• @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    105 months ago

    Raiklin is seeking to enlist so-called “constitutional” sheriffs in rural, conservative counties across the country to detain Trump’s political enemies.

    Isn’t is fun how, the more contrary to the spirit of the constitution something is, the more likely the Trump cult and its predecessors are to literally slap “constitutional” in front of the noun?

    First there was “constitutional carry”: walking around displaying mass murder enablers to intimidate political opponents because a bunch of demagogues and activist judges had deliberately misinterpreted an obsolete amendment.

    Then there was the “constitutional electors” tasked with stealing an election for Trump.

    Now there’s “constitutional sheriffs” tasked with being Trump’s version of Hitler’s SS, Stalin’s KGB, or Mussolini’s OVRA.