Capitol Rioter Who Pleaded Guilty Asks Court Not To 'Cancel' Him With Prison Time

[Nevilledog]

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Judge, don’t cancel me!

That was the essence of the 31-page sentencing memorandum from Capitol rioter Paul Hodgkins, 38, of Tampa, who pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding last month and likely faces one or two years in prison.

“We now live in a county that seeks to cancel one another,” Hodgkins’ attorney Patrick N. Leduc wrote in the memo. “It is the end state and the result of becoming a post-Christian society.”

Hodgkins was one in a group of rioters who briefly occupied the Senate chamber during the attack, taking with him a “Trump 2020” flag and mean-mugging for a quick insurrection selfie.

But Leduc, making appeals to the court’s mercy and pursuing sweeping detours into American history, painted his client as nothing less than the ideal citizen.

*snip*

[uponit7771]

1. Ah, "cancel" in MAGA Speak really means don't hold me responsible for Stupid Shit I've Done...got it

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[crickets]

13. *ding!ding!ding!* Winner! nt

[zuul]

2. He tried to 'cancel' a free and fair election and now he's asking not to be 'canceled?'

Personally, I can't wait until we're a 'post-Christian society.'

[gratuitous]

9. Yeah, not sure how he squares that

Being punished for his crimes is canceling, but he was just being a model citizen indulging a little light treason.

[MissMillie]

10. +1

You don't get to walk away from trying to cancel democracy. Not in this country.

[PatSeg]

12. Yep, their idea of "cancel culture"

only applies when THEY are the perceived victims. I guess everyone else who committed crimes and went to prison deserved it. He must be one of the special chosen people.

These people are so brainwashed, it is terrifying. They have no concept of reality at all.

[uponit7771]

17. +1

[Hortensis]

3. Lol. And will that go over as well with "the court" as this

RW "victim" imagines? You can't turn around these days without running into someone radiating victim mentality, usually from a position of comfort and security. Pathology of the times.

[Silent3]

4. Wouldn't you love to know...

...the long list of other people this hypocritical asshole loved to see "canceled" with prison time, or wished even worse upon?

[Solly Mack]

5. I'm getting the impression that the various defense lawyers all wrote down multiple defense

strategies, placed them all in a hat, and are now drawing from the hat for each client.

You draw. You get the history lesson defense!

Your turn. You get the it was a finial defense! (client also got the "I was there in a religious capacity defense", and assorted other excuses)

Now you. You get the post-Christian society is all about canceling people defense!

[underpants]

7. I'm imagining Nathan Lane reading this and it's hilarious

My god this lawyer poured it on thick. Yikes.

This is my favorite part though “ Any prison time, it said, would turn a productive member of society into a homeless ward of the state. ” it’s all or nothing for this poor guy.

[Solly Mack]

8. LOL! I can hear it. Yes!

Any other time he probably argues that the homeless belong in prison.

[underpants]

20. As noted below

Ala Pepper on Modern Family. Arms flailing around, throwing himself across furniture only to regain energy and triumph on.

[obamanut2012]

14. Nathan Lane as Pepper on Modern Family

[underpants]

19. Exactly

Several emotional collapses along the way.

[RockRaven]

6. To me this indicates no lesson has been learned and no true remorse is present...

If I were the judge this filing would have the opposite of the desired effect.

[MissMillie]

11. Trying to play victim

No sale.

That's serious sh*t he tried to pull, and it deserves serious consequences.

[Sneederbunk]

15. Maximum John Sirica we miss you.

[WhiteTara]

16. I would add a couple of years just

for that stupid comment!

[Takket]

18. rethugs don't even know what the term "cancel culture" means

[msfiddlestix]

21. We're going to cancel you dude, one way or the other

and the rest of your ignorant armed thugs who terrorized our nation.