{"id":2072189,"date":"2023-10-18T18:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viral-meme-maker-who-joked-about-hillary-clinton-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-for-election-interference\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:32:34","slug":"viral-meme-maker-who-joked-about-hillary-clinton-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-for-election-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viral-meme-maker-who-joked-about-hillary-clinton-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-for-election-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Meme-maker mocking Hillary Clinton gets 7-month prison term for &#8216;election meddling&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fviral-meme-maker-who-joked-about-hillary-clinton-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-for-election-interference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2072189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Man Sentenced to Prison\u200b for Posting Hillary Clinton \u200bMeme<\/h2>\n<p>Douglass Mackey, the man who\u200c posted a Hillary Clinton meme ahead \u200cof the 2016 election, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edny\/pr\/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-sentenced-after-conviction-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> \u2063to seven months in prison \u2063Wednesday for the\u2064 crime\u2064 of \u201cconspiracy against rights,\u201d meaning, in this case, election interference. Mackey\u2019s sentencing is unprecedented. It means America is now a place that puts citizens in <em>prison<\/em> for posting information disfavorable to the left, including satire, a \u200dform of speech protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Mackey is going to prison for posting a fake Hillary Clinton ad prior to the 2016 election telling voters \u2062to \u201cvote from home\u201d by texting \u201c\u2018Hillary\u2019 to 59925.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1509893434\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45e85cef3f888cbc627e0c1868fe86e6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-45e85cef3f888cbc627e0c1868fe86e6\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"nKBYZ\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here \u200cis Douglass Mackey&#8217;s tweet from the 2016 election that just got\u200c him 7 months in jail vs another tweet from a liberal activist during the same time that didn&#8217;t get her 7 months in jail. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1g7ADnD4g7\">https:\/\/t.co\/1g7ADnD4g7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BenA34PwHr\">pic.twitter.com\/BenA34PwHr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1714700380150304784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anyone with a working brain \u2014 especially pre-Covid, when voting was done overwhelmingly in person \u2014 \u2064knew that casting your \u200cvote via text was \u200dridiculous. The meme \u2062posted \u200bto \u2063Mackey\u2019s now-suspended troll Twitter account was clearly a joke, and no \u200bone was foolish enough to actually cast a \u200dsincere \u2064vote for Hillary via\u200d the provided\u2064 phone number. Neither of those things, however, stopped the feds\u200d from going \u2063after Mackey.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically,\u200b Mackey\u2019s post was making a \u2064mockery of <em>Democrat<\/em> \u2063 election \u200dinterference. The Clinton campaign would have loved it \u2062if votes\u200b could be cast via text,\u200b as would all Democrats who persistently push to dismantle voter security rules and\u200c regulations, like requiring individuals to vote in person on election day and provide identification.<\/p>\n<p>Even more ironic \u2063is that Democrats within the federal government, corporate media, and \u2063Big Tech have engaged in <em>real<\/em> \u2064widespread \u2063election interference and waged real disinformation campaigns to annihilate election integrity but have\u200d so far faced zero consequences.<\/p>\n<p>For instance,\u2062 none of the Russia collusion hoaxers in the federal government, Hillary Clinton campaign, \u2063or corporate media\u200b have been charged, let alone put in prison. Recall\u2063 that Russia hoaxers used\u2064 false information and illegal tactics to undermine the legitimacy of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency and literally attempt to overturn the 2016 election results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-59ccdf305f6040ce064ac8c32e43cccc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-59ccdf305f6040ce064ac8c32e43cccc\"><\/div>\n<p>There \u200dhave been no charges brought against current Secretary of State Antony \u200dBlinken or\u2064 his dozens of co-conspiring ex-national security officials who, ahead of the 2020 election, falsely claimed\u200d the Hunter Biden \u2062laptop was somehow \u200bRussian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Nor have \u200bthere been any charges brought against the Big \u2063Tech giants who systematically suppressed \u2062the reporting surrounding Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, which contained evidence implicating then-presidential candidate Joe Biden\u200d in \u200da foreign pay-for-play scheme.