BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Sides with Pro-Trump Meme Maker Douglass Mackey - Drops 7-Month Prison Sentence for Online Joke ...
Pro-Trump meme maker Douglass Mackey, AKA, Ricky Vaughn, was sentenced to 7 months in prison in October for trolling Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.
Thank goodness. This was ridiculous.
I'm unsure about this one. On the one hand I think it should be illegal to forge election campaign material and pass it off to constituants as official. On the other hand, ConInc is suuuper pissed about this one and is calling it an attack on a meme poster. Choices, choices...
No. If people are too stupid to realize this was a joke they shouldn’t be voting. Surely they are not contributing to society in any way.
What was the joke, I guess I missed it
He claims he got it off 4chan, per the Tucker Carlson interview.
Now prosecute the assholes that did this for malicious prosecution and abuse of office under color of authority.
We "won" cause 1st amendment upheld?
You have a point that this win is not even getting back to even, but nevertheless I’m happy for Mackey. He seems like a good guy who has been put through the wringer over commie crybaby crap.
Me too
It's not completely adjudicated. It's a stay on the sentence while the appeal is in motion. If he loses, he will take it to the Supreme Court. Personally, it needs to go to the SC to give all meme makers 1st amendment protection they have the right to according to our founding Constitution/Bill of rights.
Umm yes