BREAKING: YOU POKED THE BEAR! Rep. Jamie Raskin unleashes a fiery defense of his constituent, the former Olympian who was arrested for allegedly "vandalizing" the Reflecting Pool — and exposes Trump as the real vandal.
This is a brilliant angle...
“Davey Hearn is my constituent, a native-born resident of Montgomery County, a three-time Olympian canoeist, and a famed and celebrated teacher and coach of canoeing and kayaking in our community,” Raskin stated. “He is beloved in my district as a model citizen whether on water or on dry land. He is a great guy.”
The 67-year-old Hearn was arrested last month and indicted by a grand jury (an incredibly easy hurdle to clear). Prosecutors absurdly accused him of "forcefully and violently” tearing up the pool's liner and damaging the sealant. The accusation came as Trump was desperately trying to insist that the hilariously botched renovations were the result of leftist vandals and not the natural consequence of hiring incompetent, crooked contractors to perform the work.
This prosecution is a waste of our time, tax dollars, and a blatant abuse of federal power to help a failed President save face.
"Davey Hearn would never desecrate a federal building or landmark by writing his name on it or affixing his name illegally to it or engaging in any other kind of political graffiti, vandalism or delinquency,” Raskin continued, clearly referring to Trump’s actions. “He would never intentionally damage government property. Whether we are talking about the White House, the Reflecting Pool or the Kennedy Center, Davey would never try to alter, bulldoze or redesign federal property or buildings without explicit Congressional authorization and direction.”
“Davey is an honorable and law-abiding citizen who has won real giant prizes, including eight world championships,” Raskin added. “He did so without any corrupt practices and only through his magnificent hard work and surpassing dedication to the team. He would never try to undercut or sabotage anyone, much less our entire community.”
If he’s found guilty in this ludicrous legal saga, Hearn could face up to 10 years in prison, an absolutely vile miscarriage of justice as Trump, a pedophiliac, war criminal felon continues to walk free.
Please ❤️ and share if you stand with Hearn!
Compassionate human beings should not tolerate this.
People who claim to be pro-life should be brought to tears.
Those espousing family values should be fully incensed.
Anyone with children of their own whom they love should be sick to their stomachs.
Men and women of every faith should be unequivocally condemning this.
People of conscience and morality should be unable to sleep.
Good people ought to be fully heartbroken.
What I.C.E is doing to brown-skinned people is a crime.
It’s a sin.
It’s intentionally cruel.
It is blatantly inhumane.
It’s not pro-life.
It’s not Christian.
It’s not making America great.
It is evil by any measure decent people use.
And the good people here should not tolerate it a single second longer.
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🚨🚨🚨 In Kansas City, ICE is stopping people who are walking down the street and demanding proof of legal status. There is no legal requirement to carry proof of legal status with you at all times. Is this the America we want?
Today, I visited the ICE detention center where the men who were with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are being held.
I heard their story firsthand. Their account is completely different from what ICE told the public.
It broke my heart. I am angry, and I will not stop fighting for the truth and justice for Lorenzo.
WOW! James Talarico just packed the Plano Event Center in Collin County—blew the roof off Ken Paxton's own backyard—with 4,000+ people, standing room only, and lines wrapped around the building.
This is the county that launched Paxton's career, the same county where his securities fraud mugshot was taken 15 minutes up the road, and the same county Republicans called "unflippable."
And a Democrat just brought the house down in it.
Talarico looked at that crowd and said what we're all thinking: "They're afraid of this movement. They're afraid of this crowd in Plano, Texas."
Damn right they are.
Paxton's out here calling him "Talafreakco" like a middle school bully while Talarico's selling "I'm a Talafreako" shirts and outraising every Senate campaign in Texas history.
First quarter: $28 million, more than double Beto and Colin Allred combined.
Real men don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't scam their own friends for a quick buck. They don't serve themselves—they serve others. Ken Paxton has escaped accountability for 4,000+ days. But accountability is coming November 3.
Democrats, pay attention. This is what it looks like when you run on corruption, not away from it. This is what it looks like when you fight in their backyard and win the crowd.
The suburbs are shifting. Collin County is shifting. Texas is shifting.
Retrumplican crook politicians don't own you. You own them.
LFG TEXAS!!!
$1 million. That's the going rate lobbyists now openly quote to get a pardon case in front of Donald Trump.
The pardon power exists for one reason: to let a president correct cases where the justice system got something wrong. That’s NOT what’s happening.
Trump is creating an under-the-table business where wealthy criminals can buy their way out of a sentence.
That is corruption, plain and simple, and it is an egregious abuse of the presidential pardon power.
Enough is enough. We need legislation permitting Congress to overturn a presidential pardon with a two-thirds vote.
Belgian PM Wever literally Cooked Trump 🔥
🇺🇸Trump at 5:00 PM: NATO is useless. They didn’t help me when I asked for help."
🇧🇪PM Wever at 6:00 PM: "Article 5 is for our defense, not for your random illegal wars.💪
It doesn’t mean if YOU attack someone, we all have to follow blindly like a fool. That’s not what NATO is for. That demand isn’t justified." 🔥🔥
Another EU leader with SPINE 👏
There’s something missing about these new recruits just sworn in to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Can you help me out?
You want to send MAGA spinning out of control today? Show them this and let them know that Bad Bunny's amazing Super Bowl halftime show was nominated for 9 Emmys (a record). Then ask how Kid Rock is doing 😂.
Donald Trump on housing affordability.
"It's so unimportant."
"It's a yawn. Just about everything is a big yawn."
"I don't think about Americans' financial situation."
"I don't think about anybody."
"I don't care about the midterms."
"I love the inflation."
"I don't want to drive housing prices down, I want to drive housing prices up."
"Hace calor para llevar esa chaqueta, para".
En EEUU, un joven negro grabó como un policía racista le persiguió y le arrestó simplemente por llevar una chaqueta, lo cual para los supremacistas blancos le hace "sospechoso".
Así es la "tierra de la libertad" del Ku Klux Klan.
🚨 ICE thugs in Illinois just caved a man’s skull in — hands already cuffed behind his back — then turned on legal observers like animals.
They slammed his head into stone. Fractured his skull.
When they spotted the cameras? Full meltdown — assaulting witnesses, threatening to tase them, one clown waving the taser gangster-style like a wannabe gangster.
Taxpayers funding skull-cracking goons who freak out the second someone films their abuse?
No bodycams.
No restraint.
Pure power trip.
How many more skulls before someone actually gets held accountable?
This is tyranny wearing a badge.
Drop your thoughts.