Establishment news outlets, including Reuters, have begun publishing headlines claiming Trump supporters have called for “riots and violent retribution” after the former president was convicted in the New York Trial Thursday.
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Reuters said it conducted a “review of comments on three Trump-aligned websites: the former president’s own Truth Social platform, Patriots.Win and the Gateway Pundit.”
The piece continues:
“Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, or outright civil war and armed insurrection.”
The article then goes on to quote one one comment that stated “Someone in NY with nothing to lose needs to take care of Merchan,” referring to the judge, which then adds, “Hopefully he gets met with illegals with a machete.”
The article also cites another comment on Gateway Pundit, which states, “Time to start capping some lefties. This cannot be fixed by voting.”
It then quotes several more comments calling for violence before admitting the comments have since been removed.
The outlet also claims that since the 2020 election, Trump’s “loyalists have responded with a campaign of threats and intimidation targeting judges and court officials.”
Reuters then quotes Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who recently published a book on “far-right terrorism.”
Ware charges that Trump has an “ironclad ability to mobilize more extreme supporters to action, both at the ballot box and through violence.”
“Until and unless he accepts the process, the extremist reaction to his legal troubles will be militant,” Ware added.
It’s worth noting that Joe Biden labeled violent BLM protests as “peaceful” despite the widespread riots and multiple deaths in 2020.
Biden: "What do you think [Trump] would have done if black Americans had stormed the Capitol? I don't think he'd be talking about pardons. This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd's murder." pic.twitter.com/iEhHfnLF7D
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 29, 2024
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