Usually authoritarians target those on the margins before expanding their repression. That Trump and Vance are going after a sitting congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, with politically motivated deportation means they have bigger ambitions.

Usually authoritarians target those on the margins before expanding their repression. That Trump and Vance are going after a sitting congresswoman, Ilhan Omar, with politically motivated deportation means they have bigger ambitions.

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    08·
    2 days ago

    Don’t stop with her.

    We have many corrupt, thieving politicians that blatantly flaunt their mysteriously acquired wealth on comparatively low salaries, bOtH pArTiEs. Some have done so for decades and are senior members that seem untouchable.

    A member of her staff is serving a federal sentence in prison for a reason. There have been over 50 convictions in connection with this fraud of the Minnesota welfare system. This is all publicly available information.

    If this was any of us, we’d already be serving hard time. Her “congressional plot armor” isn’t impregnable, is it? We’ll see.

    She shouldn’t be deported, she should be in prison.

    https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/three-more-plead-guilty-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme

    • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Hey buddy, do you have anything to back up your incessant claims of Omar being a fraudster?

      Hint: telling people to “look it up” is not an answer.