Failed The Democratic Process

(All the students taking the class in this debate are American citizens. The topic under discussion is crime and punishment. Girl #1 is a senior suffering from sleep deprivation in the last weeks of the school year. Near the end of class, she is answering a question about what did she think should/would happen if she was falsely arrested.)

Girl #1: *looks pensive then replies in a ringing, confident voice* “I can’t be arrested. My mother is a diplomat. I have diplomatic immunity.”

Girl #2: *gives her friend a momentarily confused look, but then says in mildly exasperated tone* “[Girl #1], your mother is a DEMOCRAT.”

Girl #1: “Oh.”