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that polls after \u2064the 2020 election <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/flashback-16-of-biden-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicate<\/a> that, had the Biden laptop story not been suppressed, Joe Biden might not have won \u200bthe 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ\u2064 has done nothing about the various leftist organizations funded by Mark Zuckerberg that changed election\u200d rules\u200c and regulations ahead of the 2020 election in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing states<\/a> \u200din order to help Democrats electorally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f4824dde66523297223e720fa356ca40 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f4824dde66523297223e720fa356ca40\"><\/div>\n<p>There\u2062 have also\u2062 been no criminal charges brought against employees within the \u200bdeep state, such \u2063as those working for the Department of Homeland Securities\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/weingarten.substack.com\/p\/full-testimony-dhs-and-cisas-pivotal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)<\/a>,\u2064 who, ahead of the\u200d 2020 \u2064election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viral-meme-maker-who-joked-about-hillary-clinton-sentenced-to-7-months-in-prison-for-election-interference\/\" title=\"Meme-maker mocking Hillary Clinton gets 7-month prison term for 'election meddling'.\">directly suppressed largely conservative \u2063voices critical<\/a> of mass mail-in voting and leftist Covid measures. The censorship of information disfavorable to the left, \u2064including information \u200dCISA <em>knew<\/em> was true, undoubtedly\u2064 swayed the 2020 election in Democrats\u2019 \u2063favor.<\/p>\n<p>According to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers, DOJ officials, such as Delaware U.S. Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/06\/biden-bribery-breadcrumbs-leave-only-one-possible-conclusion-deep-state-partisans-buried-the-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Weiss<\/a>, thwarted an investigation into \u2064Hunter Biden\u2019s tax crimes \u200cprior \u2064to the 2020 election. If true, this\u2063 obstruction covered up links between then-Democratic presidential nominee \u2062Joe Biden and \u200chis son\u2019s sketchy foreign\u200d business deals before\u200c the election.<\/p>\n<p>Election interference is indeed prevalent in the U.S.,\u2064 but it\u2019s not perpetuated by meme lords. Instead, the federal government, including the DOJ itself, in partnership with its corporate media PR department and \u2063Big Tech oligarchs, is annihilating election security and censoring conservatives in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limited-government-isnt-everything\/\" title=\"Limited Government Isn\u2019t Everything.\">digital public square<\/a> to ensure Democrats win elections.<\/p>\n<p>Mackey\u2019s sentencing is emblematic \u2062of the Biden DOJ\u2019s push to criminalize all of the left\u2019s political opponents. As Federalist Senior Contributor Jonathan S. Tobin <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/11\/a-pranksters-conviction-sends-a-message-anti-regime-speech-is-a-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cThe timing of the prosecution speaks \u2062directly\u200b to the political implications of the case. Mackey wasn\u2019t arrested in \u200can FBI raid on his home until Jan. 27, 2021, the week after\u200d Biden took office. The decision to try to jail him \u200ddidn\u2019t take place \u200cuntil the supposedly moderate Attorney General Merrick\u200b Garland took control of \u2062the Department of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mackey is \u200djust one of the Biden regime\u2019s\u200c many enemies. He is joined by countless\u200b peaceful pro-lifer \u2062protesters, traditional Catholics, and Biden\u2019s\u2063 primary\u200d political opponent, Donald Trump. Not only is Trump facing over a lifetime in prison thanks \u200cto \u2063charges brought by Biden\u2019s DOJ, but a \u200dfederal overseeing one of the former president\u2019s cases, Tanya Chutkan, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/17\/the-entire-premise-of-trumps-j6-trial-is-an-affront-to-free-elections-and-rule-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> a gag order prohibiting\u200d him from criticizing his prosecutors on the campaign trail. If\u2064 inhibiting a presidential candidate from campaigning \u200bisn\u2019t brazen election interference, I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n<p>Like a third-world country, America is now a \u2063place where politicians and unelected bureaucrats use the power of the state \u200dto destroy their political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Mackey\u2019s\u200b prosecution and sentencing was an exercise of power meant to send a message: \u2063There\u2064 will be severe \u2062punishment if you dare deviate from leftist \u2063orthodoxy or criticize the\u200d deep state \u2014 even as a \u200bjoke.