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2023-06-14 03:26:58 UTC
Supporters of former president Donald Trump are planning mass protests at
a Miami courthouse on Tuesday, following Trumps indictment last week.
Many are promising to come well-armed.
MAGA will make Waco look like a tea party, a user with the screen name
1776take2 wrote about the planned protest on the pro-Trump messaging board
known as The Donald, which was instrumental to the planning of the Capitol
riot. I used to laugh when my mom said that she was afraid if she
registered Republican she may be arrested one day. Im not laughing any
more. Just buying more ammo.
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 Trumps indictment. We
have now reached a war phase. Eye for an eye, GOP Rep. Andy Biggs tweeted
to his 730,000 Twitter followers.
Trump is facing an unprecedented 37-count federal indictment brought by
special prosecutor Jack Smith. Thirty-one of the charges claim Trump
willfully kept classified documents in his possession after leaving the
White Housesome of them in a bathroom at his Mar-a-Lago resortand showed
those documents to people who did not have security clearance to view
them. When news of the indictment broke last week, members of The Donald
made explicit threats against Attorney General Merrick Garland and his
children.
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. This is what the Second Amendment was made for. Buy
a gun or help organize your local militia today.
The former president is scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the
Florida Southern District Courthouse in downtown Miami when he will be
formally charged. Law enforcement is already on high alert for planned
protests. 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. 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.
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 Trumps perceived enemies and at least one
who has explicitly said they are planning on attending with guns.
Some users on the forum were also trying to find others who were planning
on attending Tuesdays protest.
Who's coming with me on Tuesday? I will be the one in the [fuck around
and find out] armor, easy to find, KEK on the back collar, one member of
The Donald wrote on Friday. I will be there peacefully to speak up about
this misjustice, legally I will also be armed, well armed.
Many of the posts on The Donald directly referenced Trumps own posts on
his social media platform Truth Social. 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. I want fucking blood.
Other members of The Donald used language associated with white
supremacist groups that advocate for acts of violence they claim will
hasten a race war. Accelerate, the quicker the normies realize this isnt
a free country, the quicker things can be fixed, one user wrote under a
post about Trumps indictment.
But the use of military and extremist language around the protests has not
been limited to fringe message boards: politicians and right-wing
commentators are fanning the flames as well.
Within minutes of Trump announcing on Truth Social that he had been
indicted, right-wing media figures like Charlie Kirk were calling for mass
protests in Miami this Tuesday. On Twitter, GOP Rep. Clay Higgins posted
what appeared to be a battlefield command for Tuesdays protests in a
message that featured militia speak, referenced military grade maps, and
told Trump supporters to know your bridges.
As extremism researcher Caroline Orr pointed out, Higgins is on the House
GOP Homeland Security Committee, which is tasked with ensur[ing] that the
American people [are] protected from terrorist attacks.
The involvement of members of Congress, prominent political figures, and
Trump himself in promoting, inciting, and even hinting at violence is a
risk factor for acts of political violence, Orr wrote in her newsletter
about the comments.
And over the weekend, multiple groups formed more concrete plans.
The Christian conservative group Florida Republican Assembly said they
chartered four buses to bring Trump fans from all corners of the state to
Miami on Tuesday, in what they are dubbing the America First Freedom Road
Trip.
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A flier from Florida Republican Assembly advertising their upcoming
protest in Miami.
Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and failed congressional candidate in
Florida, has also organized what she called a peaceful rally to protest
the weaponization of government on Tuesday outside the courthouse.
Loomers plans were shared by the Telegram channel of the local Proud Boys
chapter.
Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who many predict could
be a possible vice presidential candidate for Trumps 2024 run, has also
organized a rally in Palm Beach on Monday night and has said she plans to
be in Miami on Tuesday to join the protest. Over the weekend, Lake made it
clear that Trump supporters should come armed.
If you want to get to President Trump, you're going to have to go through
me and 75 million Americans just like me. And most of us are card-carrying
members of the NRA. That's not a threat, that's a public service
announcement, Lake said while speaking at a Georgia Republican conference
on Saturday. Were at war, peoplewere at war.
Trump himself has done nothing to tamp down any potential threats,
repeatedly calling for his own supporters to turn up en masse in Miami on
Tuesday, just as he did ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Over the weekend, Trump raged on Truth Social, and called Bill Barr a
gutless pig after the former attorney general called the indictment
seriously damning. Trump also shared a meme about his indictment with a
caption declaring, THIS IS NOT A GAME, THIS IS WAR.
In his first post-indictment interview, Trump spoke to his former adviser
Roger Stone, who played a key role in mobilizing the protest movement
ahead of Jan. 6th.
Our country has to protest, Trump told Stone, framing the indictment as
a political persecution and claiming, without evidence, that the charges
were brought only to cover up a massive crime perpetrated by Hunter
Biden. Weve lost everything.
a Miami courthouse on Tuesday, following Trumps indictment last week.
