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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Washington Post:Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday's rally...
Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesdays rally against the 2020 election
By Craig Timberg and Drew Harwell
Jan. 5, 2021 at 12:57 p.m. EST
Far-right online forums are seething with references to potential violence and urging supporters of President Trump to bring guns to Wednesdays protests in Washington in violation of local laws as Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Bidens victory.
Many of the posts appear to be direct responses to Trumps demands that his supporters pack the nations capital in support of his bogus claims that Novembers national vote for Biden resulted from election fraud. Congresss largely ceremonial role in confirming Bidens victory has emerged as a catalyst for expected unrest that has D.C. police and the National Guard deploying on city streets to quell potential trouble.
Talk of guns and potential violence is rife on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, the conservative social media site Parler and on thedonald.win, an online forum that previously operated on Reddit before the company banned it in June after years of racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism and calls for violence.
Read more @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/05/parler-telegram-violence-dc-protests/
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Lady Freedom Returns
Jan 2021
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Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)1. So far, it's the trump humper boys -vs- DC police, Lady
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14814058
I just hope they keep it this way!!!
I just hope they keep it this way!!!
cilla4progress
(24,793 posts)2. That's all they have
Temper tantrums. With ARs...
Skittles
(153,262 posts)3. fuck those gun humping COWARDS
fucking LOSERS