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RandySF

(57,637 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:33 PM Apr 2020

In Trump's 'LIBERATE' tweets, extremists see a call to arms

When President Donald Trump tweeted "LIBERATE MINNESOTA!" on Friday morning, some of his most fervent supporters in far-right communities — including those who have agitated for violent insurrection — heard a call to arms.

The tweet was one of three sent from the president's account, along with "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" and "LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!"

Trump's tweets came after small protests by Trump supporters broke out in a handful of states, many of which were fueled by anti-vaccination and anti-government groups. Anti-government sentiment has percolated among far-right extremists in recent weeks over the stay-at-home orders governors have issued to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump's tweets, however, pushed many online extremist communities to speculate whether the president was advocating for armed conflict, an event they’ve termed "the boogaloo," for which many far-right activists have been gearing up and advocating since last year.

There were sharp increases on Twitter in terms associated with conspiracies such as QAnon and the "boogaloo" term immediately following the president’s tweets, according to the Network Contagion Research Institute, an independent nonprofit group of scientists and engineers that tracks and reports on misinformation and hate speech across social media.



https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/trump-s-liberate-tweets-extremists-see-call-arms-n1186561

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In Trump's 'LIBERATE' tweets, extremists see a call to arms (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2020 OP
Why are Democrats NOT SCREAMING for his removal. Zoonart Apr 2020 #1
It is unfathomable that NOTHING has been done yet to stop this domestic... Guilded Lilly Apr 2020 #2
YES BittyJenkins Apr 2020 #4
Of course that's what these thugs see. Only themselves and no one else would hear the ... SWBTATTReg Apr 2020 #3
Trump functions in his special kind Psychovirus world. I fear what is next on his radar. 42bambi Apr 2020 #5

Zoonart

(11,750 posts)
1. Why are Democrats NOT SCREAMING for his removal.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:37 PM
Apr 2020

Jeebus... just imagine for a moment that Hillary or Barack had done ANYTHING close to this.
What happens when the shooting starts?

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
2. It is unfathomable that NOTHING has been done yet to stop this domestic...
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:40 PM
Apr 2020

terrorist nightmare.
Until there is some, ANY accountability, he will get even worse and more dangerous.
(By November how much more will have rotted?)

BittyJenkins

(402 posts)
4. YES
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:43 PM
Apr 2020

exactly, I have been freaking out and in embryo position all day. Of course they do. He needs to be removed from office.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
3. Of course that's what these thugs see. Only themselves and no one else would hear the ...
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:41 PM
Apr 2020

despicable call to arms. A bunch of thugs, crooks, trolls that hang out in their Mommy's basement, and worse. All it'll take, is a couple of times when the CV cuts a swatch through their ranks, from them holding a rally somewhere. It's just a matter of time, knowing how infectious this virus is, it'll infect them regardless of their beliefs and die hard trump beliefs. And guess where rump will be? Cowering in the WH, bitching and moaning yet about something else, of course.

He got caught doing literally nothing, other than playing stupid golf and having his damn rallies instead of being president. To my way of thinking, he obviously doesn't want to be president anymore. It's way too much work for him, after all, he's more used to bankrupting his businesses (by the usual, total incompetence) w/o any effort on his part. No wonder he doesn't want to release his tax returns or his financial statements, they'll show the truth of the matter in that he's literally broke (and I'm not talking morally broke, I'm talking financially broke).

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