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“If you’re a US citizen you have no reason to fear” – Markwayne Mullin, responding to a video of a teenage US citizen being repeatedly punched in the face by ICE.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: He's a US citizen MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now? MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear

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That interview was just painful. No matter what facts Bash offered, Markwayne stuck to his non-responsive, logic-free talking points. As all Republicans are taught to do, by the way. Let them know on November 3 how we feel about that. #vote #ReplaceRepublicans

Any punching will be discontinued within a reasonable period after the status of your US citizenship is verified, and not too long afterwards, you'll be provisionally free to go, barring any new concerns about your legal or moral fitness that may arise. You have no reason to fear.

I am Dutch by birth. I've been living in Belgium for 24 years by now. Never, for a second, was I afraid to be deported. Those are 2 different countries. I've seen the USA slide into autocracy for 2 decades by now. Wake up, USAmericans. You've lost your freedom to billionaires.

Man... every bad episode of every bad TV show that included NAZI's had the line "Show me your Papers" (sorry, I'm a child of the '60's where bad television appeared on three channels). Now we're living it.

Is it supposed to be reassuring that eventually you will likley be released, with no apology given and the chance you will be stranded in a far away state without clothing appropriate to the weather or being provided a method to return to your home?

CNN it is always, D verse's R. Can we get Big National Excitement going on? Some Major BUZZ before November 3 to WIN. Where is Hollywood? A momentous historical movie live. At least one preferably 2 live streamed music/rallies where all the U S Senate hopefuls get together and Rock our world.Enjoy

Although Gestapo operated outside law and targeted extermination, the militarization of #ICE —unmarked vehicles, racial profiling, 600% arrest increases, and reduced oversight—demonstrates that authoritarian consolidation need not require a death camp to function as a mechanism of political control.

Markwayne Billybob Georgepaul Johnringo cannot seem to keep up with his lies when he is in the midst of one. Real brain trust right here. Vote BLUE. Vote EARLY!

How many shit sandwiches are they going to feed us before people realize, it’s not the delicious cheeseburger they keep telling us it is?

MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear. He literally contradicted himself in less than 30 seconds of being asked the question. A teenaged US citizen was ARRESTED but then released, but he has nothing to worry about. 🤨🤔 Markwayne Mullin is as dumb as advertised.

THE REST OF US: So, as an American citizen like this young man, you do have a reason to wear a batting helmet when stepping outside your house? MULLIN: Hey I don’t make the rules. I just enjoy them.

How pathetic are American interviewers that they don’t literally spell it out to him when he says they have nothing to fear? She gives him a full minute to ramble on incoherently on his prepared talking points. Trump will ban them anyway, so they might as well ask tougher questions.

They have two years. Those minorities who thought hating Black people got you into the club are about to find out the hardest of ways-like an unplanned trip to Africa hard. Memorize phone numbers. You might not be sent with a phone or a charger.

Since we DO have to follow the rules of this country like this pathetic pile of shit states then how is a person convicted of 34 felonies destroying/running this country? how are all the Jan 6 insurrectionists free and not in prison? Speakin outta both sides of his neck like all trash repulitards

These folks make me think they've scrubbed their brains of all but autonomous controls like breathing and heart beating and implanted AI already...

Every time I see this clown‘s absurd hayseed name in print I think of Jon Hamm’a character “Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne” from The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and I laugh out loud. The rubes are going to destroy this country.

I had dinner with a friend and neighbor last night who told me she carries at all times her Passport (both paper and card), her SS card, and her driver’s license. She was born in Mexico and has been a US citizen for seventeen years. This is the sad state of our country.

Even then you aren't safe. I've seen a video of a white woman with blond hair being dragged out of a car by ICE while screaming "I'm a citizen". Somewhere in Florida. They get paid money for kidnapping people. They aren't very discriminating.

This is disgusting. I would love to see Mark Wayne’s reaction if one of his kids was pulled from a car and beaten. Not sure he would be so calm. I hope we send these racists an overwhelmingly clear message in November.

And not “antifa” or a climate activist or “DEI” or an inquisitive reporter or anything else that Trump labels as a “domestic enemy”. Why do you think he’s growing a federal police force whose core skill is making people disappear?

Renée Goode and Alex Pretti would like a word, . . . but they can't because THEY ARE DEAD: Murdered in cold blood by out-of-control ICE agents.

Dana not following up with the last obvious question had me fucking screaming as I watched this. That bastard will never talk to someone like Mehdi Hasan, who would literally castrate him on camera with his line of questioning. These anchors still not meeting the moment.