The Trump Effect
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Indeed! When people are calling for the extermination of Jews and demanding "lebensraum" the comparisons to the boys in jackboots and monocles just write themselves!
Interesting story, Ulbricht:
Calls for commutation
[edit]Ulbricht's conviction became a cause célèbre in American libertarian circles.[71][72] After Ross's arrest, his mother, Lyn Ulbricht, initiated a campaign for a sentence review and early release.[72] The "Free Ross" movement quickly spread through social media, merchandise, and a petition with over 600,000 signatures.[72] Over the years, the campaign found support from libertarian politicians, prison reform advocates, and members of the cryptocurrency community, who view Ulbricht as a Bitcoin pioneer who helped spread Bitcoin use through his website.[4][72]
In May 2022, the Libertarian Republican Congressman Thomas Massie called for a commutation of Ulbricht's conviction.[73] The libertarian-oriented Reason Foundation attempted to raise funds, citing Ulbricht's case,[74] without taking any legal action, and 2020 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen made a campaign pledge to pardon Ulbricht.[75]
In May 2024, candidate Donald Trump said that if re-elected President, he would commute Ulbricht's sentence on his first day in office.[76][77] In June 2024, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a similar promise to pardon Ulbricht, if elected.[78] Wired magazine, reporting from a 2024 Bitcoin conference in Nashville, said that clemency for Ulbricht had become a single-issue voting concern among many cryptocurrency supporters.[79] In the November 2024 issue of Reason magazine, the 2024 Libertarian nominee for president, Chase Oliver, said, "I would like to see [Trump], if he were elected, commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence. Frankly, if I were president, I would give him a full pardon."[80]
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