Someone offered the following explanation in the Twitter comments:
18 U.S.C. § 713 You can’t use the seal in any political ads.
My question is, does this qualify as a political ad? It's published by the DNC, sure, but it's a (seemingly) factual statement accompanied by a dry video clip.
"...for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department..."
Based on the wording here, it's possible the DNC is just trying to cover their asses. They're well acquainted with that practice.
Hmmm, could be. However I don't recall seeing any previous presidents (even in campaign ads) blur out the presidential seal. Well, it's a deliberate thing, so somebody somewhere deep in the bowels of the Democrap Party might know.
I don't recall seeing blurry seals before either. With the amount of political coverage in our times, you would think this practice of obscuring the seal would be common knowledge. It's a bit fishy.
I literally said these exact words before scrolling down. The first time if I’m not mistaken was from Joes Twitter now again from from the democrats Twitter. This is super creepy.
Guys, I unblurred it in photoshop. It says Biden is the proud owner of a quality seyko timepiece. They probably are worried about violating the Emoluments Clause.
This is beginning to get weird. I've seen this blurred-out seal in several recent videos. WTAF are they doing that for?
Someone offered the following explanation in the Twitter comments:
My question is, does this qualify as a political ad? It's published by the DNC, sure, but it's a (seemingly) factual statement accompanied by a dry video clip.
Here's the U.S. Code in question: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/713
"...for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department..."
Based on the wording here, it's possible the DNC is just trying to cover their asses. They're well acquainted with that practice.
Hmmm, could be. However I don't recall seeing any previous presidents (even in campaign ads) blur out the presidential seal. Well, it's a deliberate thing, so somebody somewhere deep in the bowels of the Democrap Party might know.
I don't recall seeing blurry seals before either. With the amount of political coverage in our times, you would think this practice of obscuring the seal would be common knowledge. It's a bit fishy.
Hmm, could be that a blurred seal is a bad visual and most directors exclude it from the shots they choose?
What? The seal is blurred from the camera side, not the reality side, you know?
One way to check would be compare videos of Trump and see if the same publisher done the same thing
Covering their asses because they know he's not potus
Strange time to start
I literally said these exact words before scrolling down. The first time if I’m not mistaken was from Joes Twitter now again from from the democrats Twitter. This is super creepy.
They say the clip from Joe's Twitter originated from Dem twitter. It does but still seems super sketchy
Ahhh okay thanks for the heads up. Soo much bullshit to sift through. 😉
They're signaling that Obama or some other swamp creature is the real president
updoot to 17!
Note that Joey doesn't hold up the document for everyone to see. He signs it and immediately closes it.
Good catch!
It’s probably blank KEK
He's not legitimate therefore no seal period
Any detail oriented Anons take any time to examine them closely? There are unblurred pics out there to compare with when Trump used the seal.
Great actors
What makes a movie GOOD?
Explosions and nudity
Exactly
Resident, not President.
interesting, and everything else is in focus.
This is a type of post processing blurring. They go back through the footage and overlay the blur in the location they want, then publish the video.
Yeah I read through the comments the seal is blurred because of non official Twitter and the hatch act. Thank you for the help.
What does the hatch act have to do with it?
I'm really really really not thinking it's the Hatch Act...
Weird Shit.
Better question. Why wasn’t this signed in the Oval Office?
He isnt President....and that corporation is now defunct .
I'm thinking they are covering their asses because they know the presidency is a farce now.
The seal was blocked out if Trump ever posted presidential content on his personal pages
https://www.reddit.com/r/Askpolitics/comments/ittmcf/why_would_the_presidential_seal_be_blurred_out_in/
This isn't really proof, as someone posted above
You said personal pages, and then posted an anecdote about his ad.
Here's a Trump ad where it's blurred.
https://youtu.be/ZrBqKuP6tIg
Did you unironically use Reddit as a source?
Bad yourself for an hour and think about what you have done.
I'd link you but all of trumps personal social media pages are gone I think
"The Democrats" posted this so if they use that account to fundraise that might be why
Check on C-SPAN to see if it's blurred.
They are blurring it on non official ( party accounts, personal accounts) because Hatch Act.
Gal in the big red scarf seemingly claps into Potato Joe's head without him noticing too..
😂Funny and weird at the same time.
The world is a stage.
Its not blurred on YouTube. Could this be a Twitter thing?
Is it blurred on TV ? What are we talking about here ?
Not the real president he gets no seal.
https://greatawakening.win/p/140Is26NPR/a-thread-by-aldous-huxleys-ghost/c/
Interersting thread on the subject that I just came across.
The party of demented ugly degenerates
Guys, I unblurred it in photoshop. It says Biden is the proud owner of a quality seyko timepiece. They probably are worried about violating the Emoluments Clause.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is now NOT law.
Their movements are uncanny and evil. I pray that the blurred out seal is a sign.
He's illegal therefore it's not law.
But why? Why would they do that unless they're in legal jeopardy?
They've never cared about image before so why now?
Is it possible the seal is copyrighted and they don't have permission to use it? Like when they blur corporate logos out in certain videos.
The seal is racist, obviously.
I just don't ever recall seeing a blurred seal from Trump before. Do you happen to have an example?
Edit: Nevermind, looked it up myself. The seal is blurred in this Trump ad.
https://youtu.be/ZrBqKuP6tIg
The seal is not blurred in this regular news story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-dems-victorious-on-infrastructure-but-will-it-help-them-win-in-2022/ar-AAQMUFB
That makes sense.