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Ron Paul See other Ron Paul Articles Title: Secret Service Should Investigate De Niro’s Threat Against Trump Secret Service Should Investigate De Niro’s Threat Against Trump Deroy Murdock Posted: Oct 13, 2016 12:01 AM NEW YORK — On Tuesday afternoon, I contacted the United States Secret Service and formally requested that it probe a violent threat against GOP nominee Donald J. Trump. I specifically asked the Secret Service to investigate actor Robert De Niro’s recent statement in an Internet video viewed at least 18 million times, so far. De Niro says of Trump, “I’d like to punch him in the face.” This comment appears to violate a federal law called “Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons” 18 U.S. Code § 879 (a) (3). According to this statute: Whoever knowingly and willfully threatens to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon…a major candidate for the office of President or Vice President…shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. On this video, a visibly agitated De Niro also says of Trump: “He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig.” The First Amendment correctly protects these rude words, even though they are the quintessence of the bullying, uncivil discourse of which the Left loves to accuse the Right in general and Trump in particular. CARTOONS | Robert Ariail View Cartoon De Niro can be as uncivil as he wants. However, he crossed the line when he threatened to injure Trump. Even if De Niro does not intend to act upon his very public words, they could inspire someone else to carry them out. God knows there are countless wackos out there, any one of whom could grab a gun, tell himself, “De Niro will love this!” and then open fire on Trump and a rally full of his supporters. This incitement effect is all the more worrisome given De Niro’s prominence as one of America’s most beloved actors and the well-deserving winner of two Academy Awards. It gave me no joy to report De Niro’s statement to federal officials. I have been a fan of De Niro’s since I saw The Deer Hunter in ninth grade at the old Mann Village Westwood, the Vatican of film going. His many other worthy pictures include Midnight Run, The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Casino, and A Bronx Tale (soon to be a musical, in De Niro’s debut as a Broadway director). De Niro’s fine art notwithstanding, I saw something and said something because no American — famous or obscure — should threaten violence against a presidential candidate, especially in such a public and highly visible fashion. This is deadly serious stuff, and a 73-year-old man of Robert De Niro’s intelligence should know better. Poster Comment: Do you think De Niro's tough guy image has gone to his head? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
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De Niro's had a good acting past -- I think he stared in "The Mission" opposite Jemey Irons which is a gripping movie, but over the last 10-15 years he's mostly taken wussy roles, such as in Machete where he played the stupid corrupt white guy (I think intended to represent white America in that clearly racist movie). If he also voiced a desire to punch out Bill Clinton, then it would at least show he doesn't play political favorites.
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