Breitbart News (U.S.) reported on Jan. 6 that certified accounts on Twitter (those with blue label endorsements) sent out calls for retaliation in large numbers on the same day, calling for shots to be fired at Trump supporters.
In response to an inquiry from Breitbart News News, Twitter responded, “We will continue to enforce the rules, including the policy against threats of violence.”
“Please xx’s, shoot them all. Please,” said Rod Blackhurst, a director who has produced several films for Netflix. (The tweet has been removed)
“I hope they shoot themselves,” said Andrew Therriault, a former data science director at the Democratic National Committee who also worked as a data science manager at Facebook. (The tweet has been removed)
Rapper Snow Tha Product said, “Shoot us like you did.”
Blogger and radio host Erick Erickson, who called Trump a “racist” and a “fascist” in 2016, said anyone who participated at the Capitol should be shot.
“Shoot the protesters. Waiving the rules. Impeach. Relax the rules and convict. Waive the rules and don’t let him run again,” Erickson said. He later deleted the tweet.
“Shoot them. Shoot them all.” Vincent Frank of Forbes Sports said.
They are now taking down the American flag in the capital and replacing it with a MAGA flag.
Shoot. them. all.
- Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) January 6, 2021
- Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) January 6,2021
“Shoot them,” said Walter Salcido, host of a sports podcast on Spotify, an online music streaming service.
Shoot them. https://t.co/JCNqzouale
- Walter Salcido (@Salcido314) January 6, 2021
“Shoot them! Shoot them in the ass. Police, what are you waiting for?” Former Major League Football (NFL) player Charles James said.
“Arrest them, pepper-spray them, and shoot them. Do whatever you want,” said Dan Buchholz, a former Duquesne University soccer player.
“Just shoot them all! Use those guns. They came here to get shot, not to kill innocent black people sleeping in their homes.” Fashion blogger and socialite Bryan Yambao said.
Just shoot them all!!! Use those guns. that’s what they are there for, not to kill innocent black people sleeping in their homes https://t.co /zkW85Rno5c
- bryanboy (@bryanboy) January 6, 2021
Author and activist B. J. Mendelson says, “These are white supremacist terrorists, and let’s be clear, they are these things, and they face zero consequences at any point in time …… shoot them. “
“I don’t know, maybe they should shoot them,” said Ultima Lee, a musician who has 170,000 followers on SiC.
Twitter censored President Trump last summer, citing his hints that he might shoot Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters.
At the time, President Trump’s team said that Trump’s statement that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” meant that violence often follows theft, but Twitter censored the tweet because it believed it “glorified violence.
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