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How to use the word illegal in a Sentence? Page #11

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This afternoons assault on the US Capitol was appalling and un-American, this is not how citizens of the worlds greatest and oldest democracy behave. The perpetrators who committed this illegal act were inspired by partisan misinformation and patently false claims about the election.This must end now for the good of the republic.

– Mark Esper

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

This is not how citizens of the worlds greatest and oldest democracy behave. The perpetrators who committed this illegal act were inspired by partisan misinformation and patently false claims about the election.This must end now for the good of the republic.

– Mark Esper

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

These drugs are much more profitable for criminal organizations, there’s a high addictive capacity for consumers... and they easily lend themselves to illegal trafficking.

– Luis Cresencio Sandoval

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The Iranian government injects millions of dollars into the market every day to prevent a further fall in the value of the rial [Irans currency], these dollars must be made available to importers of goods and circulated in the market, however in practice,the Quds Force buys most of these dollars at low prices through its affiliated exchanges and with the help of the Central Bank. The money eventually goes to illegal IRGC-affiliated armed groups in the region.

– Shahed Alavi

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The tactics we are facing, of sneaky and illegal foreclosure tactics, predatory banking and loans, elected judges who take campaign contributions from the real estate industry, coupled with violence from law enforcement and no real due process, have been used across this historically Black neighborhood to displace Black and poor people, if Black and Indigenous lives matter in Portland, this must stop.

– Julie Metcalf Kinney

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It’s kind of nefarious, but is it illegal? No.

– Edward Roberts

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

One important place to startwould be making contentmoderation systems moretransparent, another would be to separategood actors from bad actors bymaking sure that companies canthide behind section 230 to avoidresponsibility for intentionallyfacilitating illegal activity ontheir platforms.We are open to working withCongress on these ideas andmore.

– Mark Zuckerberg

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Another would be to separategood actors from bad actors bymaking sure that companies canthide behind section 230 to avoidresponsibility for intentionallyfacilitating illegal activity ontheir platforms.We are open to working withCongress on these ideas andmore.

– Mark Zuckerberg

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I'm going to make sure we count every legal, lawful vote and we're not going to count any illegal votes, my record will stand on itself. We have done a great job.

– Brad Raffensperger

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In the United States of America, all legal ballots must be counted. Any illegal ballots must not be counted. The process must be transparent or observable by all sides, and the courts are here to work through concerns, our institutions are actually built for this. We have the system in place to consider concerns, and President Trump is 100 % within President Trump rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh President Trump legal options.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

My job is to follow Georgia law and see to it that all legal votes, and no illegal votes, are counted properly and accurately, as Secretary of State, that is my duty, and I will continue to do my duty. As a Republican, I am concerned about Republicans keeping the U.S. Senate. I recommend that Senators Kelly Loeffler and Senator Perdue start focusing on that.

– Brad Raffensperger

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Drugs: All drugs should be illegal, except for the drugs that are prescribed and administered to you in just ways, and no drugs should ever be misused, abused.

– Ryan Pack

added by anonymous
4 years ago

That would have a much more significant end result of telling Republicans finally that they can no longer rely on the idea that illegal immigration is a critical idea to us or placating the idea that we just want amnesty or comprehensive immigration reform, at 40 %, that philosophy is dead.

– Reymundo Torres

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The push to toss the ballots of nearly 127,000 Texans in Harris County is unconscionable and illegal, it appears to be an attempt to undermine a true and accurate vote count and improperly influence the outcome of the election.

– Sophia Lin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

No one was making claims of it being an illegal in-kind contribution in 2016 when there were actual staffers working side-by-side in the President Donald Trump campaign offices.

– Shannon McGregor

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When abortion became illegal, it didn't become rare.

– Heidi Schreck

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If we continue to provide protections under the umbrella of sanctuary cities and other rewards, for instance free health care, drivers license, jobs that they're not legally authorized to have, we will further incentivize a new wave of unprecedented illegal migration.

– Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The State of Texas has a duty to voters to maintain the integrity of our elections, as we work to preserve Texans' ability to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic, we must take extra care to strengthen ballot security protocols throughout the state. These enhanced security protocols will ensure greater transparency and will help stop attempts at illegal voting.

– Greg Abbott

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The State of Texas has a duty to voters to maintain the integrity of our elections, these enhanced security protocols will ensure greater transparency and will help stop attempts at illegal voting.

– Greg Abbott

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

What we have seen is some of these doxing incidents are occurring from people that are not in this city, are not in this county, are not in this region, but people in different parts of the country, maybe internationally, that see a name on a uniform and then go to work on the computer. That is inappropriate, i think it's something that should be illegal, but I also think every police officer that works as a police officer should be identified.

– Byron Brown

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I believe in getting this illegal development out of Malaita.

– Daniel Suidani

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

– P. J. O'Rourke

added by Normando
4 years ago

Please stop that, it's illegal to stop somebody at gunpoint.

– Craig Roberts

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They are exiles because they have committed illegal actions and have illegal thoughts, they're dangerous because they incite hatred and bully and smear the monarchy.

– Warong Dechgitvigrom

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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