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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFresno Bee: Devin Nunes must stop suing fake cows and explain $60,000 Europe trip
Devin Nunes must stop suing fake cows and explain $60,000 Europe trip
Rep. Devin Nunes decision to sue anyone who dares to criticize him including a fictitious cow on Twitter backfired spectacularly this week. Again.
In a court filing, a lawyer for a former Democratic National Committee employee eviscerated the Tulare Republicans argument that mockery from Twitter accounts like Devin Nunes Cow and Devin Nunes mom constitutes defamation.
No reasonable person would believe that Devin Nunes cow actually has a Twitter account, or that the hyperbole, satire and cow-related jokes it posts are serious facts, reads the filing in Virginias Henrico County Circuit Court, according to a Bee story by Hannah Wiley and Kate Irby. It is self-evident that cows are domesticated livestock animals and do not have the intelligence, language, or opposable digits needed to operate a Twitter account. Defendant Devin Nunes Mom likewise posts satirical patronizing, nagging, mothering comments which ostensibly treat Mr. Nunes as a misbehaving child.
The court brief went viral on social media, increasing public awareness of Nunes critics in a way that likely never would have happened without his frivolous lawsuit. It sparked a trend on Twitter, with people desperate for attention begging Nunes to sue them so they might benefit from free press.
Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/article237841409.html#storylink=cpy
Rep. Devin Nunes decision to sue anyone who dares to criticize him including a fictitious cow on Twitter backfired spectacularly this week. Again.
In a court filing, a lawyer for a former Democratic National Committee employee eviscerated the Tulare Republicans argument that mockery from Twitter accounts like Devin Nunes Cow and Devin Nunes mom constitutes defamation.
No reasonable person would believe that Devin Nunes cow actually has a Twitter account, or that the hyperbole, satire and cow-related jokes it posts are serious facts, reads the filing in Virginias Henrico County Circuit Court, according to a Bee story by Hannah Wiley and Kate Irby. It is self-evident that cows are domesticated livestock animals and do not have the intelligence, language, or opposable digits needed to operate a Twitter account. Defendant Devin Nunes Mom likewise posts satirical patronizing, nagging, mothering comments which ostensibly treat Mr. Nunes as a misbehaving child.
The court brief went viral on social media, increasing public awareness of Nunes critics in a way that likely never would have happened without his frivolous lawsuit. It sparked a trend on Twitter, with people desperate for attention begging Nunes to sue them so they might benefit from free press.
Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/article237841409.html#storylink=cpy
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Fresno Bee: Devin Nunes must stop suing fake cows and explain $60,000 Europe trip (Original Post)
MelissaB
Nov 2019
OP
"Farmer" Congrescritter representing CA with farm in IA sues cow in VA court? Confused much? eom
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Nov 2019
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Cha
(297,224 posts)1. Great way to frame it!
Cha
(297,224 posts)5. Aloha, jaysnunb!
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)3. "Farmer" Congrescritter representing CA with farm in IA sues cow in VA court? Confused much? eom
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)4. this is so damn funny
Good job, Fresno Bee.
Stinky The Clown
(67,799 posts)7. I dunno . . . . . familial resemblance?
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)8. If he wasn't litigious before meeting Trump, I bet you Trump told him to do this.
Because using your money to silence people with legal bullying is literally Trump's thing.