White Republicans have demonstrated over the years that they are absolutely incapable of being critical of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) without being vehemently racist, Islamaphobic and xenophobic. Well, Elon Musk, as well as other members of the MAGA Klan, have demonstrated recently that they’re not only racist, Islamaphobic and xenophobic, but they’re also ignorant of the law and unable to discern video footage that is obviously edited.
On Tuesday, Musk, the guy who is supposed to be a tech genius, reposted unmistakably (you would think, anyway) edited video footage that purported to show Omar speaking to a room of undocumented Somali immigrants, educating them on how to evade deportation. In reality, it was video footage of a room full of random brown people, which was then spliced with footage of Omar speaking to different people in a different room, explaining that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees have a right not to answer questions, which is protected by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution white conservatives pretend to love so much. (I’m convinced the vast majority of them have never read past the Second Amendment, which they also didn’t read thoroughly.)
“She is breaking the law. Literally. Outright,” Musk captioned his post.
Yeah — it’s “literally” not against the law to inform anyone of their rights, which doesn’t really matter since Omar was actually not in the room the video purports her to be in.
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1886864305720823827
“Hey Elon, every single person in this country deserves to know their rights. That’s legal. Maybe you should brush up on our laws given the fact you’re breaking them to steal American’s sensitive data,” Omar posted, referring to Musk being handed the keys to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system. “PS. This video is manipulated, and I wasn’t even at the event shown.”
So, just to recap: Musk, the foreigner who…
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