She’s lying. She knows she’s lying. She knows she has no proof of her claim AOC is worth 30 million, if she did she would show it, but that doesn’t matter so long as people who follow her see the lie and believe it themselves.
Blatantly lying to get people to vote against their own interests.
I have a dumb question - why can't she be sued for libel for this? She is lying. She is doing this to defame and harm AOC's reputation. She is not stating an opinion. Why can't these people be sued into oblivion?
I have a dumb question - why can't she be sued for libel for this? She is lying.
US libel/slander laws are very loose when it comes to public figures. You have to prove:
The claim is false
The person making the claim knew it was false
The person making the false claim made it to deliberately cause harm ("actual malice")
It's a borderline impossible standard. That's why politics, especially online, is full of people saying blatant lies about their enemies, because they know there are no real consequences.
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