Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense

BLP ^ | Jan 22, 2020 | Shane Trejo

[Farcesensitive]

In the wake of the Virginia gun rights rally on Monday, Democrats in the Capitol are not slowing down their push for tyranny. They are moving a bill through the legislature that would effectively criminalize dissent against Governor Blackface Northam and other state government officials.

House Bill 1627 was introduced by Delegate Jeffrey M. Bourne last week. The legislation “provides that certain crimes relating to threats and harassment may be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.”

Language in the bill explicitly criminalizes free speech, in what would constitute a blatant attack on the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

[cranked]

Yes, of course, criticism is a criminal offense...... /s
No doubt a violation of the 1st Amendment to boot.....!!

[darkangel82]

Have the FBI bust the door down and haul them in on Federal charges.

[ThunderSleeps]

So under this law they could prosecute anyone who criticized them - merely by deeming the criticism to be "obscene." If you look up the definition, that includes "...offensive to moral principles..." and "...repugnant..." Gosh, what group do we know that is perennially offended? Further, you don't have to be in Richmond to be subject to this law. They only have to be there and "receive" the communication. So, there goes freedom of speech on the internet - everywhere. Because if your post to social media is read in Richmond and some leftist is offended by it, you're in violation.

Your lack of enthusiasm for the party's policies has been noted. It stops being funny when it starts becoming all too real.

[Hatteras]

Socialists will not stop until a large contingent of well-armed patriots step up with a firm backhand to the yap and says, ‘NO!’

[Red Badger]

Careful....................

[SunkenCiv]

If we had that on a national level, everyone in the Demagogic Party and in Hollywood, as well as half the "journalists", would be doing time right now, or have gone to the gallows.

[who knows what evil?]

This outstanding, easy to understand video should appear as a permanent fixture on FR’s home page.

[sport]

House Bill 1627 was introduced by Delegate Jeffrey M. Bourne last week. The legislation “provides that certain crimes relating to threats and harassment may be prosecuted in the City of Richmond if the victim is the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.”

Language in the bill explicitly criminalizes free speech, in what would constitute a blatant attack on the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

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The Delegate was elected by majority vote in a duly authorized and recognized election. One elects a son of a bitch,one gets a son of a bitch. Evidence barrack obama. The Nation is still recovering from the damage that the traitors and haters of America did by putting him in the White House for eight years. Garbage in garbage out. Shit in shit out. What do you expect?

[Boomer]

Careful....

Nah; toss 'em around like the trash they are.

[Enlightened1]

Here they come for the 1st Amendment.

Why am I not surprised?

Another totally illegal bill.

[Pajamajan]

Note: This is NOT from the Babylon Bee.

Democrats-Are-Tyrants BUMP

[Roccus]

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Without the Second, there is no First.

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[HollyB]

Here’s the bill. It refers to making threats of bodily harm or to kill. I hardly think that is equivalent to taking away free speech.

http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1627

[Big Red Badger]

There it Is,
Tyranny.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Dead Corpse]

I went out and read the actual text of the bill.

The first couple of changes aren’t that bad... The usual Death Threat type stuff.

It’s the last couple of paragraphs that go off the deep end. It changes the language to be entirely subjective. Well into “trigger” territory...

Socialists are mentally ill. Of course, pointing this out to them is “harassment” and is on it’s way to being a crime.

[Dead Corpse]

Yep... That’s the crux of the sh*tbiscuit.

[Dead Corpse]

Keep reading... You haven’t gotten to the bad part yet...

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

As I read it, all the bill does is establish jurisdiction in Richmond for threats against the state-wide office holders who work in Richmond. Other threats are tried in the victim’s local jurisdiction. This computer threat law has been on the books since 2000, a GOP bill.

[HollyB]

That is the whole bill. Plz show me the problem thx