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Treason is punishable by death in the USA too. 👍
It is relevant for the intended audience of the article as the way it is written purposefully makes it seem as if this is a new and unacceptable form of punishment for the crime in the West’s eyes.
Both are bad and wrong.
His line of where he would be at peace if he lost to Donald Trump “as long as I gave it my all” is the most concerning to me.
That shows a complete lack of awareness of the stakes of the election. If he causes the Democrats to lose, they might go after him themselves in anger at this point. Trump wouldn’t have to send him to the gulag.