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HereForTheParty

(856 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:46 AM 13 hrs ago

Trump staff puts immigrants' mug shots on White House lawn

Trump administration officials late Sunday began placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway.

It's a provocative, sure-to-be-controversial move aimed at highlighting President Trump's immigration crackdown as his 100th day in office approaches.

Driving the news: The posters — which read "ARRESTED" — specify various crimes linked to the pictured immigrants and have the White House's official logo at the bottom.

The "roughly 100" posters were being placed strategically along "Pebble Beach," where TV news crews do live shots in front of the mansion. A White House official told Axios the intent is for the posters to be visible behind TV journalists reporting from those positions.


https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-posters-white-house-arrested-immigrants
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Trump staff puts immigrants' mug shots on White House lawn (Original Post) HereForTheParty 13 hrs ago OP
Disgusting DemMedic 13 hrs ago #1
"ARRESTED" J_William_Ryan 12 hrs ago #2
Tacky and exploitive NCDem47 12 hrs ago #3
I hope they get sued. 58Sunliner 12 hrs ago #4
There goes the neighborhood bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #5
LOL I think it went three months ago mdbl 8 hrs ago #27
The trDUMP pResidency,... magicarpet 12 hrs ago #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Hotler 12 hrs ago #7
I'm surprised there's no 100 foot electronic billboard Diamond_Dog 12 hrs ago #8
Let's see if his flagpoles have a sponsor in them underpants 11 hrs ago #22
How about Donald's own mugshot with record of convictions? Norrrm 12 hrs ago #9
Exactly bdamomma 12 hrs ago #11
+1 dalton99a 12 hrs ago #15
34 HereForTheParty 12 hrs ago #19
Great idea and wish it would happen riversedge 12 hrs ago #20
Those Trumpers are really sick slugs. ananda 12 hrs ago #10
So much for EuterpeThelo 12 hrs ago #12
And reality TV was only created to bust the writers' strike Walleye 12 hrs ago #16
Pure NAZI bullying. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #13
Makes sense, as their is a bunch of criminals in the whitehouse Mr. Sparkle 12 hrs ago #14
Excellent idea. yorkster 11 hrs ago #21
Gross!! I can't even anymore Walleye 12 hrs ago #17
I'm sure he would prefer having their heads on pikes instead. LastDemocratInSC 12 hrs ago #18
Or in the movie, Spartacus Sequoia 10 hrs ago #26
So presidential of him! Vomit!! PortTack 11 hrs ago #23
We need to help tRump expose these illegals dreamland 11 hrs ago #24
Defacing the White House now. Figarosmom 10 hrs ago #25
Protesters should put up moniss 5 hrs ago #28
Trump MissouriDem47 2 hrs ago #29
Pathetic Nululu 2 hrs ago #30

NCDem47

(2,789 posts)
3. Tacky and exploitive
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:55 AM
12 hrs ago

What next? A HUGE digital billboard on the front lawn?

He's leaning heavy into the immigration stuff where he has more support. Expect all hands on deck for this messaging to reach nauseating levels.

magicarpet

(18,097 posts)
6. The trDUMP pResidency,...
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:00 AM
12 hrs ago

.... the administration that beholds Law & Order & respect for the judiciary to be paramount to the continuance of American Democracy.

Response to HereForTheParty (Original post)

Diamond_Dog

(36,738 posts)
8. I'm surprised there's no 100 foot electronic billboard
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:06 AM
12 hrs ago

with rolling numbers updating the number of arrests of human beings deemed “illegal” including 2-year-olds

underpants

(190,159 posts)
22. Let's see if his flagpoles have a sponsor in them
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 11:06 AM
11 hrs ago

I wouldn’t be surprised. Look at the Easter Egg Roll.


EuterpeThelo

(29 posts)
12. So much for
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:13 AM
12 hrs ago

innocent until proven guilty. "Arrested" does not equal "convicted."

But, then again, if these people won't receive due process, we can just assume they're all guilty! Problem solved!

This entire maladministration is like watching a cheap knock-off of the 80s TV show "COPS." I recall a conversation my brother and I had in the year 1999 talking about how reality TV was going to be America's downfall. At the time, we just meant the way it was contributing to the dumbing-down of our citizenry, but I don't think either of us really, truly realized that it quite literally would become the death knell of our once-grand, 250 year-old experiment (The Apprentice, anyone?).

I hope some lawyer has the balls to bring a class action suit for defamation.

Kid Berwyn

(20,120 posts)
13. Pure NAZI bullying.
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:13 AM
12 hrs ago

Human beings used as scapegoats is evil. And Stephen Miller has no shame.

Mr. Sparkle

(3,416 posts)
14. Makes sense, as their is a bunch of criminals in the whitehouse
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:15 AM
12 hrs ago

I cant wait for someone to Photoshop the trump administration onto the placards

Sequoia

(12,633 posts)
26. Or in the movie, Spartacus
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 12:43 PM
10 hrs ago

the last scene with the road lined with crucified rebels on Roman crosses.

dreamland

(1,093 posts)
24. We need to help tRump expose these illegals
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 11:41 AM
11 hrs ago

Put up a giant electronic billboard with all the faces of people arrested or deported including the three children, Wisconsin judge, Milwaukee Judge, students, hairdressers, farm workers and other laborers. Let's help tRump with the exposure of all the "good" he has done to these "illegals". Everyone should know that his lists of arrests is not complete without these other folks.

moniss

(7,139 posts)
28. Protesters should put up
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 05:24 PM
5 hrs ago

the mug shot of Crumb The 1st with a caption 34 felony convictions.

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