r/dankmemes • u/Banner248 ☣️ • Jul 04 '25

meta Happy Birthday USA 🇺🇸

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u/Totoques22 I start my morning with pee Jul 04 '25

Feel free to prove me wrong, I’m not stubborn nor American

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u/BrandywineBojno Jul 04 '25

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/06/26/jd-vance-meme-norwegian-tourist-denied-entry-us-phone-search-ohio/84369477007/

He was denied entry for admitted drug use and a picture of a pipe on his phone, which was legally searched with his permission. The Vance meme is a red herring.

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u/SirCollin Jul 04 '25

Elon was high as a white in the white house. But yeah, a picture of a pipe and admitted previous drug use gets you denied entry? Insane.

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u/BrandywineBojno Jul 04 '25

Elon immigrated illegally, he violated his student Visa by starting a business. If we're being serious here he should be deported.

Yes, it's pretty silly to be denied entry for a picture of paraphernalia but it is federally illegal, and at the end of the day a country can decide who to let in.

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u/Slinky_Malingki Jul 04 '25

Wait, a simple picture of a pipe is illegal to have? I don't believe that, that's actually insane. So for example, one could land in an airport, legally google a picture of a pipe, legally screenshot it so it's saved onto their phone, and now it's federally illegal?

Possession of paraphernalia is a crime. Having a picture of paraphernalia on your phone surely isn't a crime, is it?

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u/SirCollin Jul 04 '25

A picture of a pipe is not illegal lol. Hell, a pipe isn't even illegal unless you can prove you're using it for illegal drugs. There's headshops in every single state in probably almost every city that sell pipes because they're not inherently illegal.

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u/BrandywineBojno Jul 04 '25

He admitted to federally illegal drug use, the image is more or less irrelevant aside from the sequence of events that led to his denial.