Trump posted this image on his social media site.
VOTE against this political party -this is their leader. How bad do things need to get?
Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic:
From his praise and pardon promises for the J6 rioters to this, there is nothing subtle about about how Trump is seeking to normalize & encourage political violence.
https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1774102475060191302
@Bix it's gonna get worse but it just motivates me more
Dear God! Is that sort of threat legal?
@ChelseaGirl429 @Bix this is my first thought as well. Anyone else would be getting a visit from authorities, right?
@LegalCAT @Bix Would this apply somehow?:
United States Code Title 18, Section 871
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_president_of_the_United_States
@Bix So vile but do we expect anything else from him and his minions?
@Bix Holy shit. That's not his usual subtle "joking" threat, that's a straight up threat.
What will it take to arrest him? Does he have to kill someone first?
Why isn’t trump arrested for this obvious threat to the POTUS?
Trump could take his large collection of snuff films, paste POTUS Biden’s head on every victim, and post one video day a day on Truth Social - and he still would not lose the support of Sen. Cruz.