Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker

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Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker

www.huffpost.com /entry/maga-hat-punch-elderly-election-worker-police_n_671c131be4b00589e7dd14df

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For those unaware, like the perp here, you can't wear election related material in or around polling places. It's called "Electioneering".
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering-prohibitions
Texas (where this happened):
100 ft. of an outside door through which a voter may enter a building in which a polling place is located
Campaign materials/signs/banners/literature
Projecting sounds Referring to candidates/issues
Loitering
Apparel/buttons/stickers/placards
Tex. Elec. Code § 61.003 and .004
Tex. Elec. Code § 61.010
- Huh. I thought I knew about this, but I didn’t realize it applied to individual voters. I thought it was more geared towards volunteers, demonstrators, poll workers, etc. Thanks!
  
  Geared toward, maybe, but vaguely written enough to apply to voters as well
BoTh SiDeS
Can't wait to hear Trump say the guy is a hero and deserves a pardon.
- But why would Kamala pardon him?
  
  Not to rain on the joke parade, but the pardon would come from the Texas governor and Abbott has already shown he is willing to abuse the pardon power to score political points.
Well, that's unsurprising. The default state for these MAGA chuds is "violent moron."
Those pesky right-wingers with their over-active amygdala just can't control themselves and act like adults.
Taking it one further: how shitty does your life have to be to respond with violence because someone asked you to follow the rules. This person is small and weak and pathetic.
- All you really have to do is make the rule a tax on tea and they'll start throwing shit into the sea.
I understand the use of 'allegedly' when it is about a crime that is still under investigation. But a punch? How is that 'allegedly'? Was it in a dark alley away from prying eyes? If you see a guys fist and a victim's face, what more do you need?
- Innocent until proven guilty. Newspapers can't say someone is guilty if there wasn't a trial yet.
  
  Newspapers certainly can, because of the First Amendment, but they are cowardly.

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