Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. . .
Meet lib journalist-activist, Lauren Windsor, who has made a name for herself of late going undercover at conservative events and getting interviews with Republican politicians.
Well, here she is at the NRA convention in Houston, bragging about how she was able to get past security at the conference while former President Donald Trump was speaking.
Windsor tweeted, “Ted Cruz wants every school in America to operate w/ a single point of entry every day. Well, the @NRA & Secret Service couldn’t do it for *one* afternoon to protect Trump. A friend and I walked in an unlocked side door — no screening — past an officer and into reserved seating.”
Ted Cruz wants every school in America to operate w/ a single point of entry every day. Well, the @NRA & Secret Service couldn’t do it for *one* afternoon to protect Trump. A friend and I walked in an unlocked side door — no screening — past an officer and into reserved seating. pic.twitter.com/bqQfhse5Gw
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) May 28, 2022
She later bragged about getting contacted by the Secret Service:
“UPDATE: I just got a call from US Secret Service and have an upcoming rendezvous with them this week re my Ted Cruz tweet pic from inside the NRA forum… stay tuned 👀.”
UPDATE: I just got a call from US Secret Service and have an upcoming rendezvous with them this week re my Ted Cruz tweet pic from inside the NRA forum… stay tuned 👀
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) May 29, 2022
Um, does she think they want to give her a cookie for getting past their security?
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Hi everyone. Meet journalist and activist @lawindsor. She defeated the Secret Service screening at the NRA event on Friday and issued a tweet bragging about it. Because she didn’t go through security, she didn’t go through a metal detector.
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/2 The Secret Service saw this and asked to meet with Ms. Windsor. She has apparently agreed. Perhaps she will live-tweet it. I do not gather she’s bringing a lawyer or has seriously considered whether this is a wise course of action. pic.twitter.com/Adw7untTWx
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/3 Perhaps Ms. Windsor thinks the Secret Service would like to praise her moxie and seek her wise counsel on event security issues. Perhaps she thinks they’ll bring some appropriately congratulatory token, like a potted plant. Perhaps she thinks they just like journalists?
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/4 Anyway, sure, it could go that way. On the other hand, the Secret Service may have asked to meet with her to determine just how stupid she is. Is she stupid enough to admit that she knew at the time she entered the restricted area she wasn’t authorized to do so?
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/5 Because I don’t know for SURE that would violate 18 USC 1752(a)(1), on the theory that the building was temporarily protected under 18 USC 1752(c)(1)(B) and she wasn’t authorized to enter without going through security.
But I best USS thinks so.https://t.co/XHZnikwfrJ
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/6 And I am kind of familiar with the way federal agents think. They think “huh, not sure we can sell this to an AUSA, because it’s not 100% clear she knew she wasn’t authorized to be in there unless she went through security. Wonder if she’ll admit it?”
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/7 “Sure,” they’ll think. “We get people to admit stupid stuff all the time. And this person is acting like a journalist who doesn’t exactly cover NASA, if you catch my drift. Let’s give it a shot.”
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/8 Or maybe they don’t plan to get a confession to the knowledge element of the crime to prosecute her, but just want to absolutely scare the living shit out of her and make her life miserable for a while, pour encourager les autres.
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/9 Anyway, my point is, I unblocked @lawindsor specifically to tell her to stop being a dumbass and lawyer up and don’t go to the meeting, you idiot.
Everyone out there: DON’T BE A DUMBASS. The feds don’t want to meet with you because they find you delightful.
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
/10 I honestly don’t remember why I blocked her, but I block people who irk me, and I find aggressive fuckmuppetry irksome, so I guess you’d say I have a working theory.
— PeachtreeDishHat (@Popehat) May 30, 2022
She is NOT taking his free advice, however. “Keep your advice to yoursel, a**hat,” she tweeted:
“Maybe @Popehat should reach out and ask me before issuing condescending threads that speculate on my thinking. I have an attorney, and this isn’t my first rodeo. I acted within the bounds of the law. Keep your advice to yourself, a**hat.”
Maybe @Popehat should reach out and ask me before issuing condescending threads that speculate on my thinking. I have an attorney, and this isn’t my first rodeo. I acted within the bounds of the law.
Keep your advice to yourself, asshat. https://t.co/fHFs4QDgJf
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) May 30, 2022
Like we said at the beginning of this post, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
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