DSA candidate Oliver Larkin described President Donald Trump as a "pedophile president" during questioning by Fox anchor Trace Gallagher. The pair were discussing immigration in the United States.

DSA candidate Oliver Larkin described President Donald Trump as a “pedophile president” during questioning by Fox anchor Trace Gallagher.

  • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
    OPEnglish
    118·
    il y a 26 jours

    The beauty of what Larkin said is, it’s a perfect trap: either Trump doesn’t respond and that’s kind of an admission of guilt, or he files for defamation and that automatically triggers a discovery process he really, really doesn’t want.

    Boy, I’ll get the popcorn! 🙂 🍿

      • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
        OPEnglish
        50·
        il y a 26 jours

        Well, everybody and their dog calls Trump a pedophile, because if he’s not a pedophile, I’m the King of England. But no public figures dares do that on TV - probably for fear of being sued. To my knowledge, this guy is the first. And he probably secured a whole lot of extra votes for it.

        • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
          10·
          il y a 25 jours

          They could actually lose their broadcast rights via the cuorrupt FCC, but tbh that doesn’t really matter to anybody but Fox News because most networks broadcast on satellite or online nowadays instead of archaic airwaves and cable.

            • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
              6·
              il y a 25 jours

              The Federal Communications Commission first established rules in 1965 for cable systems which received signals by microwave antennas. In 1966, the Commission established rules for all cable systems (whether or not served by microwave). The Supreme Court affirmed the Commission’s jurisdiction over cable in United States v. Southwestern Cable Co., 392 U.S. 157 (1968). The Court ruled that “the Commission has reasonably concluded that regulatory authority over CATV is imperative if it is to perform with appropriate effectiveness certain of its responsibilities.”

              according to the FCC