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Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident

www.axios.com

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Democratic members of Congress who were part of a scuffle with law enforcement officers at an ICE facility in New Jersey may face arrests, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Axios Saturday.

Why it matters: It would be a major escalation in the Trump administration's arrests of politicians and other public servants, including the mayor of Newark and a judge in Milwaukee.

DHS is accusing the House Democrats of assaulting law enforcement. The lawmakers say they were the ones who were assaulted.
The lawmakers involved in the incident: Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) and LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.).

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They released some body cam footage but it doesn’t show that so I’m assuming they aren’t releasing the video of the ICE agent getting body slammed by a Congressperson because it’s rad as fuck and that Congressperson would instantly be named Speaker of the House, Smack Down Champion, and a Cardinal by Chicago Pope regardless of their faith tradition.
Or maybe it just didn’t actually happen.
- The rabid Congresswoman that did the alleged assaulting:
  Contrast with these softies got their asses handed to them
  This checks out!
  
  She body slammed one and threw the rest off the prison roof like when Undertaker threw Mankind off the cage in that Hell in the Cell match.
  https://youtu.be/9hMp65SzyTU
  “God almighty! God almighty! As God as my witness, he is broken in half!”
  
  Fascists are the biggest cry bullies.
  
  Now this is a SLAMming I can get behind. Get SLAMMED, idiots.
  
  Assault includes things as simple as unwanted touching. Not all assault is body slamming someone. Spitting at someone is assault.
The Atlantic has a great piece this month about how we saying the judicial system split in two, Watch for more of this and increasing penalties, some of them won’t be let out of jail eventually. And we’ll just be disappearing our political opponents.
Democrats didn't have the will to arrest Trump, and now guess what...
- Good thing Merrick Garland dragged his feet, probably so the democrats could fundraise on Trump.
And Schumer will send another strongly worded letter.
Freaking ass had the chance to alter history potentially and he fucked it up.
Oh right, between ICE agents and house politicians, the latter really are the ones who everyone would believe to be the ones physically assaulting someone.
Spineless Democracts "Relax everyone. It is totally normal in a healthy democracy when the Executive branch, in this cause President Trump is threatening to arrest Legislators."
- ~~threatening to arrest~~ Legislators
  ...actually arresting Legislators
- There is a definetely a faction of Democracts who are willing to fight back. It seems that facton is the minority while the majority sit on their ass.
  Source.
  
  Are these spineless democrats in the room with us now?
  I mean, this is lemmy. So yes.
They need to pull a "No u" with dRump and release an arrest warrant for the treasonous 47th and his goons. 😬
Too bad they don't have the balls to do things even at these level... Hopefully they get their heads out their ass before it's too late. 🫩
Good to hear that there are zero consequences so far for the ICE guys
If they get arrested, time to surround the facility in which they are held and prevent anyone from entering and leaving until they are released.
- Yes, wait until it happens, that always works
  
  We can already do mass protests in the meantime.
Trump starting to arrest his political oppenents. Germany 1933, chile 1973, so many other historical examples...
Here you are, USA. Enjoy the ride.
Is there no immunity of parlamentarians in the US? Not a rhetoric question, I just don't know.
- Unless they're on their way to a session of Congress (in which case they get to ignore a multitude of vehicular laws), not really LEGALLY. De facto, they've been immune from prosecution in a lot of cases (and moreover immune to actual consequences) because congresspeople are, by and large, wealthy, white, and male.
- If there is there shouldn’t be. Things like diplomatic immunity are terrible and should not exist.
  
  Would you mind to elaborate? That fact that you think something was "terrible" is not an argument. I think, you don't really have an idea how immunity actually works. It's not synonymous to "impunity".
- There is limited immunity:
  https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S6-C1-2/ALDE_00013354/
Ready the muskets.
- ...until they get disappeared by ICE.
doooooo iiiiiiiiit
- why...?
  
  Because the Dems need to get off the floor and start attacking. They - and let’s face it, most everyone with half an ounce of reason - is hoping they can hang tight until the midterms, win the house back, and undo everything in four years.
If they broke the law arrest them and charge them. If not, leave them alone.
Seems pretty straight forward.
- You again? Well it’s not illegal and you don’t care about the law because so many of these republicans are breaking it and you don’t care about that.
  
  Oh I’m flattered that you know who I am. I have no idea who you are and don’t intend to even attempt to remember. Rent free baby!
  What’s not illegal? Did you even read my post? I said IF THEY BROKE THE LAW ARREST THEM AND CHARGE THEM. What on earth is there to get your knickers in a bunch about in that statement?
  Seems you can’t argue the point, but the person instead.
- Yet you call yourself FreedomAdvocate.
  
  Say it with me: randomly generated username.
  Also someone being for freedom doesn't mean they don't believe in the rule of law.
Democrats: break the law
Trump: "Well ok arrest them"
Democrats: Pikachu
- Republicans: break the law
  OsrsNeedsF2P: “The democrats broke the law!”
- Please stop assaulting me, you’re breaking the law.
  See how easy it is to just say things?
- When the law is unethical, breaking it is a moral duty. The democrats going to jail now have infinitely more spine than the republicans who hurried off to the underground tunnels during J6 only to turn around and claim it was a totally peaceful tour.
- Mmmmm, boots taste delicious, don't you think?

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