Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:22 AM

Farmgirl1961 (1,463 posts)

Man Arrested For Wearing 'Basket Of Deplorables' Shirt At Texas Polling Place

A Texas man was arrested Monday for electioneering after refusing to hide his “Basket of Deplorables” T-shirt.

“He wanted to take a stand,” Bulverde Police Chief Gary Haecker told the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung of Brett Mauthe, who showed up to his polling place with a Trump hat and “Basket of Deplorables” T-shirt. “Unfortunately, he was arrested.”

Mauthe told local TV station KSAT that he removed his Trump hat but refused to turn his T-shirt inside-out, saying he was unaware it constituted a violation of the election code.

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Man Arrested For Wearing 'Basket Of Deplorables' Shirt At Texas Polling Place (Original post)	Farmgirl1961	Oct 2016	OP
‘I support you and I appreciate what you’re doing. It’s your right,...' Said the police chief.	grossproffit	Oct 2016	#1
Hope he was arrested BEFORE he voted!	Laf.La.Dem.	Oct 2016	#2
He wasn't even wearing a shirt with a candidate's name on it. The ACLU would likely support him...	PoliticAverse	Oct 2016	#3
It depends whether he was 100 ft from the polls.	anamandujano	Oct 2016	#5
His Hat doesn't count	Capt. Obvious	Oct 2016	#12
According to the story he removed his hat when asked to but refused to remove his shirt. n/t	PoliticAverse	Oct 2016	#13
I guess these morons don't realize	BigRig	Oct 2016	#4
They are bigots as defined by their own words and actions, and proud of it.	Hekate	Oct 2016	#6
Yes, but my point is that even the half of the rethugs	BigRig	Oct 2016	#8
This Saturday, my brother and sil will wear their	rusty fender	Oct 2016	#7
Probably. It's not a big deal to follow the rules, which is no electioneering inside or outside.	Hekate	Oct 2016	#9
Arrested for just wearing the shirt?	bluestateguy	Oct 2016	#10
Here in Ohio we have the same rule...don't wear election stuff.	Demsrule86	Oct 2016	#11

Response to Farmgirl1961 (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:26 AM

grossproffit (5,591 posts)

1. ‘I support you and I appreciate what you’re doing. It’s your right,...' Said the police chief.

Are you fucking serious?

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:43 AM

Laf.La.Dem. (2,893 posts)

2. Hope he was arrested BEFORE he voted!

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:16 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

3. He wasn't even wearing a shirt with a candidate's name on it. The ACLU would likely support him...

in any legal action (they've supported people arrested for wearing a shirt with a candidate's name on it in the
past) and as his shirt wasn't even featuring a specific candidate's name I think he'd have an excellent chance of winning.

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:23 PM

anamandujano (7,004 posts)

5. It depends whether he was 100 ft from the polls.

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 07:46 PM

Capt. Obvious (9,002 posts)

12. His Hat doesn't count

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 07:47 PM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

13. According to the story he removed his hat when asked to but refused to remove his shirt. n/t

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:21 PM

BigRig (74 posts)

4. I guess these morons don't realize

that being in the basket means they are bigots (as defined by Hillary).

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:26 PM

Hekate (83,987 posts)

6. They are bigots as defined by their own words and actions, and proud of it.

Hillary only pointed it out by calling it deplorable.

See the difference?

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Response to Hekate (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 03:11 PM

BigRig (74 posts)

8. Yes, but my point is that even the half of the rethugs

that don't claim to be bigots are acting like she put them in that basket to. I bet if one of these reporters followed up with the statement, "Oh, so you're a bigot.", they would rethink their position (or they just wouldn't get it). Of course, I think anyone who votes for a confessed sexual predator is deplorable.

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Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:25 PM

rusty fender (3,428 posts)