• dhork@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The speech and debate clause only covers members of Congress and Senators, and only for their debates in those respective houses. It dates back to when traveling to Washington might take several days, through several states, and they didn’t want members to be subject to arrest if some random Mayor or Sheriff didn’t like what they said.

    This guy is not a member of Congress and can’t use that as a shield.