- Aggressive rhetoric linked to Trump
- Threats against Colorado justices
- Social media posts expose violence
Trump supporters frequently resort to aggressive rhetoric in reaction to his setbacks. A man brandished a nail gun at an FBI office after the organization’s search of Mar-a-Lago the previous year.
The Colorado justices who disallowed Donald Trump from running for president the following year have been the target of threats.
Twenty-four hours following the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday, “significantly violent rhetoric” directed at the justices and Democrats was exposed on social media.
Users published the email addresses, phone numbers, and office block addresses of justices as part of the discourse, frequently as a direct response to the ex-president’s Truth Social posts regarding the ruling.
“This concludes when these f are eliminated,” one user wrote on a pro-Trump forum frequented by several January 6 demonstrators.
Seven Justices of the Colorado Supreme Court submerged at sea: What do you call them? another inquired.
“A good start”
Posts detailed numerous lethal options for eliminating those considered the Republican presidential candidate’s adversaries, including rifles, explosives, hollow-point bullets, and rope.
“Assassinate justices. Execute arbitrators. An eccentric website post stated, “Roundhouse compacts a judge with concrete.”
Slam-dunk the infant of a judge into the dustbin.
It is not uncommon for supporters of Mr. Trump to employ aggressive language in response to his legal and political setbacks.
Following an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida the previous year as part of an inquiry into the disappearance of classified documents, an individual who had participated in the January 6, 2021 mob assault on the United States Capitol stormed an AR-15-style field office armed with a nail gun.
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Additionally, in Georgia, when the property magnate was accused of election interference by a grand jury, some of his supporters published the addresses of the grand jurors online.
As a “key driver of the violent rhetoric,” Daniel Jones, president of Advance Democracy, attributed Mr. Trump’s statements that sought to “delegitimize and politicize the actions of the courts.”
In contrast to Joe Biden, Mr. Trump is the overwhelming favorite to be the Republican nominee for president in 2020.
NBC contacted both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Trump campaign for comment.
