{"id":36479,"date":"2019-07-04T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36479"},"modified":"2019-07-04T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T13:00:11","slug":"forgetting-your-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36479","title":{"rendered":"Forgetting Your Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday The Washington Examiner<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

Democratic Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson asserted that people who mock members of Congress online should face prosecution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Those people who are online making fun of members of Congress are a disgrace, and there is no need for anyone to think that is unacceptable [sic],” Wilson said during comments made Tuesday outside of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We’re gonna shut them down and work with whoever it is to shut them down, and they should be prosecuted,” she continued. “You cannot intimidate members of Congress, frighten members of Congress. It is against the law, and it’s a shame in this United States of America.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

This is the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution:<\/p>\n

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press<\/span>; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n

The underline is mine.<\/p>\n

This is the oath Representative Wilson took when she became a U.S. Representative:<\/p>\n

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;<\/strong> that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enough said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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