Elon Musk Defends Douglass Mackey — “This Had No Material Impact”

It should not come as any big surprise that the Meme King himself (Elon Musk) has come to the defense of Douglass Mackey, a man who was just sentenced to 7 months in prison — for posting a meme.

Yes, you read that right.

Here is what he posted that merited 7 months in prison:

This meme got Douglass Mackey 7 months in jail. https://t.co/kdswMU7S1B pic.twitter.com/r4LnjHXeLG

— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) October 18, 2023

Yes, a joke that many people posted on BOTH sides of the 2016 election.

TEXT IN YOUR VOTE!

Obviously, anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows you can’t vote for the President by text.

This isn’t American Idol.

It’s called SATIRE.

It’s called a JOKE.

It’s called a MEME.

But the joke was at Hillary’s expense and a weaponized justice system went after Mackey.

I guess he should just be happy he didn’t end up instead on the Clinton Kill List!

Anthony Weiner MELTS DOWN When Confronted About The Clinton Kill List!

Elon Musk came to Mackey’s defense by stating the obvious — that this meme did not have ANY material impact on the election, but other things most certainly did:

That had no material impact on the election.

What prison sentences were given out to those who suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop information? That *did* have a material impact on the election.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 18, 2023

Exactly right.

We have a two-tiered system of INJUSTICE here in the USA.

So sad.

Also, this lady did the same post and same joke about Trump and she is still walking around scot free.

Why?

In 2016 @mskristinawong posted a tweet and video jokingly trying to trick Trump voters into not voting. Douglas Mackey did the exact same thing to Hillary voters. The DOJ just threw Mackey in prison. Wong was never charged with anything, and this tweet is still up. pic.twitter.com/8stqn0n1oS

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 19, 2023

Tucker has also come to Mackey’s defense:

Tucker Carlson: Douglas Mackey Was Arrested For Helping Trump Win The 2016 Election – 8/15/22 pic.twitter.com/6Q238WAlkw

— Alex Jones TV (@ALEXJONESdotTV) October 11, 2023

Here’s more on the story, from the Post Millennial:

Meme-maker Douglass Mackey was sentenced in the Eastern District Court of New York on criminal charges on Wednesday after a March conviction for conspiracy against rights, ie election interference, over memes he created during the 2016 presidential election that disparaged Hillary Clinton.

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Mackey was sentenced to 7 months in prison for the crime of making memes the DOJ didn’t think were funny. A fundraiser has been launched for his ongoing legal defense.

The case was heard in the US Court of the Eastern District of New York. Mackey, who was known as Ricky Vaughn on Twitter, was found guilty of the federal charge after making memes that jokingly encouraged Hillary Clinton supporters to cast their votes via text message. This is not actually a viable form of voting, which Mackey, and everyone else, knew. There was no evidence to suggest that any voter attempted to cast their ballot via text in response to Mackey’s meme.

“Tomorrow at 1130am,” said one supporter, “Doug Mackey will be sentenced in an NYC courtroom on a sham “conspiracy” conviction for sharing an anti-Hillary meme, all thanks to a bunch of lies and half-truths spewed by a morbidly obese fed informant who goes by the name Microchip.”

The meme that Mackey was convicted of disseminating was directed at Hillary Clinton voters, but other memes, also instructing people to vote for president via text, were distributed by social media users telling people to cast their vote for Trump via text. Mackey was convicted while no one else was even charged.

The case is, as the New York Times reported at the time, was “the first criminal case in the country involving voter suppression through the spread of disinformation on Twitter.”

Was this massive injustice?