Reuters unmasks Trump supporters terrifying U.S. election officials

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Law enforcement has taken little action as Trump supporters terrorize election officials. Reuters tracked down 9 harassers. Most were unrepentant.

Reuters unmasks Trump supporters terrifying U.S. election officials
Law enforcement has taken little action over threats to election officials. Reuters tracked down 9 of the harassers. All admitted sending threats. Most were unrepentant.
reuters.com
7:28 AM · Nov 9, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats/

In Arizona, a stay-at-home dad and part-time Lyft driver told the state’s chief election officer she would hang for treason. In Utah, a youth treatment center staffer warned Colorado’s election chief that he knew where she lived and watched her as she slept.

In Vermont, a man who says he works in construction told workers at the state election office and at Dominion Voting Systems that they were about to die.

“This might be a good time to put a f‑‑‑‑‑‑ pistol in your f‑‑‑‑‑‑ mouth and pull the trigger,” the man shouted at Vermont officials in a thick New England accent last December. “Your days are f‑‑‑‑‑‑ numbered.”

The three had much in common. All described themselves as patriots fighting a conspiracy that robbed Donald Trump of the 2020 election. They are regular consumers of far-right websites that embrace Trump’s stolen-election falsehoods. And none have been charged with a crime by the law enforcement agencies alerted to their threats.

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[tanyev]

1. Marking to read later.

[texasfiddler]

2. I didn't realize making death threats was legal

[modrepub]

3. There Are Plenty Of 2nd Amendment Folks in the Dem Party

I don't preclude anyone from defending themselves from these morons. These folks seem convinced of the other side's "effeminate" properties (yea I realize this could be offensive) but I wouldn't count on that. Just remember what happened to the person who attacked some elderly Chinese woman: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/update-elderly-asian-woman-who-clobbered-her-attacker-talks-about-terrifying-assault-in-san-francisco/ar-BB1eGYd9 Not that it should come to this...

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

The man telephoned the secretary of state’s office again on Oct. 17 from the same phone number used in the other threats. This time he was more explicit. Addressing state staffers and referring to the two journalists by name, he said he guaranteed that all would soon get “popped.”

“You guys are a bunch of f‑‑‑‑‑‑ clowns, and all you dirty c‑‑‑suckers are about to get f‑‑‑‑‑‑ popped,” he said. “I f‑‑‑‑‑‑ guarantee it.”

The officials referred the voicemail to state police, who again declined to investigate. Agency spokesperson Adam Silverman said in a statement that the message didn’t constitute an “unambiguous reference to gun violence,” adding that the word “popped” – common American slang for “shot” – “is unclear and nonspecific, and could be a reference to someone being arrested.”

Legal experts didn’t see it that way. Fred Schauer, a University of Virginia law professor, said the message likely constituted a criminal threat under federal law by threatening gun violence at specific individuals. “There’s certainly an intent to put people in fear,” Schauer said.

[XanaDUer2]

5. If they were poc the feds would be all over it nt

[malaise]

6. THIS

Terrorism in public view

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. These RWNJs are scary

[BSdetect]

8. k&r