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   John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 04:17:08 JST John Carlos Baez

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   Here are 41 cases of violence before May 2020 in which the perpetrator explicitly said they were supporting Trump. I don't know if this has been updated more recently. It's easy to look up that 1,265 people have been charged with crimes connected to the January 6th insurrection, and 467 have been sent to prison so far. But I'm more interested in the use of death threats and attacks to punish Trump's opponents.

   ABC News could not find a single criminal case filed in federal or state court where an act of violence or threat was made in the name of President Barack Obama or President George W. Bush.

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   https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889

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     John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2024 04:17:09 JST John Carlos Baez

     One reason we can't have Trump as president: he operates as a gangster. Today's bomb threat to the judge in his bank fraud trial is just the latest example. Two weeks ago, after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled him ineligible to run for office because of the insurrection he led, they got hit with death threats. And many in the Republican party have fallen in line because of such threats - see below!

     People not following the news may not realize how big a problem this is.

     It works like this: Trump threatens that judgements against him will cause havoc... and his more unhinged supporters fill in the details. It's called 'stochastic terrorism' - and it's not just chatter. Republican attacks against the Speaker of the House eventually led a guy to break into her house: not finding her home, he broke her husband's skull with a hammer. Earlier, right-wingers plotted to kidnap the governor of Michigan, but were stopped by the FBI.

     It's horrific. If we don't stop Trump by making him lose this election, we're going to have a mob boss in charge of the USA.

     For more details, read on!

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     https://www.vox.com/23899688/2024-election-republican-primary-death-threats-trump

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