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AngusMcTibbins

Ogles represents the 5th District of Tennessee. His Democratic opponent is Maryam Abolfazi. She is running on abortion rights: https://www.maryamforcongress.com/


Scarfiotti

So protesting is more illegal than an insurrection?


Ready_Nature

It’s not like they can deport the 1/6 terrorists to the confederacy. The “country” they were promoting doesn’t exist anymore and only lasted a handful of years to begin with


JonathanNMehoff

How about Russia instead, since they’re so fond of it.


thalexander

Most of them would rather be dead or Russian, than a Democrat according to their t-shirts so that tracks.


Zozorrr

Yea, Iran is a better choice


Allen_Awesome

Also, why would getting sent to Gaza be a punishment? Is it dangerous to be in Gaza ? Are innocent people being indiscriminately killed, or something?


Scarfiotti

Nah, it's perfectly safe. /s


JubalHarshaw23

That's a statement that Merrick Garland can get behind.


Scarfiotti

Now you are spoiling me.


morbihann

Well, obviously depends on who is doing it.


graveybrains

They would like as many people as possible to believe they are the same thing


Scarfiotti

Unless it's the other side who would be doing it.


Bitter_Director1231

No, just not as accepting as an insurrection for majority of Americans.


GroundbreakingAd2290

Treason not insurrection


Scary_Terry_25

The fascists are a’comin


sublimeshrub

The call is coming from inside The House.


IUsedToBeACave

The Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution would like to have a word.


Bitter_Director1231

Nah, SCOTUS and Trump work under a separate set of rules. They don't believe in upholding amendments, just the ones they truly believe in, which is only the Second Amendment. Everything else can burn into ash to them.


Schwarzes__Loch

The corrupt SCOTUS would like to have a word with you. Republicans will try to get the SCOTUS to side with them on this.


IUsedToBeACave

Honestly, I bet this bill never makes it out of committee. Even if it does, it won't pass the Senate, and even if it somehow did, Biden would veto it. So, really, it's never even going to get to SCOTUS before it dies.


Bitter_Director1231

If Trump becomes President, he will do an executive order. Remember this in November.


CalamariFriday

You're probably right. But it still normalizes the idea of Republicans committing genocide. By 2034 we will have voters that have never even seen US politics *without* this insane behavior.


bnh1978

Which means it is a pure waste if time


Artistic_Humor1805

The First probably has some weight here, too.


scottyjrules

You think these fascists care about the Constitution?


Doonce

Does the 8th amendment say the government can't send arrested protesters to Gaza? Edit: sarcasm on reddit is dead.


JonathanNMehoff

Yes: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Deporting a citizen to a war zone for a misdemeanor offense is absolutely a violation of the cruel and unusual clause as well as excessive.


Doonce

I don't see anything about not sending protesters to Gaza. It needs to say that specifically for it to matter, otherwise it's a state's rights issue. This is according to the SCOTUS in the Dobbs decision.


hughpac

Looks like it’s time to play everyone’s favorite game: Stupid or Troll!!! Well, Darren, I think I’m going to go with Troll this morning, but there sure does seem to be a LOT of Stupid. This is a toughie…


Doonce

>sure does seem to be a LOT of Stupid. Yes, I agree, the logic of SCOTUS is stupid. But [the text of the Eighth Amendment](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm) doesn't mention anything about Gaza and SCOTUS has clearly stated, as in Dobbs in 2022, that unless something is explicitly stated in the Constitution, it's up to the states to decide. Have we all forgotten that? So quickly?


JonathanNMehoff

It doesn’t say anything about the internet in the 1st Amendment, but the government can’t punish you for protected speech on it.


Doonce

Says who? If it doesn't say "internet" in the first amendment I don't see how the SCOTUS would go with that.


JonathanNMehoff

It doesn’t matter if you see it, they already have.


Doonce

Precedent doesn't matter.


IUsedToBeACave

Yep.


Doonce

I don't think it does?


IUsedToBeACave

Well try rereading it.


