Show-Me Guv Parson Push Back Double Take: Re-Posting Defamatory?!?

The answer to a post title question . .  . . .

If sharing sketchy info is against the law THEN quite a few social outlets owe TKC money for proclaiming "two weeks to stop the spread." 

But I digress . . . 

The bigger debate where Guv Parson is probably correct . . . There's no reason taxpayers have to pay to defend politicos for social media misadventures. 

Either way . . . 

We wanted to quote this story just so our community could weigh-in . . .

The attorney general’s office last week signed on as defense attorneys for the lawmakers and argues the case should be dismissed because the lawmakers have “absolute legislative immunity.”

“I’m telling you it’s problematic,” Parson said Thursday.

Parson hinted at an announcement soon to come about the action he would take on the matter then spoke directly to the immunity defense.

“Politicians have to be responsible and have to be held to a higher standard,” Parson said. “When you start attacking citizens in our state, you don’t get a free pass just because you’re a politician.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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