Forgot about this one.
“In the run up to the 2016 election, Mackey posted a satirical meme telling Clinton voters that they could vote for Clinton by texting “Hillary” to a certain phone number. This is absurd to think it would be taken seriously considering there has never been any discussion about “voting by phone” in the 2016 election run up. And using whatever device one would view Mackey’s tweet through could easily be used to affirm that there is no such thing as “vote by phone.” But an over-zealous DOJ took up the case five years later in 2021, days after Biden occupied the White House, and now Mackey is facing up to ten years in prison.“ The original tweet as it was posted:
“In the run up to the 2016 election, Mackey posted a satirical meme telling Clinton voters that they could vote for Clinton by texting “Hillary” to a certain phone number. This is absurd to think it would be taken seriously considering there has never been any discussion about “voting by phone” in the 2016 election run up. And using whatever device one would view Mackey’s tweet through could easily be used to affirm that there is no such thing as “vote by phone.” But an over-zealous DOJ took up the case five years later in 2021, days after Biden occupied the White House, and now Mackey is facing up to ten years in prison.“ The original tweet as it was posted: