Trump’s ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN!’ tweets incite insurrection. That’s illegal.
Donald Trump’s recent tweets have called for Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia residents to rise up against their state governments’ stay-at-home orders. In a new Washington Post piece, Mary McCord explains how these tweets run afoul of state and federal criminal laws and enjoy no First Amendment protection:
It’s an echo of the “Second Amendment remedies” rhetoric of the 2010 midterm election. It’s clearly a violation of federalism principles, and it’s quite possibly a crime under federal law. And insurrection or treason against state government is a crime in Virginia, Michigan and Minnesota, as well as most states. Assembling with others to train or practice using firearms or other explosives for use during a civil disorder is also a crime in many states. But the president himself is calling for just that.
Read the full piece here.
