In just the first 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday disqualifying former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot, social media platforms were awash in violent threats to the justices from the Rocky Mountain state. As reported by NBC News, the nonprofit research group Advance Democracy found “significant violent rhetoric” toward the justices and Democrats generally, “often in direct response to Trump’s posts about the ruling” on his Truth Social platform.
Those disturbing posts by Trump’s followers included justice’s office addresses, emails and phone numbers. These posts offer not only a glimpse of the current threat picture, but a foretelling of threats to come as this historic ruling inevitably rises to the U.S. Supreme Court for review. “This ends when we kill these f—ers,” said one post on a pro-Trump forum known to have been frequented by multiple Jan. 6 Capitol offenders.
Our nation’s threat level is already high with tangible concerns over how the Israel-Hamas war will inspire attacks.
“What do you call 7 justices from the Colorado Supreme Court at the bottom of the ocean?” queried another poster. “A good start.”
“Kill judges. Behead judges. Roundhouse kick a judge into the concrete,” instructed another user on an extremist site. “Slam dunk a judge’s baby into the trashcan.”
In case you’re wondering whether such posts were merely aspirational, other messages discussed precisely how to kill the justices and other supposed enemies, including using bombs, hollow-point ammunition, rifles and ropes.
Our nation’s threat level is already high with tangible concerns over how the Israel-Hamas war will inspire attacks. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued their latest elevated warning earlier this month about the vulnerability of large public gatherings this winter that might be viewed as soft targets. Now, with the Colorado Supreme…
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