Politico reporter Hadas Gold's life threatened by anti-Semitic Trump supporter

[RandySF]

https://twitter.com/M_Karanicolas

[markd315]

1. Yikes

Saw this earlier, pretty shocking. Keep in mind that it's pretty easy to fake a message screenshot or tweet though, I think there are even websites that can do it for you.

[RandySF]

3. The Twitter account was suspended.

[markd315]

6. That lends it some credence.

There are definitely people that would make these threats out there so I'm not discounting it but it's very easy to make an anonymous throwaway account so I'd want to see IP evidence tying it to someone before making anything more than a tabloid headline out of it.

[Hekate]

13. Markd315, please go out there and do some research, then come back and share

It is now on public record and in police and Homeland Security files that reporters and staff of the newspaper The Arizona Republic have had their lives explicitly threatened by self-proclaimed Trump supporters.

The evidence is too great that others are also being threatened for anyone on our side to try to downplay.

[Demsrule86]

18. And years ago...

one of their reporters was murdered.

[GulfCoast66]

15. What bullshit is this?

Throwaway account or not, the threat was made. What are you saying? Maybe I misunderstood but sounds to me like you are minimizing a death threat.

[MineralMan]

16. I think you should stop this right now.

There is no defense for such postings as the one in the OP. Just stop, please.

[hatrack]

24. This is the other side in action . . .

These are supporters of the candidate we oppose. This is who many of them are.

This is incitement to homicide and genocide. I don't "like" it any more than you do, but there are many Trump voters who feel exactly the same as the asshole who posted the original Tweet.

Unless we confront the depths to which they are prepared to sink, and the venom they are prepared to uncork, we enter the contest unprepared.

[Demsrule86]

19. There have been multiple threats online, on the phone and by mail...

I saw this on one of the talks shows...maybe Rachel...and it is a very serious situation... as for a faked screenshot...these people are dangerous and I hope they catch those involved and they do sometime in jail...they threaten the first amendment as well as actual people

[shenmue]

26. Enjoy your stay

[rusty quoin]

2. And how again are the Trumps unlike the Nazis?

They are very much like them before they got to power.

[markd315]

4. Godwin's law boys that's /thread

But can't we avoid unsubstantiated attacks like that? There are some parallels of nationalism and oppressive antidemocratic threats, yes, but the answer is not exaggerated analogies. [Insert Michelle Obama quote here.]

[DetlefK]

10. Actually, there are LOTS of similarities between the Nazis and the Trump-supporters:

- government paralyzed by political infighting
- government perceived as useless and the "enemy"
- desire for radical change
- promise to restore the country back to a golden age
- hints that the career-politicians have betrayed and backstabbed them ("Dolchstosslegende&quot
- conspiracy-theories how Big Money ("Weltjudentum" -> HRC+Wall Street) is out to destroy the country
- "Lügenpresse" - the concept that the mainstream-media spreads lies
- brawls and fights at rallies
- blaming foreigners and "others" for your problems: Jews/Communists -> Muslims/Immigrants
- Lie so big that nobody believes you'd be willing to lie about THAT. Lie so fast that it becomes impossible to fact-check you.
- racism
- fascism: radical and violent transformation of society and destruction of accepted norms -> Trump calls for assassinations and revolution. Promises not to accept result of election. Breaks every rule, tradition and decorum that US-politicians live by.




If Trump would run in the same political climate as Hitler, if the US had just embarassingly lost a HUGE war and if the US were just going through a "once-in-a-century" economic crisis, then Trump would win the 2016-election hands down.

[Hekate]

14. DetlefK is correct. "Godwin's Law" is suspended in case of actual Nazis or White Nationalists....

...which the Breitbart crew manifestly and provably are. And Trump is their self-proclaimed savior, as in, "Only I can do it!"

[Demsrule86]

22. It is not exaggerated...Trump threatens to jail his opononent and her lawyers...

build walls, have an immigration squad,shut down shows like SNL, threatens jews, Muslims and Democrats and the press. It reminds me of Hitler's early days.And now he says if doesn't win, the election is rigged... dangerous guy and the analogies are not exaggerated.

[Divine Discontent]

7. yes, and we know how they would start being violent if he got in...

It reminds me of how Duterte is ruling in the Philippines. The way I see it, the way he's saying drug users and dealers have to be killed, someone could just kill and plant some drugs on the person they want offed.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

5. I really think Obama is going to need to activate the National Guard for the election and after

A certain group of Trump's supporters are not right in the head.

[Divine Discontent]

8. sadly, I agree. A few percentage of them are outright loons!

And they have guns. We so need strict gun laws, and anyone who has been unwell mentally or done a misdemeanor or worse of violence shouldn't have them.

[GulfCoast66]

17. I agree with everything you say

But keep in mind...many of us have guns as well!

[Divine Discontent]

25. Exactly what my brother says

[Ken Burch]

9. Is that Alex Jones in an SS hat as the guy's avatar?

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[Behind the Aegis]

11. Can't say I am surprised.

Though it seems some think shit like this isn't real until someone shows up to their house with proof.

This type of behavior is more common than many think.

[Cha]

12. Another day another rabidass trump fan making death

threats... incited by the big dumbshite himself.

[BSdetect]

20. Jerks jerking off.

Maybe their basement is cramped with memorabilia?

[workinclasszero]

21. Look at Trump's support....is it any wonder?

Donald Trump and the embrace of the KKK: The Klan gives a de facto endorsement to the Trump campaign on the front page of its newspaper
The Klan's paper was effusive about "Make America Great Again," as a hopeful return to "a White Christian Republic"
CHAUNCEY DEVEGA TUESDAY, OCT 18, 2016 06:59 AM CDT

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512519136

Extremist militias recruiting in fear of Clinton winning election, activists say
Extremist surge got national attention during the Oregon militia standoff and has continued to rise with Trump, with his legitimization of white nationalist politics
Jason Wilson in Grant County, Oregon Tuesday 18 October 2016 07.00 EDT

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512519102

[bluestateguy]

23. Disgusting

nt

[smirkymonkey]

27. God, these people are sick beyond belief.

And Trump just continues to inflame their hatred. He is just as guilty as his murderous followers. If anything happens to anyone at the hands of one of his supporters, he should be thrown into jail right along with them.