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MSG Stan Hutchison
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Not the same. Douglass Mackey did much more than a simple meme.
"The government alleged that from September 2016 to November 2016, Mackey conspired with several other internet influencers to spread fraudulent messages to Clinton supporters.

Prosecutors told jurors during the trial that Mackey urged supporters of then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to “vote” via text message or social media, knowing that those endorsements were not legally valid votes.

At about the same time, prosecutors said, he was sending tweets suggesting that it was important to limit “black turnout” at voting booths. One tweet he sent showed a photo of a Black woman with a Clinton campaign sign, encouraging people to “avoid the line” and “vote from home,” court papers said.

Using social media pitches, one image encouraging phony votes utilized a font similar to one used by the Clinton campaign in authentic ads, prosecutors said. Others tried to mimic Clinton’s ads in other ways, they added.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/far-right-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-voter-suppression-schem-rcna77746
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MSG Billy Brumfield
MSG Billy Brumfield
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Same thing! Clearly a joke. Your low Intel voters are more likely to fall for a stupid joke apparently.
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LTC Eugene Chu
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Not the same. Douglass Mackey’s sentencing was over conspiracy and voting fraud, not making a joke. He spread fraudulent messages about voting procedures and did so within intent to specifically deceive certain groups.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016
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SFC Casey O'Mally
SFC Casey O'Mally
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Very much the same.

Both made a joke that was VERY clearly a joke.

Both urged supporters of the candidate they do not like to cast their vote in a completely useless way which would invalidate their vote.

However the meme guy reached thousands of voters. Kimmel reached millions.

If anything, Kimmel's offense is far worse.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
MSG Stan Hutchison
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LTC Eugene Chu - Some just cannot accept the truth.
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MSG Billy Brumfield
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SFC Casey O'Mally
SFC Casey O'Mally
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MSG Stan Hutchison no matter how hard we try to get you to see it.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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We know the truth regardless of what mainstream media says.
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