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Elon Musk needs to be charged, convicted, and hanged for treason against the republic.
Do you have to be a citizen to commit treason? Did he actually obtain citizenship after committing his visa fraud? I’d like to see the long form certificate of his citizenship. Last time they complained someone was born in Africa it was a big deal…
He is a US citizen. He can be charged, convicted, and hanged for treason. And there isn't even any case law about whether a non-citizen can be charged with treason.
You don't have to be a US citizen to be prosecuted for any particular crime if you commit it on US soil.
Glad I am not the only one who had an altered view of the death penalty in light of recent events.
Treason holds a special place in my heart.
There's the slight problem of "it's only treason if you fail", though. It's a corollary of "history is written by the winners".
Not really. Sometimes even the Victor's of wars and battles executed the traitors to the other side that helped them. Very much a case of love the treason hate the traitor.
"Desperate times..." and all that
I would accept him being sent to Gitmo for life.
Only to be pardoned by the great leader of course.
This is one of those things were pardons and laws don't really matter. The way this thing is going, most of the citizens of DC will literally want to see Trump, Musk, and Vance's heads on pikes. If things get bad enough, the military and those guarding the president may simply look the other way and let the mob storm the gates. Most of the instances you see of revolutionary crowds storming a dictator's palace only occur because the military abandons them.
Trump and Musk are at a very real risk of ending up like Mussolini, hanging from a lamppost. That's how Fascist leaders like him often end up.
I wish I could live in your fantasy world, mate, but it's never going to happen. The ideological divide has mutated beautifully into full-on trench warfare between camps of cheerleaders/fans. There are more than enough of the 'other' in positions that matter to make the machine's gears keep turning.
I'd prefer things end without violence... Which puts me in the most impossible timeline there is. It's so frustrating realizing they're all literally stupid or manipulated by stupid. Stupid being the promise of wealth, power, and fame ironically at all costs.
He needs to be tried too.