Posted on 03/31/2023 2:03:36 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
A federal jury on Friday convicted pro-Trump troll Douglass Mackey of plotting to trick voters out of casting a ballot during the 2016 presidential election.
The case, which sought to address if any of the toxic stew of Internet disinformation during the 2016 election rose to the level of a crime, has been closely watched by both anti-extremist groups and right-wing politicians and pundits.
Mackey, 33, of West Palm Beach, Fla., who gained fame on the Internet as the Twitter user “Ricky Vaughn,” posted two images made to look like fake Hillary Clinton ads telling people they could vote by text instead of in-person.
Federal prosecutors called the images part of a plot to disenfranchise Black and women voters, but Mackey insisted that he was simply “s--tposting” and sharing ridiculous memes.
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Yeah....
why was this guy tried in Brooklyn??? I have never understood that.
The thing is: If you are stupid and gullible enough to fall for a trick like this.....
..... you are too stupid and gullible to be allowed to vote in the first place.
He’s a guy who posted memes on Twitter. He had a large following. They are putting him in prison.
America is a piece of shit country right now. I truly hate this country and look forward to its imminent collapse.
Why Brooklyn? Because some of the “victims” were in NYC, and that was the venue most likely to garner a conviction.
We are living in Stalin’s Russia.
Will they go after people who re-tweeted these memes? Maybe. What would stop them?
The USSC has recognized satire as free speech many times, even if the apes in New York state don’t understand satire.
In the meantime, the Republican house needs to start an impeachment against the fascist federal judge.
the LEFT does not have a sense of humor
tyrants never do
“ So help me God....I detest our Government more than any other Government on Earth.”
The government of the United States is far and away the most heinous, corrupt, criminal and detestable government on Earth. And it isn’t even close.
Now that government is running hard to become the most vile and heinous government in the history of mankind. I give it a few more years…and it will get that crown as well. Unless we are all very lucky and someone from the outside destroys this infernal country.
What *may* have crossed the line was putting at the bottom of the memes “Must be 18 or older to vote. One vote per person. Must be a legal citizen of the United States. Voting by text not available in Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska or Hawaii. Paid for by Hillary for President 2016."
Obviously this will be appealed. This is a blatant violation of the first amendment.
Firstly its a meme. Secondly this is an old joke that goes as far back as I can remember.
“What *may* have crossed the line was...blah, blah, blah...
That’s grasping at straws. The satire is obvious and protected speech.
What about bite-me’s broken campaign promises? He said he’d give all the college kids a $10,000 break on their student loans. He said he’d institutionalize Roe V Wade. Those were lies and he knew they were. False promises.
How many naive voters bought it, and voted their way into slavery?
Prosecute now.
Sad but true. I wish we had an opposition army.
I want you on my jury, because the guy was found guilty so it wasn't obvious to his.
Political speech is now criminal in the former USA.
The Constitution is dead & the nation is finished.
This is the start. FBI=KGB. Garland has been reading up on Lavrenty Beria, Methods and Means.
Breaking News !
Bragg drags Rush Limbaugh’s body from grave to indict him for Operation Chaos.
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