Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft

[sinkingfeeling]

Source: The Guardian

Danielle Stella was arrested twice this year in Minneapolis suburbs over allegations that she shoplifted items worth more than $2,300 from a Target and goods valued at $40 from a grocery store. She said she denied the allegations.

Stella, a 31-year-old special education teacher, was reported this week to be a supporter of the baseless “QAnon” conspiracy theory about Donald Trump battling a global cabal of elite liberal paedophiles.

The complaint said Stella told police in a statement she “remembers arriving at Target to purchase items but nothing else” due to post-traumatic stress disorder, and that she “normally she goes to Target with someone because of anxiety around people”.

She has accused Omar of being a criminal for advising immigrants how to avoid agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She said in a tweet that any representatives who fail to “uphold the rule of law



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/25/danielle-stella-republican-ilhan-omar-charged-felony-qanon-trump

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Seems as though these charges have been out there for a while.

[The Mouth]

1. "Arrested" is not "guilty"

no matter how we feel about anyone, anywhere, accused of anything, it is *ALWAYS* 'Innocent until proved guilty'. Period.

That said, someone with anxiety disorder around people is probably not going to do really well with a political campaign in any circumstance, and against a popular and famous (and charismatic) politician, they are hosed, even before you throw in the ideology.

I really seriously doubt the Congresswoman could possibly have a better candidate to run against.

[Bengus81]

5. Tell that to all the Al Franken haters on DU--and he wasn't arrested

[The Mouth]

13. Pisses me off

to this day.

[ck4829]

11. We aren't judges or the seated jury, the court of public opinion has different rules

And it's already made a ruling.

[The Mouth]

12. True, that....

[Chicago1980]

15. And funnily enough,

DU wants me to serve on a jury.

I know... was just funny to me.

[yardwork]

22. Nothing in the OP states guilt. The word "charged" is in the subject line.

[Yeehah]

23. This is an internet message board,

not a court of law. People posting here have the right to adjudicate this kook however they see fit.

[FredSanderson]

2. Hate to break it to Danielle and the QAnon conspiracy loons, but a guy named Epstein proves there

is a global cabal of pedophiles for sure the world needs to fight ...but of the elite CONservative variety.

[ChubbyStar]

7. Boom

Thanks Fred!

[Polybius]

18. Are you saying that Epstein only offered his services to conservatives?

Or are you saying that Epstein himself is a conservative?

[Afromania]

3. Republicans biggest strength is projection

Somebody needs to tell our guys to invoke the neeener, neeener methodology.

We're rubber you're glue whatever you say bounces off us and sticks to you or maybe the who ever smelt it dealt it defense. Either should work fine.

[The Mouth]

4. And denial.

It ain't a river in Egypt, but I doubt they could find that, either

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Amnesia

She'd be a great addition to Republican rule.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. hem.

[Initech]

9. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!!

[Journeyman]

10. If she needs someone to accompany her to the store, who will be her chaperone in Congress? . . .

[area51]

14. Stella sounds legit.

[bluedigger]

16. All part of the GOP's vetting process.

She's fully qualified now.👍

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. She was also convicted of drunk driving & evading arrest ten years ago. . . . nt

[riversedge]

19. According to this, I think she needs psy treatment before she runs for office.........

If info is true below about her PTSD, she has some serious mental problems that need treatment...........

......Stella is accused of stealing 279 items valued at $2,327.97 from a Target store in Edina, to the south-west of Minneapolis, on 8 January this year. She was arrested for the alleged theft after security staff called the police.

A criminal complaint filed to Hennepin county district court alleged Stella was seen leaving the store without paying for most of her haul, after “scanning only a few other items” that were valued at about $50.


Danielle Stella. In a series of text messages, Stella said: ‘I am not guilty of these crimes.’

Danielle Stella. In a series of text messages, Stella said: ‘I am not guilty of these crimes.’ Photograph: Bloomington police department

The complaint said Stella told police in a statement she “remembers arriving at Target to purchase items but nothing else” due to post-traumatic stress disorder, and that she “normally she goes to Target with someone because of anxiety around people”.

Stella has said publicly that she was the victim of a severe violent assault in 2008. She is charged with the thefts under her former surname, which the Guardian agreed not to report because she said it could endanger her safety.

She is charged with felony theft over the incident at Target and faces a punishment of up to five years in prison and a fine of $10,000 if convicted, according to court filings.

Police and court records said a warrant was put out for Stella’s re-arrest for alleged contempt of court on 4 April, after she failed to show up for a court hearing.

[Sapient Donkey]

20. After reading up on this lady and seeing some of the stuff she says/does

I am certain she is batshit insane. So, her being one of those people who impulsively steal wouldn't surprise me. This probably isn't fair, but she even looks like someone who would do that.

[whttevrr]

21. Actual audible "LOL!"

Probably more of a guffaw. But then opening the thread I chuckled audibly.



This one got me. I've been lurking. I just cannot write civilly nor allow too much trumpism into my mindspace. It is too exhausting to mentally comprehend the inanity needed to elect this guy.

I. Just. Can't

But thank you for a genuine laugh.

[orleans]

24. she sounds like the perfect republican candidate n/t

[truthisfreedom]

25. Klepto q-anon paranoid anxious ptsd repuke?

She’s ideal!

[RhodeIslandOne]

26. I saw a video of her

She may be the most illiterate fucking blithering moron I've ever seen.

[snacker]

28. I agree.

[raccoon]

27. This just made my day. Nt