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by inverted_flag 420 days ago
> Imagine it's people on the right wing saying that about a Democrat, regarding guns or abortion, etc.

I don’t have to imagine that because I was alive during the Obama administration.

Look up United States v Bagdasarian to see how close you can get to an explicit threat without violating the law.

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There's no question of whether Decker violated the law, he didn't, but he did enough to warrant an investigation and certainly enough to make GMU cover its ass. That's all we're talking about here, the question of legality was settled before this article was published.