Posted on 01/21/2021 4:50:58 PM PST by DoodleDawg
Joe Exotic offered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump this week after he failed to secure a presidential pardon.
The star of the Netflix series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” is serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted of plotting to murder longtime rival and animal rights activist Carole Baskin, as well as violating federal wildlife laws. The former zookeeper was said to have been so confident he’d be included on Trump’s clemency list that his legal team had ordered a limousine to retrieve him from a Fort Worth prison.
But when Trump issued 144 pardons and commutations just hours before his term ended Wednesday, Exotic ― whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage ― was not included. The 57-year-old expressed his frustrations on Twitter, implying that his sexuality may have played a factor in the former president’s decision.
“I was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump,” he tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Referencing a meme shared by Donald Trump Jr. in March that showed his father’s head superimposed on Exotic’s mugshot, he added, “Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for Equal Justice? His corrupt friends all come first.”
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Maybe too guilty and undeserving?
Somebody is running his account from the outside, or he’s in a prison where they allow limited computer use that are monitored by the prison system.
I don’t know the rules about phone usage to pass on Twitter messages.
Convicted felons in prison have access to Twitter... but President Trump doesn’t.
Ask Biden for a pardon... let’s see if you’re gay enough for him
I get it, he’s a zany celebrity that was funny. And the lady he was conspiring to murder almost certainly conspired to murder her own husband so she’s no innocent victim. But he did conspire to murder someone. Don’t think he’s the poster child for ‘deserved a pardon’
I think “too deranged” covers it.
Tiger King will do the whole 22 years.
Probably have a shot at a Biden pardon if he went transgendered.
This guy thought he would get a pardon? More than a few fries short of a happy meal.
He did conspire to kill someone even if it was never going to happen.
Tiger King will do the whole 22 years.
And enjoy it....
Too nuts
I couldn’t agree more with your comment and the ones of similar tenor. Now if only Carole Baskin were persecuted for murdering her husband, justice would be complete
He’s in prison and he’s allowed to get on twitter sending out messages?
You have to pay the stated price. Most of the people pardoned were quite wealthy and able to fund the offshore accounts easily. Rap stars and swindlers of various types. Joe Exotic is broke, what can he bribe them with?
What if he was going to be pardoned until the World found out he ordered a limo? Seems kind of pushy. Was he thinking that would “force” Trump to pardon him?
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