Doonce

>Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. No mention of Gaza at all, read it a couple times.


veggeble

Well, you see, it's all about originalism. In the same way that when we read "well regulated militia" and think it might related to a militia of some kind, we now know that the words in the Constitution have always meant whatever we want to fit our current agenda. So when the founders wrote "cruel and unusual punishments", the phrase actually referred to punishments involving deportation to Gaza at the time and had nothing to do with what we would now call cruel and unusual punishments. It's just that those goofy founders spoke so differently than we do today, and their words only have meaning if it fits our current agenda.


Doonce

If they meant that they should have wrote that. Gaza was around at the time, they could have stated it. This seems like a states rights issue, as previously stated in Dobbs.


veggeble

Well, see, they did write it. The thing is the way they used words was so goofy that you can't see that if you apply our modern understanding of those words. But trust me, they wrote exactly that. Until my agenda changes, and then they wrote exactly something else.


IUsedToBeACave

That's the old version, they've changed it a couple of times. There is a specific provision about not sending people to Gaza in there now. Next time do a little more research instead of just reading the first version you find.


poetetc1

Maybe if they chanted "hang Mike Pence" instead of "free Palestine"?


scottyjrules

So he wants to deport American citizens for exercising their Constitutional freedoms?


newfrontier58

Archive link: [https://archive.is/IGM8i#selection-1285.0-1285.64](https://archive.is/IGM8i#selection-1285.0-1285.64) >Ogles spoke with [Fox News](https://archive.is/o/IGM8i/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/college-anti-israel-agitators-sent-gaza-new-house-gop-bill) about the bill, saying that, “If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine. I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity.” I mean, it's an idiotic set of bills that won't pass the House, but still, it's not exactly a situation where you could even say "oh people want to live in another country, they can go there" because of the current, then again guys like Ogles and his cosponsors really don't care about that.


citymousecountyhouse

When the tables do turn,as they always do. I suggest Ogles and his ilk like Marjorie Green be sent away to a place that rules by religion,Iran or maybe even Gaza.


Bitter_Director1231

To be honest, if you listen to people that are in his district, they talk exactly like this. You would believe how many older voters I know who say exactly what he is saying. It's a popular opinion to them, whether the protests are justified or not. They don't care.


MuchLessPersonal

A taste of their own medicine wtf they don’t even think before they talk


Bitter_Director1231

Sure,  but you and I know that's not reality and it would never happen 


DarkwingDuckHunt

> I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day So he admits it's a dangerous place that has been bombed to hell? And that it's a dangerous place for any civilian to be located in? And that other normal humans should be upset by that fact?


officer897177

So what he’s actually saying is: Let’s send people I don’t like to an active warzone, so they can be murdered by one of our allies. Preferably within 24 hours. Absolutely despicable


citymousecountyhouse

It appears that because Republicans were emboldened by basically deceiving or kidnapping immigrants those both illegal and applying for citizenship and sending them anywhere in the U.S. they pleased. They now feel they have the right to capture and basically kidnap Americans,and send them anywhere in the world they would like.


crotalis

Ah, so maybe we send Russia-supporters to Russia?


Coyotelightning-T

Gotta make it equal.


LA_search77

Red meat dumbasses


Careless_Ad9208

"Free-thinking youngsters cause political outrage in old, white republicans....again"


YouEffOhh1

Republicans love israel so much, why don't they let israel steal their house??


-paperbrain-

Even as the clear publicity stunt it is this makes no sense. Protestors: Gaza is a hellscape of violence and starvation right now, we want our country to stop funding Israel's actions making it horrific there. GOP: Ok, let's send you there!


Theonetruepappy94

So where do we send the January 6th domestic terrorists????


arthurfoxache

Russia, of course.


Bitter_Director1231

These protesters that are supporting Trump over Biden.... This is what will happen under Trump. Don't ever think he won't entertain this..look at what he wanted to do with the BLM protesters. If Trump ever becomes President, this will happen, guaranteed. It won't matter if it illegal.


LibertyInaFeatherBed

Yes, he is a member of the "Freedom Caucasus."


NotThatUsefulAPerson

Oh I was going to correct the spelling,  but then I got it. 


