Under one screenshot of a Trump post about his aide Walt Nauta also being indicted, one user wrote: “Revolution Now.” Another added: “I want blood. Many of the posts on The Donald directly referenced Trump’s own posts on his social media platform Truth Social. “I will be there peacefully to speak up about this misjustice, legally I will also be armed, well armed.” “Who's coming with me on Tuesday? I will be the one in the armor, easy to find, KEK on the back collar,” one member of The Donald wrote on Friday. Some users on the forum were also trying to find others who were planning on attending Tuesday’s protest. Researchers who track online extremism at the nonpartisan think tank Advance Democracy told VICE News that they have not so far not identified any “credible or definitive plans to engage in violence or large-scale disruptive activity,” but they have identified individual users who are threatening violence against Trump’s perceived enemies and at least one who has explicitly said they are planning on attending with guns. And law enforcement will take precautions similar to those employed when Trump was arraigned in New York in April, which included barricades, rooftop security, street closures, and sharpshooters, reported 7News Miami. Both federal and local law enforcement agencies are monitoring online chatter ahead of the protest and planning increased security measures, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Law enforcement is already on high alert for planned protests. on Tuesday at the Florida Southern District Courthouse in downtown Miami when he will be formally charged. The former president is scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. Buy a gun or help organize your local militia today.”
This is what the Second Amendment was made for.
Over the weekend those threats continued, with one user posting a picture of Garland and writing, “America cannot allow this cowardly thug to destroy our democracy. When news of the indictment broke last week, members of The Donald made explicit threats against Attorney General Merrick Garland and his children. Thirty-one of the charges claim Trump willfully kept classified documents in his possession after leaving the White House-some of them in a bathroom at his Mar-a-Lago resort-and showed those documents to people who did not have security clearance to view them. Trump is facing an unprecedented 37-count federal indictment brought by special prosecutor Jack Smith. Andy Biggs tweeted to his 730,000 Twitter followers. In addition to the angry comments and plans posted anonymously on far-right message boards, Republican lawmakers, politicians, and right-wing pundits have also used incendiary language about Trump’s indictment.
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