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Anti-ICE Sheriff Doesn’t Know How Many Branches of Government There Are
Legal Insurrection ^ | February 12, 2026 | Matt Lamb

Posted on 02/12/2026 6:20:56 AM PST by Skwor

A North Carolina celebrity sheriff who opposes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) also lacks a basic grasp on the three branches of government – and which one he serves under. [...] Sheriff McFadden has made a name for himself by opposing ICE. Soon after taking over as the county’s top cop in 2018, McFadden announced he would no longer cooperate with the federal agency under the 287(g) program. This allows local law enforcement to receive funding to help with immigration enforcement.

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I propose a new axiom, the more decorated and louder a perfunctory authority of the state's uniform the lower the IQ and competence level of the individual
1 posted on 02/12/2026 6:20:56 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

I saw this yesterday. Dumbass supreme. He answered “constitution of the United States”. DEI at work. I’m surprised he didn’t say “Olive branch” 😂


2 posted on 02/12/2026 6:26:06 AM PST by albie
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To: Skwor

DEI strikes again


3 posted on 02/12/2026 6:26:06 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: albie

I saw it yesterday also, his utter arrogance and surety in his ignorance as he answered created a new high mark on the Dunning–Kruger graph.


4 posted on 02/12/2026 6:28:50 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

No worry, the Trump admin is retreating anyway:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/12/trump-administration-operation-metro-surge-minnesota/88402953007/


5 posted on 02/12/2026 6:40:20 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Skwor

A woke, DEI head moron.


6 posted on 02/12/2026 6:41:08 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Poll: Which spews the most Bovine Scatology "News". TV and Radio "News" or "News" on the Internet?)
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To: 9YearLurker

Stop trying to derail this thread with USA biased narratives.

Go post on this thread if you have anything to add to that old, busted narrative.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4365411/posts

No retreat is happening, only a move of resources not needed NOW THAT Minnesota was forced to comply, and the police actually help now. Talke those lies elsewhere.


7 posted on 02/12/2026 6:44:20 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

I keep saying it, but look at the highest level black people in this country. A Supreme Court Justice who had no shame in ridiculously claiming she couldn’t define what a woman is. Look at Fani Willis, Latetia James, Alvin Brag, Ben Crump, etc. etc. Do any of them sound like legal scholars? How about Michelle Obama? I barely graduated high school in Alabama and I bet I can write and speak proper English better than any of them. There is a very obvious pattern here that a lot of people refuse to accept.


8 posted on 02/12/2026 6:47:11 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: Skwor

He has just made himself a leftist STAR!


9 posted on 02/12/2026 6:48:12 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Skwor

9year is one of FR’s rat trolls, just ignore the a-hole.


10 posted on 02/12/2026 7:06:07 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: suthener
A Supreme Court Justice who had no shame in ridiculously claiming she couldn’t define what a woman is.

That wasn't lack of intelligence. That was an act of submission to the Democratic Party.
Any Democrat Supreme Court justice nominee would have had to do the same.

She might also be very stupid like the others you mentioned, but this is not evidence of it.

11 posted on 02/12/2026 7:11:18 AM PST by Salman (Trump is good, but we need Pinochet. )
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To: Skwor

In theory there are three branches (legislative, executive, judicial). In reality there is just one—the Deep State.


12 posted on 02/12/2026 7:17:36 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Salman

“That wasn’t lack of intelligence. That was an act of submission to the Democratic Party.
Any Democrat Supreme Court justice nominee would have had to do the same.

She might also be very stupid like the others you mentioned, but this is not evidence of it.”

I actually didn’t say she was stupid or lacks intelligence, although that is true. I said she had no shame making a ridiculous statement.


13 posted on 02/12/2026 7:28:17 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Who has no place as a sheriff whatsoever.


14 posted on 02/12/2026 7:32:02 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: butlerweave

The sooner DEI D-I-Es off the better.


15 posted on 02/12/2026 7:33:13 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: albie

“DEI at work.”

Not exactly this time. The feds were wrong in that he doesn’t work for the federal government, he is a county sheriff working for the county for state government level. Totally different force.

And he may have been sworn in with the Constitution in his oath. But he is not an employee, hired or elected, with the federal government and normally doesn’t have anything to do with them other than be aware they are there and may on occasions deal with an office of the FBI in his county. So does it make any difference who the three pieces of the federal government are to him?

In the article it stated that he had been a cop for 30 years before his becoming sheriff, and had a very high conviction rate for the over 800 homicides he had worked during that time. So he became sheriff the old fashioned way, he earned it.

wy69


16 posted on 02/12/2026 8:12:46 AM PST by whitney69 (uin.)
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To: Skwor; All

Probably half the country hasn’t a clue. Watch the “Man on the street” interviews…


17 posted on 02/12/2026 8:16:36 AM PST by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore. )
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To: Skwor

Needs to be schooled about the Supremacy Clause.

Or, he can find out the hard way.


18 posted on 02/12/2026 8:27:02 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Skwor

He is a text book example of a Unilateral moron and someone to stupid to live.

“Unilateral moron T.S.T.L.”

Here is an analysis of the two terms:

Unilateral: This is an adjective that means “one-sided”. The word is most often used in a medical, political, or legal context, or to describe a fitness exercise that works one side of the body at a time.

Moron: This word is an offensive and derogatory slur for a stupid or foolish person. In the early 20th century, it was a clinical term used by psychologists to classify people with mild intellectual disabilities.

The clinical term was later discarded, and the word is now considered a general insult.

Based on the meaning of these words, “unilateral moron” would mean a “one-sided moron.” However, this phrase is not used in any known context and has no special meaning.

Moron (psychology) - Wikipedia

Moron is a term once used in psychology and psychiatry to denote mild intellectual disability.
Wikipedia

MORON definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a person who is notably foolish or lacking in good judgment. Psychology obsolete. a person of low intelligence according to a former classification of mental ab...Fuc*&ING DUMB!

It’s life JIM!

Just really, really stupid life form.....I mean it! Really stupid!


19 posted on 02/12/2026 9:49:58 AM PST by BFW
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To: suthener

I, too graduated high school in a small town, yet seem to have more common sense than many of those placed higher than myself. Not much I can do about it if I can’t vote them out.


20 posted on 02/12/2026 10:20:01 AM PST by oldtech
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