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Tourist claims he was denied entry to U.S. because of Vance meme on phone (www.thedailybeast.com)
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/29341603

A Norwegian tourist has accused American authorities of denying him entry into the U.S. because he had a popular meme of JD Vance saved on his phone.

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, told his hometown newspaper Nordlys that he was subjected to “abuse of power and harassment” by officials at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Mikkelsen claims that immigration officials stopped him for questioning and quizzed him “about drug trafficking, terrorist plots, and right-wing extremism,” all of which he said was “totally without reason.” He says he was placed in a holding cell.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

Hannibal/Le Chiffre/Clifford Unger was denied entry? And he's only 21?! Also I thought he was Danish.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The World Cup is going to be fun to watch with all the empty stadiums.

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    • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    Another example of why you shouldn't go to that shithole.

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Boycott World Cup in person!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Boycott the whole fucking country.

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    • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Tourist “claims”???? American journalists still refusing to give the people the benefit of the doubt, but whenever trump and his regime lies through their fucking teeth, they NEVER use verbiage like “claims”

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What would have been a better headline? There is no way to verity the story. The actual reason might be different. Also there are plenty “Trump claims” headlines.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    He also answered when asked about recreational drug use that he has tried weed a couple of times in places where it's legal and had a picture of a homemade pipe on his phone. Which Also shouldn't be a problem, but it wasn't necessarily the Vance pic that got him turned away.

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    • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Vance needs to do Mac’s part in Charlie’s musical.

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    • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Does this picture count as a meme too? Because Vance also looks weird and creepy in it

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think I know what you are trying to say - if you visit the Fascist States of America right now you shouldn’t be surprised when the fascists go fascist on you - but this is still arguably a misuse of the face-eating leopards idiom, since he was never a leopard supporter.

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