From Huffington Post:
“I write to ask for a system of compassion in [Carlineo’s] sentencing,” Omar wrote. The congresswoman, who became one of the first Muslim women in Congress earlier this year, noted that his crime was “grave,” and that it was a “threat against an entire religion, at a time of rising hate crimes.”
Carlineo was accused of calling Omar’s office in March and telling a staffer the congresswoman was a “terrorist” and threatening to shoot her. According to the criminal complaint against him, Carlineo told federal agents when he was arrested in April that he was a patriot, he “loves” President Donald Trump and “hates radical Muslims in government.”
Meanwhile, the most punchable face in Congress shows once again what an absolute horror of a human being he is to a woman who threw a soft drink at him:
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) this week asked a federal court to sentence a woman who threw a drink at him to prison to send a message that “free speech is welcome, but assault will not be tolerated.”
Gaetz’s office on Wednesday provided the Pensacola News Journal with a copy of the victim impact statement the congressman sent regarding Amanda Kondrat'yev's sentencing on Monday.
“I ask the court to sentence the Defendant to some time of incarceration,” the letter reads. “Constituents deserve to be safe at events hosted by our congressional office. My staff deserves to be safe. Their families and mine shouldn’t have to worry that while federal officials are doing their jobs, we are at risk of assault.”
Is there even a question who’s side of the table is the humane one? Republicans time and time again try to prove themselves to be callous, uncaring, nasty human beings. Seriously, fuck them.