Just a few minutes ago, Daily Beast published an account that names two witnesses who saw the advocate shake Mace’s hand (and then be arrested).
The article makes no mention of cell-footage, though it’s tough to believe there isn’t any.
Apparently no one should approach any GOP official without documenting the encounter fully.
Nancy Mace is literally a terrorist. Filing false reports to have someone jailed for expressing an opinion is an act of terror.
Even if she can’t be prosecuted, people need to know and remember the actions of radical terrorist Nancy Mace.
At the very least, she should face a civil rights lawsuit.
If the Daily Beast account is accurate, she would surely be vulnerable to a civil suit. Civil rights, though: wouldn’t that require the man she got arrested, James McIntyre, to be a member of a protected class?
I’m not seeing information on that; a Newsweek article appears to promise such but says nothing more about McIntyre than
Really misleading title:
What do you think is required to be a member of a protected class?
IF Atamasama was proposing that McIntyre sue Mace for violating a supposed right to—what, shake her hand? speak to her?—then my comment about protected classes is irrelevant, yes. If the witnesses cited by Daily Beast are to be believed, the cause of action McIntyre might avail himself of would be, perhaps, false arrest. Again, no protected class would be relevant.
I was picturing McIntyre, IF a member of a protected class (by virtue, for example, his race or disability, if any), suing Mace on the basis that she permitted members of other groups to approach her and shake her hand without calling police—but when he approached and did the same, she called the police.
I’m still not seeing any updates on relevant facts that would aid this discussion, such as video of the encounter, information about McIntyre, statements made by the police about it, etc.
These statements are in the bullshit realm beyond the realm of binary truth for false.
Its like when the CEO of 7-11 says that 7-11 makes the best coffee in the whole US. Does he actually believe that 7-11 makes the best coffee? Chances are he never really gave it much thought, he just knows that that is what he should say as CEO to promote his company. Similarly MTG actually think that Babbit was pushed? She probably doesn’t know or care, since that isn’t really relevant to what she should say in order to promote MAGA.
This is what I was getting at because of how often I see folks (not singling you out here) getting the concept of protected class wrong, it’s become a pet peeve of mine.
Using your example.
The protected class is race. Not a specific race, the very concept of race is the protected class.
US federal law protects individuals from discrimination or harassment based on the following nine protected classes: sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), race/color, age, disability, national origin, religion/creed, or genetic information (added in 2008).
Protected group - Wikipedia
Because McIntyre has a race he is, by default, part of that protected class. And because McIntyre has a sex/sexual orientation/gender identity, race/color, age, disability, national origin, religion/creed, etc. he also belongs to all of those protected classes too.
I’ll say it: Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t stupid. She’s patriotic. She’ll do and say whatever her national leader, Vladimir Putin, tells her to. She knows it’s all false, but doesn’t care, because she has a job to do.
Now, Lauren Boebert, yeah, she’s stupid.
Thanks, that’s a useful clarification.
I’m still hoping we’ll learn that this arrogant action by Mace won’t be a freebie for her (much less an occasion to fund-raise). The Hill has:
The quoted witness is Elliott Hinkle. The police report, which uses Mace’s version, talks about McIntyre holding Mace’s hand with both of his and basically imprisoning her for several seconds while pumping her arm “aggressively.”
Maybe no one had their phone out. But there had to have been several people watching this, and not all of them work for Mace.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5035804-nancy-mace-handshake-dispute-arrest/
More than useful since the idea of protected class constantly gets weaponized.
Everyone should remember the claim that recognition of new protected classes was “special rights” for Blacks/women/LGBT/etc. when in fact the classes were race/gender/orientation/etc. which includes everyone.
The “special right” was getting treated the same as everyone else.
You’re quite right, and I’m glad you were on top of this, today (and on other days, I’m sure!)
I think probably part of the problem is that according to this definition, protected “class” is a bit of a misnomer. When I think of a class I think of a group of things. So white is a class of people, black is a class of people, but “race” isn’t really a class of people. Perhaps it would be better to think of it as protected distinctions. But alas its too late to change the verbiage.
" The Pentagon on Wednesday shot down a statement by a New Jersey Congressman that there is an “Iranian mothership off the coast of the United States launching … drone incursions.” The claim by U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew came as more and more people are seeing things in the sky"
Why yes, he is a Republican. Actually a flipped Democrat since 2020. His expertise in these matters comes from dentistry.
“There is not any truth to that,” Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters, including from The War Zone, Wednesday afternoon about Drew’s claim, made during a hearing Wednesday morning on the FAA’s budget. “There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, no so-called mothership launching drones off the coast of the United States.”
This kind of unnecessarily violent language degrades the profession of journalism and shows how terrible editorial process currently is.
A Trump-apponted federal judge in Atlanta used ChatGPT to help decide the outcome of an appeal.
I see a new Gemini ad coming soon.
“Does the defendant look guilty?”
“Gemini, define precedent.” “A brand of toothpaste popular with older people.”
Yeah, that would have been clearer.
Trump’s Big Event–the ground is being laid! Iran is attacking us!* Huzzah for martial law! (Hey, the South Korean president who declared it is still consequence-free, other than having his defense minister attempt suicide.)
* I wonder if any further GOP claims of Iranian “motherships” will offer footage from Independence Day as “proof”…
What’s the Voice Of America?
VOA is “the largest U.S. international broadcaster, providing news and information in nearly 50 languages to an estimated weekly audience of more than 354 million people.”
Created in 1942, VOA says it is committed to providing news coverage and content through digital, television, and radio platforms. The broadcaster is federally funded and falls under the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees all non-military international broadcasting by the U.S.
But, worry not, she’ll:
ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media," said Trump.
Somehow, that doesn’t instill me with a lot of confidence.