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Official Fired denying Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights Restoration

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Mar 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM.

  1. Mar 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM #1
    citygator

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    Story goes that she was told to reconsider Mel's request to have his gun rights restored because he was a Trump friend. She said 'No' and was fired a few hours later.

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    Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights - The New York Times

    The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President Trump’s, should have his gun rights restored, according to the attorney and others familiar with the situation.

    “They sent it back to me saying, ‘We would like you to add Mel Gibson to this memo’,” she said.

    “He then essentially explained to me that Mel Gibson has a personal relationship with President Trump and that should be sufficient basis for me to make a recommendation and that I would be wise to make the recommendation,” she said.

    When she got there [back to her office], two building security officers were waiting to hand her a letter from Mr. Blanche firing her. They watched as she packed up some of her belongings into boxes and escorted her out of the building.
     
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  2. Mar 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM #2
    wgbgator

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    Mel Gibson and guns? Bad idea:

     
  3. Mar 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM #3
    gator_jo

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    MAGA supporters will pretend this didn't happen.

    Of course, they might care if their friends or relatives were fired just for doing their jobs. But they don't care about that happening to other people.

    It's kind of like how they have very little zero concern for all of the people who Donald Trump sexually assaulted or raped.
     
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  4. Mar 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM #4
    mrhansduck

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    Didn't this initially stem from a California restraining order case about domestic violence? Has he applied to have his gun rights restored in California, and has California taken a position? I'm not clear on the state versus federal issues here.
     
  5. Mar 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM #5
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    Wait...that anti-Semite is a friend of Trump, just like neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, all of the Jew hating white nationalist members of his administration and the German neo-Nazi party the AFD? But wait once more...I thought Trump and the GOP were against anti-Semitism. Hmmm...
     
  6. Mar 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM #6
    GolphinGator

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    No one has gun rights in California.
     
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  7. Mar 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM #7
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    fos as usual. Plenty of gun owners, hunters, collectors, and target shooters there.