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> N integrity and silencing dissenting voices. The case of Douglass Mackey is just one example\u200d of this disturbing trend.<\/p>\n<p>Mackey&#8217;s conviction and subsequent\u200b sentencing to \u200cseven months in prison for posting a \u200bmeme critical of Hillary Clinton is unprecedented. It sends<\/p>\n<h2>How does the silencing of dissenting voices, \u200dsuch as \u200bin the case of Douglass Mackey, affect the democratic nature of the PAA?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Silencing dissenting voices, \u2064as in\u2063 the case of \u2063Douglass \u200cMackey, can\u2064 have significant\u200d implications for \u200bthe democratic \u200cnature\u200b of the Public Accommodations Act (PAA). The PAA is a law that\u2063 prohibits discrimination in\u200b public accommodation \u2062based on various \u200dfactors like race, religion, or national origin. <\/p>\n<p>1. Suppression of diverse perspectives: \u200dDissenting voices play a \u200ccrucial role in a democratic society \u200bby providing\u2063 alternative\u2062 viewpoints and challenging the status quo.\u2062 When\u2063 such dissenting voices are silenced, it hampers the healthy exchange\u200c of ideas, inhibits critical\u2063 thinking, and limits the ability to address\u2062 and rectify societal issues effectively.\u2063 This\u200c suppression can lead \u2063to an echo-chamber effect, where only certain\u2064 narratives \u2064are dominant, undermining the \u200bdemocratic principle of promoting diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>2. Threat to\u2062 free speech: Freedom of speech is \u2062a \u2062fundamental democratic value\u200c that ensures the expression of diverse\u200b opinions and fosters constructive debates. Silencing dissenting voices like Mackey&#8217;s can\u2063 raise concerns \u200cabout potential infringement on free speech rights. While there are limits \u2062to\u2064 speech, especially when it incites violence or poses a \u200dclear danger,\u2063 the line between protected speech and suppression can be blurry. Care should be taken to ensure that the silencing of voices does \u2062not encroach upon individuals&#8217; freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>3. Chilling effect on public discourse: When individuals \u2062witness dissenting voices being silenced, it can create a chilling effect on public discourse.\u200c People may become\u2063 reluctant to express \u2063their opinions, fearing similar consequences. This self-censorship impedes open conversations \u2063about important\u200d issues, stifles \u200binnovation, and obstructs progress. The democratic nature of the PAA relies on open\u200c dialogue and active participation, which can be hindered when dissenting\u200c voices are silenced.<\/p>\n<p>4. Impact on marginalized groups: Democracies thrive on the protection\u2063 and empowerment of marginalized\u200b groups. Silencing dissenting voices can disproportionately impact these marginalized communities, as they may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-announces-new-actions-and-funding-to-combat-anti-asian-violence-xenophobia-and-bias\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Announces New Actions And Funding To Combat \u2018Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia And Bias\u2019\">face additional barriers<\/a> in expressing \u200ctheir concerns, advocating for their rights, and combating \u2063discrimination. The \u200dsuppression of these voices undermines the democratic principle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-reparations-what-newsom-has-said-ahead-of-task-forces-final-proposal\/\" title=\"Newsom's stance on California reparations before task force's final proposal.\">ensuring equal opportunities<\/a> and representation for all.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the silencing \u2063of dissenting voices, such \u2064as in the case of Douglass\u200d Mackey, \u2064can \u200bhave far-reaching effects on the democratic nature of the PAA. It undermines the principles of diversity, free speech, open discourse, and inclusivity that are vital for a vibrant and functioning democracy. Efforts should be\u200c made to strike a\u200b balance between protecting against harmful\u2063 speech and safeguarding democratic values.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglass Mackey, who shared a Hillary Clinton meme before the 2016 election, received an unprecedented seven-month prison sentence for &#8220;conspiracy against rights,&#8221; implying election interference. 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