Kudos to Glenn Greenwald here for calling out Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, whom as we noted, just happened to randomly search for and post the Federal Kidnapping Statute to his Twitter timeline after California Gov. Gavin Newsom had called for the DOJ to investigate Gov. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott for “kidnapping” migrants by lying to them to get them onto buses and planes north.
18 USC 1201 – Federal Kidnapping Statute
a) Whoever unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, DECOYS, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person …”
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 17, 2022
A lot of people mistake Greenwald for a conservative, but he’s had a long-lasting distrust of the federal “alphabet” agencies and the media to whom they leak their talking points. Not surprisingly, conservatives’ trust in the FBI is eroding as we learn about the lies it told and signatures it forged to spy on the Trump campaign.
Note how often Democrats demand not only the censorship of their political opponents — that's everyday — but also their arrest by FBI and prosecution by DOJ.
They depicted Trump's 2016 "Lock Her Up" chant as Hitleresque, now want every Republican except Liz Cheney imprisoned. https://t.co/aWHtRTfV6q
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 17, 2022
One of the most overlooked political changes in the past 5 years is how much Dems have come to worship, revere and trust the US Security State – especially FBI and CIA – while Republicans regard these agencies with extreme distrust and contempt.
Dems love the US Security State. pic.twitter.com/4j4gziag61
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 17, 2022
That's why it's such an absurd joke when corporate media and Brooklyn-based liberal digital sites claim I've changed and am now some "right-wing pundit" (only they get the "journalist" label despite breaking no stories), or Russell Brand etc has.
Our politics stayed the same. 👇 pic.twitter.com/FbRbjyzUCL
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 17, 2022
I should note: it's not just FBI and CIA that are wildly popular with Democrats, while those US Security State agencies are regarded with skepticism by Republicans.
It's also true of the Dept of Homeland Security, created by Bush/Cheney in 2002. Dems revere it; GOP does not. pic.twitter.com/A5w4vgDIqa
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 17, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security that created a Disinformation Governance Board? That DHS?
Get this … Schatz says he was just “asking questions” by posting that kidnapping statue with no context to his timeline.
I don’t want to censor anyone, and I never call for it. Or imprison anyone anyone, and I’m not calling for it. But, I am actively interested in whether or not what happened is legal. And I think that’s a fair question.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 17, 2022
Did you ask the same question when Biden flew migrants to red states in the dead of night? Have you ever expressed any concern over our southern border? Migrants are drowning due to Biden's policies – does that not concern you?
— Gigi Levangie, etc. (@GigiLevangie) September 17, 2022
What do you have to say about people being shuffled around the country for seemingly political reasons?
— Mike Harrington, Europe's Weirdest King (@Mrhansudo) September 17, 2022
Lefties are holding a "Bad Legal Takes Olympics" to deal with the emotional and psychological trauma of having their racist hypocrisy exposed to the world in hilarious, pie-in-the-face while stepping-on-a-banana-peel fashion.
* this entry is definitely a contender
— Cruadin (@cruadin) September 17, 2022
Note how they think it’s a crime when @GovRonDeSantis gives migrants a free flight to one of the nicest and wealthiest enclaves in the USA (where they were happy to go) but when Martha’s Vineyard calls up the National Guard to ship the migrants off the island, 🦗
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) September 17, 2022
Transporting asylum claimants from one legal location to another isn't trafficking.
But you know that.
— Popeye Doyle (@Popeye__Doyle) September 17, 2022
It’s no wonder that federal law enforcement agencies are being used as their political attack dogs
— Ryan the millennial Dad (@patriotic_giant) September 17, 2022
It’s funny that a U.S. senator is just asking if what DeSantis did is kidnapping when most people in Greenwald’s reply are certain that he’s guilty of human trafficking (but President Biden is not).
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Related:
‘These clowns are desperate’: Dem Sen. Brian Schatz shares part of the Federal Kidnapping Statute https://t.co/EH4c1DnuW7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 17, 2022
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