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How Stopping Squatters Became a Hot Conservative Crusade
Semafor ^ | Mar 29, 2024 | David Weigel

Posted on 03/29/2024 1:37:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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So, non-conservatives don't mind their property being taken? I find that hard to believe.
1 posted on 03/29/2024 1:37:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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1600 Pennsylvania Ave. has plenty of room for squatters.


2 posted on 03/29/2024 1:40:06 PM PDT by dynachrome ("God grant I don't outlive my wits.")
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They don’t mind someone else’s property being taken. If they were to find someone living rent-free on their property, they would be very mad.


3 posted on 03/29/2024 1:41:53 PM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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‘Conservatives pounce!’


4 posted on 03/29/2024 1:43:46 PM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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I have a relative dealing with this crap. The apartment she wants to move into is occupied by a squatter. The police came and knocked on the door. He didn’t answer so they left.


5 posted on 03/29/2024 1:47:23 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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when some of these laws are implemented, working class Black and brown folks are the ones who end up being harmed

Not if they pay the rent on time, I'll bet.

6 posted on 03/29/2024 1:47:55 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Now they have a new trick. They print out a fake lease and sign it. Once the police see a lease, they say this is for the courts to decide.


7 posted on 03/29/2024 1:52:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

And if you are legititmate renter, you have a lot of legal protections.


8 posted on 03/29/2024 1:53:25 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Oh, that line is nothing more than a segue to introduce race into the narrative. Because we must have victims of color of course to raise the ire of the perpetual victim class race hustlers.


9 posted on 03/29/2024 1:55:55 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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There is a landlord that is trying to kick a Korean squatter out of his home that he rented to the Korean. The Korean is a conman and has done this at previous homes. Makes six-figures and drives fancy cars. Although in the past the cars were leased and he didn’t make the payments.

Oh - the landlord is dot-Indian.


10 posted on 03/29/2024 2:04:27 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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It;s already occupied by squatters.


11 posted on 03/29/2024 2:06:18 PM PDT by moonhawk (Jeffrey Epstein did't kill himself; George Floyd did.)
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To: nickcarraway

You would think that would be a uniting issue. Maybe the pro-squatters have never actually worked to buy their own property.


12 posted on 03/29/2024 2:06:24 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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He admits you're correct at the end:

But even among activists on the left, criticisms of the anti-squatter proposals have been relatively mild

Dave Weigel was hired by the Washington Post 15 years ago as their "conservative" and him laughing about really not really being conservative on the private "Journolist" is part of what got them exposed.

13 posted on 03/29/2024 2:06:28 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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😡🤬


14 posted on 03/29/2024 2:07:28 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: 21twelve

Do you have a link? In what state is this happening?


15 posted on 03/29/2024 2:07:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Dave Weigel - he’s not a conservative, but he plays one on TV. He’s the real life Michael J. Fox.


16 posted on 03/29/2024 2:13:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I think the only people who are pro-squatter’s rights are anarchists, extreme progressives, a certain faction of libertarians, and diehard bums. And Michael Keaton.


17 posted on 03/29/2024 2:15:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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" . . . when some of these laws are implemented, working class Black and brown folks are the ones who end up being harmed."

Because they're the ones committing the crimes, jackass." (Jackass = Weigel)
18 posted on 03/29/2024 2:20:11 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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So, non-conservatives don't mind their property being taken? I find that hard to believe.

I was thinking the same thing.

The liberals I know would certainly object to someone stealing their property of goods.

19 posted on 03/29/2024 2:39:08 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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Why should a person have any rights whatsoever if he is “living illegally” in someone else’s house? What an upside down world we live in.


20 posted on 03/29/2024 2:40:06 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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