OAN Host Who Mused About Mass Executions: I Was Just Discussing The Federal Legal Code! | Talking Points Memo

The One America News Network host who mused about the possibility of mass executions of Democrats told TPM Thursday that he was simply reporting on the potential legal ramifications that would exist in a scenario in which there was a massive conspiracy to steal an election.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1378916
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He seems nice…

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  • “Fire”.
  • Theater.
  • How do those two go together?
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No, neither myself, nor OAN is ‘embracing executing thousands of people

WE NEVER said anything about people we were talking about Democrats.

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Well, that’s it, folks. Pack it in, his explanation is ironclad. Nothing to see here. He has owned the libs with facts and logic.

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I bet his parents are proud of him

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“I’m simply reporting that conspiring against the government to overthrow an election, with the help of a foreign government, would be treason,” Sharp said in a subsequent email. “ If that is investigated, and if that is proven, then US laws maintain that execution is a legal punishment for those crimes. That is the extent of the report.”

Someone forward this to the Russia investigation and Ukraine investigation prosecutors. Thanks!

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I hope he goes where this guy is going.

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Uh huh. Got a visit from the network’s attorneys I suspect.

They weren’t quite so broadminded on the first amendment I suspect.

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He might want to tone down the “conspiring against the government to overthrow an election,” part.

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I actually agree with Sharp (obviously he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer) that those involved in election fraud especially with a foreign government and also those who try to overthrow an election what like happened on 1-6-2021 are guilty of treason.

“OAN is simply pointing out that if election fraud is proven, then it could very well constitute treason. And according to our laws, treason is punishable by death. If it is found that government officials coordinated with foreign countries to overthrow the election, then that would be the very definition of treason. Which, according to our nation’s laws, could result in execution.”

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More like Unamerican News Network, right???

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If I am executed, well, …, well, …, but I’m not. I’m gonna execute your ass first, ass.

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If it is found that government officials coordinated with foreign countries to overthrow the election, then that would be the very definition of treason. Which, according to our nation’s laws, could result in execution.”

Nice hedge, there. They weren’t government officials (yet) in 2016.

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So… he is saying Trump is facing the possibility of execution?

Pretty bold take from him, and on OAN at that, but I’ll go with it.

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Of course it’s not the very definition of treason either. We might wish it was but treason has a narrow definition by statute. 18 US Code 2381

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Yes but they were in 2020 and for most of January 2021.

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Hmm… treasonous election tampering, foreign interference, illegitimate president… This guy is so into projection he could be a CRT. That’s cathode ray tube, not critical race theorist.

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Can’t walk forwards. Can’t walk back. Buffoon! Incendiary buffoon!

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And everyone else in the campaign who was in that meeting with the russians in 2016? Sounds plausible to me.

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