American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp today contrasted the treatment of Paul Manafort with the treatment of detainees at Gitmo.
And not convicted of any crime as of yet. Even terrorists at gitmo were treated better https://t.co/EFcc1EHGe4
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) July 6, 2018
And he responded to one comment with a dig at Barack Obama:
Obama took care of it https://t.co/ZiCqA5zNwo
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) July 6, 2018
Needless to say, the comparison of Guantanamo Bay as “better” than Paul Manafort being held in solitary confinement after his bail was revoked over alleged witness tampering… well, baffled some people:
Read a book
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 6, 2018
A judge who thinks you were tampering with witnesses will throw you in jail, my love. https://t.co/84eKJcDjp3
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) July 6, 2018
“It’s so unfair that Paul Manafort is being jailed for violating the terms of his pre-trial release” doesn’t feel like something the party of law and order should be saying but lib ownership has eclipsed all other conservatives values. https://t.co/O3dVMo02yW
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 6, 2018
If you ever want to debate the treatment of those at Guantanamo let me know https://t.co/CawHFe8C8B
— Brandon Neely (@BrandonTXNeely) July 6, 2018
it's hard to wrap your arms around all the ways this is an incredibly stupid tweet pic.twitter.com/s2ZK8iHxv3
— Jack Holmes (@jackholmes0) July 6, 2018
So this will make it harder to bring him to CPAC?
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) July 6, 2018
please collect your prize money at the front desk if you had “paul manafort accidentally makes matt schlapp sympathize with terrorists” in the zestiest take contest https://t.co/TsYWFFZWC1
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 6, 2018
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