Posted on 12/20/2017 8:20:33 AM PST by Kaslin
Former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell isn't exactly known for her measured political commentary, and has been excessively critical of both President Donald Trump and the GOP for years now. On Tuesday, however, she kicked it up a notch: she just might have committed a felony.
In the lead-up to the vote on tax reform, O'Donnell tweeted that she would promise to give Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) $2 million each if they voted against the bill. O'Donnell said that "NO I WILL NOT KILL AMERICANS FOR THE SUOER [sic] RICH" and implored both senators to "DM" (direct message) her on Twitter. She said she would pay them in cash.
so how about this
i promise to give
2 million dollars to senator susan collins
and 2 million to senator jeff flake
if they vote NO
NO I WILL NOT KILL AMERICANS
FOR THE SUOER RICH
DM me susan
DM me jeff
no shit
2 million
cash
each ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
She doubled down later, targeting Collins specifically. O'Donnell asked Collins if she felt that her family was proud of her for the vote, and included a picture of the extended Collins family. The tweet seemed particularly sexist on the surface, but it's okay---O'Donnell added a #NOTSEXIST tag to the tweet let everyone know that she was not being especially hard on the "woman - mother - grandmother - sister - daughter" due to her gender*. (Collins is neither a mother nor a grandmother.)
susan - 2 million dollars cash
call if u want to negotiate
do u think your family is proud of u @sennatorcollins
woman - mother - grandmother - sister - daughter
u have betrayed us all
dear god
ask for forgiveness
redeem ur soul tomorrow #NOTSEXIST pic.twitter.com/wa0QcMXNk2 ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
Small issue with these tweets: bribing a public official is a pretty serious crime and this specific act is punishable with up to 15 years in prison or a fine of three times the bribe--in this case, $12 million.
Let's check out 18 U.S. Code § 201 (b), shall we? (emphasis added)
Bribery of public officials and witnesses
(b) Whoever
(1) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who has been selected to be a public official, or offers or promises any public official or any person who has been selected to be a public official to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent
(A) to influence any official act;
That's...basically a description of what O'Donnell tweeted on Monday.
Alas, the promises of $2 million in cash apparently fell on deaf ears, as both senators voted for the bill. The bill passed shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
*Yeah, this still seems pretty sexist.
Yes she did,
So you are excusing her. Nice NOT
Ditto here, besides all liberals lie.
You are 100 percent correct.
That’s too funny!
Holy cow. She’s more deranged than I had previously thought. You can just picture her face as she’s drawing those too.
Rosie O’Donnell collusion of corruption by bribing Senators.
COLLISION WITH CORRUPTION ROSIE O’DONNELL.. COLLUSION WITH CORRUPTION ROSIE O’DONNELL .. COLLUSION WITH CORRUPTION ROSIE O’DONNELL..
This is what happens when the government closes the psychiatric hospitals.
The Senator’s slacks clash with the love seat.
Yeah they do. Speaking of which, if I have to see Schumer one more time in front of a camera shoveling it like he was again today (”only people happy with the tax plan are the rich and corporate execs”), I may go through my TV.
Of course. :)
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