Reuters Claims Trump Supporters Want 'Riots And Violent Retribution' Following Trump Verdict
Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news,
Reuters has published an article claiming that Trump supporters have called for “riots and violent retribution” after the GOP nominee was convicted in the New York Trial Thursday.
Here’s a screenshot of the article (in case they change it):
Reuters says that it has conducted a “review of comments on three Trump-aligned websites: the former president’s own Truth Social platform, Patriots.Win and the Gateway Pundit.”
The piece continues, “Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, or outright civil war and armed insurrection.”
The article then quoted one comment that stated “Someone in NY with nothing to lose needs to take care of Merchan,” referring to the judge, and adding “Hopefully he gets met with illegals with a machete.”
The piece quotes another comment on Gateway Pundit, that states “Time to start capping some leftys. This cannot be fixed by voting.”
The article quotes several more comments calling for violence, but admits that some have since been removed.
Reuters also charges that since the 2020 election Trump “loyalists have responded with a campaign of threats and intimidation targeting judges and court officials.”
The article also quotes Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who has recently published a book on “far right terrorism.”
Ware charges that Trump has an “ironclad ability to mobilize more extreme supporters to action, both at the ballot box and through violence.”
“Until and unless he accepts the process, the extremist reaction to his legal troubles will be militant,” Ware added.
This all comes after Joe Biden labelled violent BLM protests “peaceful” and contrasted them to January 6th protesters “storming” the capitol.
Biden: "What do you think [Trump] would have done if black Americans had stormed the Capitol? I don't think he'd be talking about pardons. This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd's murder." pic.twitter.com/iEhHfnLF7D
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 29, 2024
Wow.
They really are going all out on in their attack on Trump and his supporters.
— Skeptical Stoic (@StoicSkeptical) May 29, 2024
"as you peacefully protested George Floyd's murder"https://t.co/ndmbya0D9r
— E 🇺🇸 (@Simply4Truth_) May 29, 2024
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