Swalwell: "Can someone tell me who this is?"

[mia]

Link to tweet

[Bettie]

1. They did, very quickly

Hope the guy loses his job, since he seems to enjoy making death threats.

Someone should also look at his other posts, as this is unlikely to be a one-time thing.

[crimycarny]

2. But did they get the right guy ?

Seems odd that someone would post threatening messages to a sitting member of congress with their photo as their account icon. I’d have to assume the picture, and even identity, was stolen.

[Gore1FL]

5. His other postings apparently follow the same basic gist, apparently. nt

[dalton99a]

11. Yep

[KS Toronado]

26. He's a candidate for some "Red Flag" laws

Hope he's been turned in, and when was the last time you seen gas at $2.00?

[crimycarny]

43. Yes, but who is "he"?

There is a picture and a name, and the picture and name are the same across platforms (Instagram, Twitter, etc). But how do we know it’s “his” picture and “his” name? So the same “person” is making similar threats but my point is how do we know the picture and name aren’t borrowed? Only way to know for sure is IP address or MAC address.

I saw a lot of the same concerns posted in response to Rep Eric Sawlwell’s original tweet when poeple were “identifying” the face and name used. But maybe since then someone has been able to definitely confirm the photo and name used are the actual person making the threats—I haven’t kept up.

[usaf-vet]

31. Not a rocket scientist? Just an everyday low information TFG supporter. nt

[Maine Abu El Banat]

35. Your assuming

Level of intelligence that does not exist in the MAGA world.

[ShazzieB]

38. Or maybe he's actually THAT stupid.

I honestly think it could go either way. Some people ARE that stupid.

His posts certainly sound stupid to me. There's not an original thought in there anywhere: all he does is regurgitate the stuff he hears on Fux News and various RWNJ websites. *GAG*

[Joinfortmill]

3. This person needs to be arrested.

[mackdaddy]

8. Problem is that this may or may not be the guy who was making the threats.

It is way too easy to take someone's profile pic and partial name and make a fake profile that really has nothing to do with the actual person. Millions of bots would probably agree.

So this guy may be a Right Wing idiot, or he may be a victim of identity theft, and will now himself be a target for abuse.

[Calista241]

13. Exactly, snagging a first name and a LinkedIn profile picture

is an easy way to ruin someone's life. Not a bad reason for twitter and other social media platforms to require verification.

IMO, Eric Salwell was wrong to put this on blast. He certainly has people on his staff that know how to reverse lookup a picture like that.

[dalton99a]

15. They got the right guy. He's been posting MAGA crap on social media for a while

Now he claims his accounts were hacked

Yeah, right

[crimycarny]

44. How do we know they weren't hacked?

Some were posting on Twitter that they had seen posts from this guy a year ago that were far more articulate and not even close in nature to these more recent ones.

Others making a big deal out of the fact that the guy removed all his social media accounts. Well so would I if I were innocent yet people were blasting my LinkedIn profile all over the planet as having threatened a Congressman.

I truly hope this is the actual guy because, if not, Twitter and others have made an innocent man’s life hell. It’s no joke.

[True Dough]

6. That is one very deranged individual

who needs psychological counselling and to be monitored closely.

[Scrivener7]

7. Bet he has guns.

[momta]

37. Bet he calls himself a "Christian" n/t

[bluedigger]

9. Hope this fucker is looking forward to a long career in the food service industry.

Plenty of grease traps waiting to be emptied.

[AKwannabe]

21. Yes. Because those of us

In the food service industry are somehow not able to get other jobs????????

Dumb comment
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[txwhitedove]

25. Agree, dumb and tacky comment, when we're Democrats and supposed to look

at the bigger picture.

[Novara]

10. Do these moron motherfuckers even know what a Nazi is?

I mean, Eric Swalwell a "Nazi"?? Really?

Jeebus fuck they're stupid.

[ratchiweenie]

36. TFG has brain washed his followers in the same way Putin has brain washed

his followers to believe the Ukrainians are the Nazis and he is the savior.

[Novara]

42. The stupid - it burns!

[Calista241]

16. IMO, this is a very dumb thing to post by Rep Swalwell.

Now it could actually be that guy, but there's a very high chance that it is not him either.

It's a variation of a first name and a profile pic from LinkedIn, which would take someone not that guy less than 4 seconds to set up. IMO, this is a great reason to restrict unverified social media accounts from sending DM's. Bots do this kind of thing millions of times a day.

Swalwell certainly has people on staff that can reverse lookup pictures on Google, so he should know very well everything that we know if he just asked his staff.

[LakeArenal]

18. I think we should see all the threats they get.

We should see the threats ordinary teachers get.

We should know what’s out there.

Light of day on all that bullshit.

[Ferrets are Cool]

23. This

[The Bopper]

17. Sounds familiar

Could it be Donnie Jr.? Nah too many words over 4 letters.

[concretebluetwo]

19. So they got the guy?

Should be a simple matter to get the server logs on this post and determine if he actually sent it. And investigate the devices and networks he claims prove his innocence, if he makes that claim.
Plenty of paid trolls with literally millions of stolen accounts out there doing just this type of bs.

[Traildogbob]

20. So Congress is

Ruching back today to get Swalwell the kind of protection SCOTUS and Collins got overnight, right?

[KS Toronado]

29. Sorry Swalwell.....

We don't see any dangerous sidewalk chalk, find anything written with a sharpie let us know.

[Traildogbob]

33. Again I say

All you sidewalk chalk artists. Draw police outlines of dead children on public sidewalks outside their comfortable mansions, we help fund, some of which we totally pay for like Govs mansions. Maybe show up at Government offices with pictures of mutilated children's faces and bodies, as anti choice asshole so callously did. Post a few outside MTG’s congress office.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. Is this what Elon Musk wants more of?

He is going to destroy his brand. And I've been a Tesla fan from afar for years. Bummer.

Meanwhile, remember how Martha Stewart was sent to prison for selling off her shares of an experimental cancer drug? Musk is out of control:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/30/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-stock-market-rules-00034122

[txwhitedove]

27. Scary death threat, but biggest scare was "Trump reporters". Ew!

[TxVietVet]

28. He's another conservanazi that believes FUx Nooz bu$hit.

If he's as dumb as his posts, he'll do something stupid enough to get arrested.

[Dukkha]

30. Oh I know who that is

A chickenshit coward. Hiding behind his keyboard.

[Roland99]

32. Obviously, a christian

[Roland99]

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