Not only are the Congressman’s remarks not a threat but Martin was a defense attorney for people who actually did threaten government officials - the Jan 6th insurrectionists! - and works for a president who has made multiple violent threats (2nd Amendment people and Hillary, folks, remember that?) - ThreadSky

mehdirhasan.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Not only are the Congressman’s remarks not a threat but Martin was a defense attorney for people who actually did threaten government officials - the Jan 6th insurrectionists! - and works for a president who has made multiple violent threats (2nd Amendment people and Hillary, folks, remember that?)

Reposted from Robert Garcia

No reasonable person would view my comments as a threat. We are living in a dangerous time, and elected members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Comments

pbb57.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow, a politician with a spine!

84longroof.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lily-white, lost-cause, christian taliban.

thufir.bsky.social•14 hours ago

As of 22/2/25

moneyisspeech.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Trump’s DC US Attorney is unqualified, incompetent and ignorant of the law.

Which is why Trump chose him.

https://youtu.be/I8AMao1relE

knightedfeline.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Gee I wonder why it’s been so hard to knock down slap suits for so long? You think maybe it’s because it’s something the rich & powerful have been wanting to use in other areas other than business?

iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•23 hours ago

bad-faerie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gov JB Pritzker's speech is a shining example of how every democratic politician should respond to the Trump administration dismantling of the US constitution.

Listen and follow the call to arms.

https://youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4?feature=shared

dailygrumbles.bsky.social•1 day ago

These autocratic goons have such contempt for Democracy that any oppositional voice is a threat.

jmmatt.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did someone dig up Joe McCarthy?

burgunfaust.bsky.social•21 hours ago

The problem is that is using the word forcefully, but he's also not using force so he's using it incorrectly in the first place, and were he using it in that way he would have been exactly the person they are talking about in the first place

cv-danes.com•1 day ago

I suspect when Trump starts jailing members of congress and the judiciary is when military intervention becomes a distinct possibility.

fjf1.bsky.social•17 hours ago

If anyone at this point needs a reason to resent people like Martin, here’s one. These jerks force reasonable, intelligent people to mount arguments against absurd threats that no one in their right mind would ever think to make. We could spend our time discussing actual issues.

steelejh.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It would be malicious prosecution and first amendment retaliation. Are we winning yet MAGA? JFC

ebynmoss.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Big Men with all the power can't seem to handle anything. What little babies. They are all so fragile. Do they know that we can see what little egos they are?

jak-01.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/wBTd2jSB2mM?feature=shared

dc20003.bsky.social•1 day ago

The jury nullification about to happen in DC for any cases brought by this man will require a lot of popcorn.

shriketron.bsky.social•1 day ago

Everybody remember to draw comparison with EmperorM is literally calling people "ret*rd", right now.

Did it Multiple times.

davinco007.bsky.social•1 day ago

Remember that SCOTUS decision? I fear we might find out soon enough exactly how far it reaches. And I don’t think all of us will like the testing phase — or survive it.

#corruptSCOTUS

rusty.zcx.cc•1 day ago

Sounds like a DoJ attourny is asking to be invited to a senate and house judiciary committee to talk about overreach, and the penalties DoJ attournies can expect in response.

suzynuze.bsky.social•1 day ago

That headline is a disgrace.

surfpunk.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Dear Mr Martin, I feel you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters"

accountabilabuddy.bsky.social•1 day ago

...And committed a coup against the United States, thus disqualifying him from office under the 14th amendment to the constitution.

thecursingpoet.bsky.social•1 day ago

The whole point is to frighten all of us into silence.

A pox on every member of the Trump administration. Also, some scurvy and a nice dose of eczema.

fabfabio.bsky.social•1 day ago

Living outside the US I only see 4 dem politicians fighting back Trump administration: Sanders, AOC, Crockett and Garcia. If it is so, what are all the up to?

raj-virginia.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I say let them investigate. There is only 24 hours a day and limited resources. Every minute they waste doing shit like this is time not spent on destroying the country. Any sane judge will toss these lawsuits

biggusd.bsky.social•1 day ago

When Biden was president all we heard was republicans involved in the insurrection etc are protected by the "speech and debate clause."
Different standards for democrats and a complicit media!

misstrish.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Mehdi, I saw the letter that was drafted for Congressman Garcia by Mike Brock. It's a keeper!

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lsz27iba6myqfhatwihmyfzz/bafkreideykg63zxyatks3xoezyudw65upzevoygsxoogh56n3xjw275mm4@jpeg

aiteall.bsky.social•1 day ago

The gangsters have taken over...

markstatman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Eagle Ed doesn’t have to worry about being mistaken for anything more than what he is, a sycophantic loser. You know, the kind everyone laughs at to their faces.