MAGA world swallows a difficult truth: Arresting Trump's opponents is easier said than done
(Politico) The calls from President Donald Trumps MAGA base are getting noisier: Texas Democrats who fled the state to derail a hyperpartisan GOP redistricting maneuver should be criminally charged, arrested and dragged back to Austin.
Now, it appears the FBI is involved in the hunt.
But those screaming the loudest appear likely to wind up disappointed. Theres no known evidence that the absconding lawmakers have actually broken any federal or state laws, despite Gov. Greg Abbotts strained suggestion that they may have committed bribery.
Its a familiar refrain for Trumps second term: The far right lusts to see prominent Democrats or Trump adversaries hauled off in handcuffs, only to be let down when their revenge fantasies run into reality.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-world-swallows-difficult-truth-090000262.html

snot
(11,294 posts)E.g., if one state says the age of consent for statutory rape purposes is 16, and a second state says it's 18 (a matter of state, not federal law), and there was no transport of the alleged victim across state lines, and a perpetrator from the first state flees to the second state, do the Feds get involved in capturing the perpetrator and bringing them back to the first state?
Eliot Rosewater
(33,978 posts)We need to grasp where we are, we need to grasp what an authoritarian regime does.
NoPasaran
(17,311 posts)The basis for the whole redistricting is that T**** told them to do it.
Eliot Rosewater
(33,978 posts)Are starting to not support them so whats the one way you can just ignore your own supporters let alone the rest of the country?
End democracy as we know it and install yourself through gerrymandering and a corrupt Supreme Court as permanent holders of the House.
And the beauty of it is, obviously the Supreme Court is going to uphold their illegal gerrymandering and they will find a reason to overturn any blue state that does the same thing, obviously. They will just make up reasons out of thin air.