• Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 days ago

    Why doesn’t the senator just take him back? Make the guards question how much they value their lives if they have to fight against the Secret Service or US Army. Like if I was a US senator, I’m taking a full detail with me and we’re going to leave with whoever I say because fuck you.

    Democrats are more concerned about decorum and norms, even as Republicans throw it all out the window.

    • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      8 days ago

      The military guys are there to protect you, not obey your orders. If he ordered them to seize Garcia they could just choose not to.

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      7 days ago

      The supreme court also said that the US has to facilitate his return. Which means if he could get him out of the prison and onto a plane, he would actually be doing exactly what the supreme court said he should do and facilitated his return.