Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke after White House aide Stephen Miller floated suspending the writ of habeas corpus for migrants.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s not that, it’s that they don’t care if they lie.

    She knows what it means, she just said what Trump wants her to say. If he wanted to say the sky is green and the grass is blue, that’s what she’d say.

    It’s 100% serious and thinking she legitimately doesn’t know what habeus corpus means is just falling for their bullshit.

    Don’t just write them off as incompetent idiots, they’re doing a shit ton of damage and just pretending it’s due to incompetence

    • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Hanlon’s razer went out the wazoo a long time ago. You absolutely need to always assume malice now.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Hanlon’s razer went out the wazoo a long time ago

        When she testified to Congress and just flat out ignored questions about the ms13 “tattoo”. Wouldn’t say it was clearly fake. But also wouldn’t say that it was real, she’d just ramble about something else.

        What they say doesn’t matter, what they do does.