Posted on 11/27/2024 9:29:58 AM PST by Signalman
Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt announced in a chilling post on Wednesday that members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have been targeted with “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives” and left open the possibility that more are still to come.
Leavitt, who Trump announced this month will become the youngest White House press secretary in history, made waves with a statement Wednesday morning acknowledging that death threats are being factored into the team’s return to power. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” Leavitt said in the statement. “These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’ In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted. President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action.”
She concluded: “President Trump and the Transition are focused on doing the work of uniting our nation by ensuring a safe and prosperous future. With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us.”
Swatting, or the practice of baiting SWAT teams to raid the homes or businesses of innocent parties, has emerged as a 21st-century threat for law enforcement and led to the death of individuals targeted by pranksters. In January the White House itself was the target of an attack that saw police and firefighters respond to false reports of a fire inside the West Wing, CNN reported at the time. Other recent targets include Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, and two of the judges in Trump’s various legal cases. In 2017 the stunt led to the death of Andrew Finch, a video game enthusiast who was accidentally killed by a team of officers while mistakenly raiding his home.
Local law enforcement has visited the homes of several transition members in response to threats, Fox News Digital reported. All come months after President-elect Trump survived two attempts on his life, including the deadly July 17th shooting that nicked his ear and caused the death of two rallygoers in Butler, Pennsylvania. In August another attempted assassin was spotted in the bushes outside a Trump golf course in Florida where the Republican was in the middle of play. Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old behind the Butler shooting, was killed by counter-snipers while Ryan Routh, the suspect in the Florida attempt, was arrested by police and remains part of an ongoing investigation.
On Tuesday an Arizona man who previously attended a Trump rally was arrested by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms on suspicion of preparing to carry out another assassination attempt against the president-elect, Fox News reported.
Leftism is of satan.
No surprise. They should bump security to high levels and never let their guards down.
I hope all Americans have their firearms ready. We must defend the people we elected from the commie killer piggies.
I hope all Americans have their firearms ready. We must defend the people we elected from the commie killer piggies.
Pam Bondi had better hire some motivated people. That department is gonna be very busy.
In fact, anyone who supports any form of Marxism should be deported to a Marxist state permanently.
Better get the FBI on that right away….
Provided the Judges will convict.
It has been so memory-holed that they can't even get the date right.
BEWARE THE IDES OF JANUARY...........................
The calls are coming from inside the house . .. .
Hold the Democrat party to standard norms and dismantle everything about it that does not comply. Pass laws that defund ALL all of the Woke, DEI, TRans, Illegal immigrant, programs etc. Give them an out to commune on some isolated “reservation” and name it New Sodom if necessary. Keep them thee fk away from true American moral institutions.
SWAT ting is one of the modt dangerous actions.
LEO vs gun owners ends up bad
When left wing crazies shot President Trump he raised his fist and shouted. "Fight, fight, fight". Our guys are tough.
Keep praying with the same fervency you had before the election.
This is what the left does when they are losing
These threat should NOT go unanswered.
Every threat, no matter how remote, should be thoroughly investigated and prosecuted. They won’t stop until then.
The left is wounded but not dead—desperate to stop Trump at any coast, expect more violence and horror before the swearing in on January 20th. Expect anything, be ready for anything. Even after Trump moves into the White House—the hate will simmer and be seen.
I have full confidence that our federal law enforcement agencies will get to the bottom of these assassination attempts in swift fashion. LOL.. not really.
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