After Mar-a-Lago search, users on pro-Trump forums agitate for 'civil war', including a 1/6 rioter

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/mar-lago-search-users-trump-forums-agitate-civil-war-jan-6-rioter-rcna42148


Some users on pro-Trump internet forums told users to “lock and load,” agitated for civil war and urged protesters to head to Mar-a-Lago in the hours after news broke that former President Donald Trump’s Florida compound was searched by the FBI on Monday.

One user posting about the “civil war” shortly after the search was Tyler Welsh Slaeker, a Washington man awaiting sentencing for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to previous research and statements posted online. A December report by Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan investigative nonprofit, found that Slaeker posted to the pro-Trump internet forum TheDonald, under the username “bananaguard62.”

On Monday night, the username “bananaguard62,” posted the top reply to the “lock and load” post.

“Are we not in a cold civil war at this point?” the account asked. Another user responded, “several points ago.” Another top reply to Slaeker quoted a notorious antisemitic, Nazi rallying cry.

In the months before Jan. 6, Slaeker had posted selfies to his bananaguard62 account, and he would later appear in photos from the Capitol riot and arrest records. On Jan. 6, he uploaded a photo of himself watching Trump’s speech from a tree on the Ellipse. Metadata from that photo confirms it was taken by Slaeker, according to the Advance Democracy Report. NBC News has also seen the photo and its metadata.

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Ben Collins
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Aug 9, 2022
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Last night, I posted a screenshot of top replies on TheDonald about the Mar a Lago raid, almost all of them violent.

One user, bananaguard62, referenced a "civil war."

Well, it turns out bananaguard62 is Tyler Welch Slaeker, awaiting sentencing for storming the Capitol on 1/6.
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Ben Collins
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Here is Slaeker at the Capitol. He took a selfie on 1/6.

He's been posting on TheDonald in the 17 months since.

In a reply to his "civil war" post last night, he clarified:

“I am awaiting sentencing for trespassing into the Capitol. I am only being careful with my words.”
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12:14 PM · Aug 9, 2022

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Let's see how these wanna be warriors stack up against the FBI's HRT,

or any SWAT team, they would lose PDQ.

[Novara]

2. They think we haven't learned anything since Jan 6?

Fools.

[jalan48]

3. They can't do much now but if the Republican's take back power they will be unleashed. The

government agencies that can protect us will have been co-opted.

[SergeStorms]

4. I hope this is brought....

to the attention of the judge who's sentencing this clown. 🤔

Some people just never learn. This fool is willing to die for Trump's lies, or his he merely a saber-rattling moron?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[BlueIdaho]

5. I wonder how many hellfire missiles they have stockpiled?

This would be the shortest conflict in modern history. By all means - proceed.

[quickesst]

6. Civil war - Trump vs The US Military

While perhaps not the ideal solution, that'd be one way to get rid of them. 🤔😬