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Jayapal Responds to Omar Raid With Reminder of $50,000 in Paper Bag for Trump Border Czar
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gAlienLifeform lemmy.world gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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After putting out a nearly three-minute video decrying Trump’s repeated attacks on her Democratic colleague from Minnesota, Jayapal reminded social media users of the president’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, allegedly accepting a bribe in the form of a paper bag stuffed with $50,000 in cash.

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“If the administration wants to investigate anyone, maybe they should look at themselves first. Anyone remember this?” Jayapal wrote alongside a photo of media coverage that notes Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) closed the probe into Homan last year.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261016192100/https://www.commondreams.org/news/tom-homan-bribe

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Carmakazi piefed.social Carmakazi@piefed.social
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#2 · Quote Reply

You could probably teach a full semester college course on the crimes the Trump admin committed in just the first three months in office.

All this "whatabout" gesticulating does is remind people that the rule of law in this country is dead. Maybe with enough reminding we'll do something about it.

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Mulligrubs lemmy.world Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-11
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs.

After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that.

We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

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Mulligrubs lemmy.world Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

You could probably teach a full semester college course on the crimes the Trump admin committed in just the first three months in office. All this "whatabout" gesticulating does is remind people that the rule of law in this country is dead. Maybe with enough reminding we'll do something about it.

Please be advised that in this example Jayapal is crying "whataboutism", not the Trump admin.

Although they are more than happy to do so. Democrats or Republicans, we can always count on whataboutery.

p.s. bOtH sIdEs, yes, yes, you got me, how dare I be observant

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
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#5 · Quote Reply

Friendly reminder, Liberal Democrats hired Homan.

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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#6 · Quote Reply

Please be advised that in this example Jayapal is crying "whataboutism", not the Trump admin. Although they are more than happy to do so. Democrats or Republicans, we can always count on whataboutery. p.s. bOtH sIdEs, yes, yes, you got me, how dare I be observant

It does make anyone who makes the argument seem extremely foolish

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
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No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

Can I please get documented evidence of Omar's corruption? I missed it, apparently, which is understandable with the "firehose of s..."

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JustPlainDave lemmy.zip JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip
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No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs.

For what, exactly? Please provide a source for your answer.

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pelespirit sh.itjust.works pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

The right wing is that way ------->>>>>>>

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danc4498 lemmy.world danc4498@lemmy.world
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#10 · Quote Reply

We thought it was sad and pathetic when he was ranting about Obama’s births certificate. Now he has 100% control of the FBI.

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Eat_Your_Paisley lemmy.world Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world
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#11 · Quote Reply

One is a white male republican the other is not

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xtr0n sh.itjust.works xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
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#12 · Quote Reply

No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

She became “fabulously wealthy” by marrying a rich dude. Are women not even allowed to marry well anymore? If marrying up isn’t allowed, every dude in Trump’s orbit will be single.

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
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#13 · Quote Reply

No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

She became wealthy because she married a wealthy man you idiot

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FullPenguin lemmy.world FullPenguin@lemmy.world
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You could probably teach a full semester college course on the crimes the Trump admin committed in just the first three months in office. All this "whatabout" gesticulating does is remind people that the rule of law in this country is dead. Maybe with enough reminding we'll do something about it.

It would take way more than just a semester

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CorrectAlias piefed.blahaj.zone CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone
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No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

You post this on every article about Omar, but then never provide sources.

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cowfodder lemmy.zip cowfodder@lemmy.zip
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No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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#17 · Quote Reply

She became “fabulously wealthy” by marrying a rich dude. Are women not even allowed to marry well anymore? If marrying up isn’t allowed, every dude in Trump’s orbit will be single.

No, those rich guys are for the vapid white gold-digging whores.

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
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#18 · Quote Reply

Please be advised that in this example Jayapal is crying "whataboutism", not the Trump admin. Although they are more than happy to do so. Democrats or Republicans, we can always count on whataboutery. p.s. bOtH sIdEs, yes, yes, you got me, how dare I be observant

Whataboutism usually refers to dismissing the actions of one person by pointing to another who does something similar.

When you respond to someone doing something for a possible reason by pointing out that same person ignoring a far more blatant example, we call that 'hypricosy'.

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SatansMaggotyCumFart piefed.social SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social
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Friendly reminder, Liberal Democrats hired Homan.

Yeah and republicans closed the investigation into his bribes.

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weg slrpnk.net weg@slrpnk.net
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#20 · Quote Reply

429 too many requests

lol

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aksdb lemmy.world aksdb@lemmy.world
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#21 · Quote Reply

429 too many requests lol

Contributing the 430ths request as we speak /s

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
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#22 · Quote Reply

You could probably teach a full semester college course on the crimes the Trump admin committed in just the first three months in office. All this "whatabout" gesticulating does is remind people that the rule of law in this country is dead. Maybe with enough reminding we'll do something about it.

The rule of law is simply if you have enough money the law doesn't matter. Something the current administration has proven a thousand times already.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#23 · Quote Reply

Please be advised that in this example Jayapal is crying "whataboutism", not the Trump admin. Although they are more than happy to do so. Democrats or Republicans, we can always count on whataboutery. p.s. bOtH sIdEs, yes, yes, you got me, how dare I be observant

She's pointing out hypocrisy. That is not the same thing.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#24 · (edited) Quote Reply

No, they should put Omar in prison where she belongs. After you take the majority, Jaypal, then you can put Homan in prison if you can make a case. Because we all know that you aren't concerned about Omar becoming fabulously wealthy in a few years off of taxpayer dollars, you're cool with that. We can't count on you to "look at yourself", obviously... as you very well know. .

Why do you hate this woman so much?

I mean truly. Why don't you take a moment and get real with us and tell us why you really feel this way.

Otherwise I will just continue to assume it's racism and/or Islamophobia.

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