Many are promising to come well-armed.
MAGA will make Waco look like a tea party, a user with the screen name
1776take2 wrote about the planned protest on the pro-Trump messaging board
known as The Donald, which was instrumental to the planning of the Capitol
riot. I used to laugh when my mom said that she was afraid if she
registered Republican she may be arrested one day. Im not laughing any
more. Just buying more ammo.
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 Trumps indictment. We
have now reached a war phase. Eye for an eye, GOP Rep. Andy Biggs tweeted
to his 730,000 Twitter followers.
Trump is facing an unprecedented 37-count federal indictment brought by
special prosecutor Jack Smith. Thirty-one of the charges claim Trump
willfully kept classified documents in his possession after leaving the
White Housesome of them in a bathroom at his Mar-a-Lago resortand showed
those documents to people who did not have security clearance to view
them. When news of the indictment broke last week, members of The Donald
made explicit threats against Attorney General Merrick Garland and his
children.
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. This is what the Second Amendment was made for. Buy
a gun or help organize your local militia today.
The former president is scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the
Florida Southern District Courthouse in downtown Miami when he will be
formally charged. Law enforcement is already on high alert for planned
protests. 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. 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.
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 Trumps perceived enemies and at least one
who has explicitly said they are planning on attending with guns.
Some users on the forum were also trying to find others who were planning
on attending Tuesdays protest.
Who's coming with me on Tuesday? I will be the one in the [fuck around
and find out] armor, easy to find, KEK on the back collar, one member of
The Donald wrote on Friday. I will be there peacefully to speak up about
this misjustice, legally I will also be armed, well armed.
Many of the posts on The Donald directly referenced Trumps own posts on
his social media platform Truth Social. 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. I want fucking blood.
Other members of The Donald used language associated with white
supremacist groups that advocate for acts of violence they claim will
hasten a race war. Accelerate, the quicker the normies realize this isnt
a free country, the quicker things can be fixed, one user wrote under a
post about Trumps indictment.
But the use of military and extremist language around the protests has not
been limited to fringe message boards: politicians and right-wing
commentators are fanning the flames as well.
Within minutes of Trump announcing on Truth Social that he had been
indicted, right-wing media figures like Charlie Kirk were calling for mass
protests in Miami this Tuesday. On Twitter, GOP Rep. Clay Higgins posted
what appeared to be a battlefield command for Tuesdays protests in a
message that featured militia speak, referenced military grade maps, and
told Trump supporters to know your bridges.
As extremism researcher Caroline Orr pointed out, Higgins is on the House
GOP Homeland Security Committee, which is tasked with ensur[ing] that the
American people [are] protected from terrorist attacks.
The involvement of members of Congress, prominent political figures, and
Trump himself in promoting, inciting, and even hinting at violence is a
risk factor for acts of political violence, Orr wrote in her newsletter
about the comments.
And over the weekend, multiple groups formed more concrete plans.
The Christian conservative group Florida Republican Assembly said they
chartered four buses to bring Trump fans from all corners of the state to
Miami on Tuesday, in what they are dubbing the America First Freedom Road
Trip.
20230612_002145.jpg
A flier from Florida Republican Assembly advertising their upcoming
protest in Miami.
Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and failed congressional candidate in
Florida, has also organized what she called a peaceful rally to protest
the weaponization of government on Tuesday outside the courthouse.
Loomers plans were shared by the Telegram channel of the local Proud Boys
chapter.
Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who many predict could
be a possible vice presidential candidate for Trumps 2024 run, has also
organized a rally in Palm Beach on Monday night and has said she plans to
be in Miami on Tuesday to join the protest. Over the weekend, Lake made it
clear that Trump supporters should come armed.
If you want to get to President Trump, you're going to have to go through
me and 75 million Americans just like me. And most of us are card-carrying
members of the NRA. That's not a threat, that's a public service
announcement, Lake said while speaking at a Georgia Republican conference
on Saturday. Were at war, peoplewere at war.
Trump himself has done nothing to tamp down any potential threats,
repeatedly calling for his own supporters to turn up en masse in Miami on
Tuesday, just as he did ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Over the weekend, Trump raged on Truth Social, and called Bill Barr a
gutless pig after the former attorney general called the indictment
seriously damning. Trump also shared a meme about his indictment with a
caption declaring, THIS IS NOT A GAME, THIS IS WAR.
In his first post-indictment interview, Trump spoke to his former adviser
Roger Stone, who played a key role in mobilizing the protest movement
ahead of Jan. 6th.
Our country has to protest, Trump told Stone, framing the indictment as
a political persecution and claiming, without evidence, that the charges
were brought only to cover up a massive crime perpetrated by Hunter
Biden. Weve lost everything.