Posted on 12/20/2017 8:20:33 AM PST by Kaslin
Former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell isn't exactly known for her measured political commentary, and has been excessively critical of both President Donald Trump and the GOP for years now. On Tuesday, however, she kicked it up a notch: she just might have committed a felony.
In the lead-up to the vote on tax reform, O'Donnell tweeted that she would promise to give Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) $2 million each if they voted against the bill. O'Donnell said that "NO I WILL NOT KILL AMERICANS FOR THE SUOER [sic] RICH" and implored both senators to "DM" (direct message) her on Twitter. She said she would pay them in cash.
so how about this
i promise to give
2 million dollars to senator susan collins
and 2 million to senator jeff flake
if they vote NO
NO I WILL NOT KILL AMERICANS
FOR THE SUOER RICH
DM me susan
DM me jeff
no shit
2 million
cash
each— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
She doubled down later, targeting Collins specifically. O'Donnell asked Collins if she felt that her family was proud of her for the vote, and included a picture of the extended Collins family. The tweet seemed particularly sexist on the surface, but it's okay---O'Donnell added a #NOTSEXIST tag to the tweet let everyone know that she was not being especially hard on the "woman - mother - grandmother - sister - daughter" due to her gender*. (Collins is neither a mother nor a grandmother.)
susan - 2 million dollars cash
call if u want to negotiate
do u think your family is proud of u @sennatorcollins
woman - mother - grandmother - sister - daughter
u have betrayed us all
dear god
ask for forgiveness
redeem ur soul tomorrow #NOTSEXIST pic.twitter.com/wa0QcMXNk2— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
Small issue with these tweets: bribing a public official is a pretty serious crime and this specific act is punishable with up to 15 years in prison or a fine of three times the bribe--in this case, $12 million.
Let's check out 18 U.S. Code § 201 (b), shall we? (emphasis added)
Bribery of public officials and witnesses
(b) Whoever—
(1) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who has been selected to be a public official, or offers or promises any public official or any person who has been selected to be a public official to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent—
(A) to influence any official act;
That's...basically a description of what O'Donnell tweeted on Monday.
Alas, the promises of $2 million in cash apparently fell on deaf ears, as both senators voted for the bill. The bill passed shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
*Yeah, this still seems pretty sexist.
Wow, now THAT’S an obsession alright.
It’s like Satan meets Andy Warhol.
“Toss” in the headline parenthetical should be “Roll”.
Just sayin’!
She was obviously just being symbolic and gets “star-dispensation” for this seemingly illegal attempt at bribery!
It is a crime, but ugly-a$$ feminlezbos don’t get prosecuted.
Either she doesn’t know she offered a bribe, which makes her a fool, or she does know and also knows that they would never take her up on it, which makes her a liar. I’ll go with lying fool.
She writes on the level of a third grader.
We soooooooo need to reopen the 800,000 psych ward beds shut down in the 1980’s. Hollywood alone would fill a bunch of them. Combined jobs creation and public safety program.
But, but, she was “triggered” or somethin.
That is the problem. I wish she would be held to account here, but I'm not holding out any hope.
DOJ, PLEASE make an example of her.
So tired of liberals skating.
Childish finger painting. An indication of the level of intellect where she operates.
Good gosh. We always knew Rosie was kooky.
She didn’t OFFER to bribe them...she DID bribe them! She should be duly charged.
Oh... but she was just making a big joke!!
“no shit
2 million
cash
each— ROSIE (@Rosie)”
ooops...
I guess Phil was on Tour and couldn’t be there for the picture.
Those are Rosie O’Donnell’s actual “pictures” ???
... Looks like a kindergarten or second grade “art homework” ...
She needs help.
Nah. An offer is still a federal offense.
She should just be put in cuffs (on air, of course) and then dragged off to prison. Period.
But she had no “intent”. So its all good.
They should send an undercover agent over, dressed as a congressman, to see her. The moment money changes hands, bang! they’ve got her.”””
MY best scenario?
Send over a SS undercover agent & get her to complete the bribe. Have Tom Selleck in disguise as a witness.
Rosie trashed him on her show about guns. Tom was a gentleman—as he always has been. He did NOT deserve Rosie’s gun rant.
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