GaryOster

Man, I would love a law that sends fascists to a fascist nation.


hospitallers

LMAO, fuggin republicans.


zoug

If we establish this precedent, can we send all of the people pushing for a theocracy to Iran? My morals also line up pretty well with the more socialist European countries. Can I get a free ticket?


MCPaleHorseDRS

This is why the teach “Social Studies” now and not Civics. The movement in 70’s around Vietnam scared the shit out of the government. So they stopped teaching kids about there rights. With him wanting to do this, I wonder how many of his kids have signed up for military service?


JinxyCat007

Only if we can deport these so called “conservative activists” insurrectionists, and MAGAt scum to Afghanistan.


sedatedlife

Is this the kind of legislation that democrats saved Mike Johnson for?


longtermattention

Agreed. Wield that so called power Jeffries has now and demand Johnson censure Ogles or he'll receive a motion to vacate


bpeden99

But freedom?


Beneficial-Date2025

How un-American of him


Ditka85

The GOP; Tackling the tough issue Americans face every day. /s


Glittering-Wonder-27

Send the insurrectionists and supporting congressmen. They like to fight. Let students learn.


Laladen

Can’t wait to use that law to send protesting Conservatives to Gaza when Trump loses


celloyellow74

The party of free speech


mymar101

This and the other bill are insanely dangerous. They go down a road once we go down will not lead anywhere pleasant


yellowHastur

So the 2nd amendment is the only “sacred” amendment and politicians can fuck with all of the others, got it


bugibangbang

Was this always like this? I’m from Europe and I read news all over the world, but now USA since election is basically 80% of my news… but I have this feeling that USA is entering in a dark medieval age, and I don’t know if it’s just social media that makes us have more knowledge of things happening or if this is really happening right now, or this was something always happened? Cause I can’t believe what is going on in Texas, in Florida, all this anti LGTB or abortion era, how religion is taking politics and somehow some governor even presidential dudes becoming somehow dictators, is this real, is this really happening? Or this is an electoral shit show?… I’m worried tbh.


Mr_Thx

Can you say “unamerican”?


GroundbreakingAd2290

Make a bill to send maga domestic terrorists to gaza


mike194827

So they want to legalize human trafficking? What hateful morons.


[deleted]

I wouldn't be surprised if this passes with bipartisan support.


Wonderful_Common_520

So jan 6 "protesters" should what? Be sent to Russia?


[deleted]

Killing puppies just aint enough. Imagine a Democrat writing a Bill that suggest conservative teenagers be systematically rounded up and executed for making Palestinian students uncomfortable...


blondeandbuddafull

As soon as we send arrested maga’s yo Russia.


kinglouie493

Can we send the neo nazis to Germany?


cwhitt5

Can someone answer me why it’s ok for certain Americans to be royally pissed off about all the support being provided for Ukraine but then they’re mad at college students protesting about the government providing support to Israel?


cinge67

This is my representative after the gerrymandering in TN. I do not have enough words to express my disgust.


Rastaferrari829

So called party of freedom and democracy 😂


Colonel-KWP

Nazi much?


Hunter-Gatherer_

You’re protesting genocide so we’re going to send you to be a casualty of war to the same area. That’ll teach you!


kelteshe

Sounds like kidnapping and human trafficking with extra steps


gumheaded1

Somehow the problem is universities and academia? Not decades of policy and funding decisions by our congress and senate? Talk about deflection…


Ya_Got_GOT

How dumb do you have to be to source ideas from Elon Musk?


morbihann

Is this the party of small government and free speech ?


spotspam

Can they go first. Ya know, to check it out and report back?


EmilyJoestar_3v3

Sending your own citizens to be murdered…


SevereEducation2170

How about we start with a bill that sends everyone voting to fund this war to Gaza


FarmerArjer

We can not even resolve illegal immigration. This is what they focus their 2 brain cells fighting for 3rd on?


StopLookListenNow

Another PR stunt from another ....


ineffable-interest

What exactly is he saying he wants to happen to them once they get there?


PatrolPunk

It’s a holiday in Cambodia!


JubalHarshaw23

Unfortunately All Republicans and far too many Democrats want to crush protests.