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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 155 points 1 year ago

“It’s becoming all too commonplace to see everyday citizens performing necessary functions for our democracy being targeted with violent threats by Trump-supporting extremists," Jones said. "The lack of political leadership on the right to denounce these threats — which serve to inspire real-world political violence— is shameful.

And there’s also this:

Yesterday — after Trump posted on his social media website that authorities were going "after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!" — Advance Democracy noted that Trump supporters were "using the term ‘rigger’ in lieu of a racial slur" in posts online.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago

Advance Democracy noted that Trump supporters were “using the term ‘rigger’ in lieu of a racial slur” in posts online.

Classy as ever

[-] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The instant I saw the word "RIGGERS" in his bitch ass post yesterday, I knew exactly what it actually meant. Just more ~~dog whistling~~ fog horn blasting racism from The Cheeto Mussolini. 😡

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Trump supporters were “using the term ‘rigger’ in lieu of a racial slur” in posts online.

How to get your ass kicked by A/V professionals, 3D animators, and pirates... all in one fell swoop!

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Don't forget shipbuilders, pipefitters, and crane operators.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Many navy vets too.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"The lack of political leadership on the right to denounce these threats — which serve to inspire real-world political violence— is shameful.

Charge every Republican politician who fails to publicly denounce them as an accessory to whatever crimes get committed against these grand jurors.

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