Trump supporters call for violence against jurors after his felony conviction
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Donald Trump is a convicted felon and his biggest supporters aren’t taking it too well.
In the aftermath of Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, NBC News reported on unnerving online posts from Trump supporters calling for jurors to be “doxxed,” executions of public officials, and even Civil War.
“We need to identify each juror. Then make them miserable. Maybe even suicidal,” a user wrote on a pro-Trump website. “1,000,000 men (armed) need to go to Washington and hang everyone. That’s the only solution,” wrote another user.
One user of Trump’s Truth Social platform wrote that every juror involved in the New York case should “pay for what they have done.”
One member of Patriots.win, another favored platform of the far-right, seemed eager for conflict, writing, “Now we can finally get this civil war to pop off.”
“Time to start capping some leftys” wrote another Trump supporter on the far-right conspiracy website Gateway Pundit.
Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer also called for violence against Trump opponents. “They should get the death penalty,” she said on political commentator Tim Pool’s podcast.
Right-wing media figures also threw themselves into the fray, with Sean Davis, the co-founder of right-wing publication The Federalist, taking to X to demand retribution from Republican lawmakers. “Give me a list of which Democrat officials you’re going to put in prison or get lost,” Davis wrote. “There’s only one way to deal with nuclear war, which is what Democrats have unleashed, and that is mutually assured destruction.”
And of course, Republican politicians were nowhere to be found in terms of condemning this violent rhetoric. The bar is subterranean and they still didn’t even come close to clearing it.
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I must say this. Their threats against the jurors ARE-TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. This is the talk of emotionally stunted, self-centered, immature and ignorant people who shun taking responsibility for themselves and blame the world for their problems.
God protect Harry Dunn, the jurors on the NY trial and SL of us who believe in and live by the principles of democracy.
Total ignorance of all beyond the tip of their. Their belief that only they have the answers. Trump’s worsening dementia. His ego no longer lets him hide his abysmal ignorance.
That’s all. I need to meditate for a bit.