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Lady Freedom Returns

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 01:18 AM Jan 2021

The Washington Post:Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday's rally...

Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday’s 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 Wednesday’s protests in Washington — in violation of local laws — as Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

Many of the posts appear to be direct responses to Trump’s demands that his supporters pack the nation’s capital in support of his bogus claims that November’s national vote for Biden resulted from election fraud. Congress’s largely ceremonial role in confirming Biden’s 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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The Washington Post:Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday's rally... (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 OP
So far, it's the trump humper boys -vs- DC police, Lady Leghorn21 Jan 2021 #1
That's all they have cilla4progress Jan 2021 #2
fuck those gun humping COWARDS Skittles Jan 2021 #3
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