Massive spike in threats against Obama after Trump team claims he committed 'treason'
Source: Independent
Threats made online against former president Barack Obama spiked over the weekend after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused him of a years-long coup attempt against President Donald Trump.
Gabbard has claimed Obama and his top officials ran a treasonous conspiracy by insinuating they manufactured an investigation into Russias interference in the 2016 election to undermine Trumps first election.
Hours after she made the claim, on July 18, violent rhetoric about Obama surged on platforms such as Truth Social, Telegram, and Gab, with some calling for his arrest, imprisonment, and execution.
That rhetoric was intensified after the president posted an artificial intelligence-generated video of Obama being arrested and continued to re-post Gabbards claims throughout the weekend.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/obama-threats-trump-russia-treason-b2795384.html

Ocelot II
(127,142 posts)odins folly
(467 posts)If not all of those accounts posting are Russian bots
Lovie777
(20,176 posts)nevertheless, President Obama needs the protection alongwith his family.
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Grins
(8,827 posts)Because of course it did. He should be charged with incitement to do bodily harm.