Faschismusvorschau

Ich hätte ja erwartet, dass weiße Rassistinnen (anders als Sexistinnen) erst lange nach einem möglichen Erfolg ihres Favoriten bei der US-Präsidentschaftswahl die Schattenseiten von Ausgrenzung und Diskriminierung kennenlernen, aber Mary Howard-Elley hat einen sneak peek erlost, indem sie die Mitwirkung in einer Jury mit dem Argument abgelehnt hat, sie sei keine US-Bürgerin:

Mary Howard-Elley fervently believes illegal immigration in the U.S. is a critical problem that only former President Donald Trump can solve. She says the continuation of his border wall and promised mass deportations will make the country safer.

She agrees with Trump’s unfounded claims that Democrats are opening the borders to allow noncitizens to vote, fearing that it could ultimately cost him the election.

Howard-Elley didn’t pay much attention when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott helped fuel that narrative by announcing that the state had removed thousands of supposed noncitizens from its rolls, claiming some had a history of voting.

Then the U.S. citizen learned she was among them.

The retired Transportation Security Administration agent was confused by how the county could come to that conclusion. And she seethed at the idea that anyone would question the citizenship of a former federal employee with the whitest name you could have.

The elections office in Montgomery County, just north of Houston, had sent Howard-Elley a letter in late January saying that she had been flagged after she indicated that she was not a U.S. citizen in response to a jury summons. She had 30 days to provide the county proof of citizenship or she would be removed from the voter rolls, according to the letter.

Who is allowing people to do this to United States citizens? I understand we have a problem with immigration, but come on now, Howard-Elley said in an interview.

Um Missverständnissen und teuren Gerichtsverfahren vorzubeugen: Ich gehe nicht davon aus, dass Montgomery County ein Faschismus-Pilotbezirk ist oder dass im dortigen Landratsamt nicht nach rechtsstaatlichen Grundsätzen verfahren wird.