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Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker (www.huffpost.com)
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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 79 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 55 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

When I went to vote (in San Antonio, TX) in the 2022 election, I was standing in line near someone wearing a rainbow mask. Some MAGA moron gets in line wearing a MAGA hat and a "Let's Go Brandon" shirt. No one decides to say anything because if this idiot is crazy enough to wear this shit to vote, what else are they willing to do? At least they're not actively threatening anyone, right?

Then the dumbass waves down a volunteer and says that the rainbow-mask man needs to remove his mask because rainbows are political. The volunteer brings the other guy a mask and asks him to put the rainbow one in his pocket. Then turns to the Trumpicana Orange Juice Guzzler and says, "I wasn't going to say anything, but you're gonna need to take off your hat and change your shirt." The dude threw such a fit about not having a spare shirt and how he can't believe that he'll have to go home and this is undemocratic, etc., etc.

What many of us Texans are lacking in pride, we're also lacking in intelligence.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

.....he could just turn his stupid shirt inside out...

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 13 points 2 weeks ago

That would require a level of reasoning that he probably isn’t capable of

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You sound just like my boss who gave me a ride to the polls. I'll tell you the same thing I told her. "Sure, but this is so beautiful. Just watch and appreciate this unbelievable creature in their natural habitat."

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

I work in medicine. I get to see these people come in and rant and rave against vaccinations. It's great.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

We make up for the lack of intelligence with an abundance of pride. It's an inverse scale. The bigger the Gadsden Flag and the more Trump merch, the lower the intelligence.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago
  1. Rainbows are not political
  2. Even if they were, unless it's directly related to something on the ballot its not electioneering. You can wear a I'm with her Clinton hat or whatever now
[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

Good for the volunteer.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

We know.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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!

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Geared toward, maybe, but vaguely written enough to apply to voters as well

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 58 points 3 weeks ago

BoTh SiDeS

[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can't wait to hear Trump say the guy is a hero and deserves a pardon.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But why would Kamala pardon him?

[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] ZeroCool 43 points 3 weeks ago

Well, that's unsurprising. The default state for these MAGA chuds is "violent moron."

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 weeks ago

Before I started using the mail-in ballots, I'd go to my local polling place, and it was always staffed with old retirees just happily supporting democracy. They'd work long hours, and not for pay, just for community. My mom worked polling places several elections after she retired. This article makes me sad.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

All you really have to do is make the rule a tax on tea and they'll start throwing shit into the sea.

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Innocent until proven guilty. Newspapers can't say someone is guilty if there wasn't a trial yet.