists. So no, I’m not going to the inauguration now."
In any event, AOC’s little insult-fest won’t protect her when the subpoena arrives. This is a slam-dunk case.
Also, in case you were wondering, AOC cannot claim that she is immune to a defamation suit because she is a member of Congress. That immunity extends only to remarks made on the floor of the House or Senate Chambers. Thus, in Art. 1, Sec. 6 of the Constitution, it says,
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To the extent that AOC was quite clearly speaking from her bedroom or some other non-congressional venue, her slanderous statement is completely open to a lawsuit. AOC clapped back with some snide, stupid bravado. To those living in reality-world, it was clear that Libs of TikTok was neither triggered nor crying but was, instead, celebrating that AOC has opened herself up to financial destruction and humiliation:
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Exactly!
Destroy her.
Suing her for defamation would not be an example of lawfare, as it would not be a suit based on lies.
DONALD...PLEASE SUE HER DUMB ASS OFF!
One of the very few times I’ve described a Marine an an ex-marine
And I believe, rightly so, that President Trump will sue her. He is as fed up as any American with the half-wits in the House and Senate and won’t suffer their pot shots any longer.
I may be wrong but wasn’t some rtpe.of emergency provision made during covid to allow members of congress to act/vote remotely? If so, she’s immune.
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