Posted on 05/17/2026 9:11:56 AM PDT by simpson96
SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Sarasota, Florida, woman has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison after being found guilty of making threats against MAGA supporters on social media, the Department of Justice said on Monday.
Desiree Segari, 41, was indicted in September 2025 after posting a TikTok the month prior, calling for supporters of President Donald Trump’s agenda to be “shot on sight,” according to evidence presented at trial.
She was found guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure on Jan. 13, 2026.
The DOJ quoted Segari’s video, “MAGA people deserve to be terrified and scared to walk in the streets because they should know that real Americans are gonna [mouths expletive] kill them.”
She also mimicked firing a gun with hand gestures during the video and captioned the post “#seemagapewpewmaga starting a new trend, hope it catches on. Please spread the word. Share this video. Repost it. Use the hashtag all over the internet. Let’s go guys. It’s time to fight back in a potentially effective manner.”
Segari posted another video the next day, the DOJ said.
“See MAGA pew pew MAGA, see MAGA pew pew MAGA, see MAGA pew pew MAGA so these [expletive] know we ain’t here to play,” she said while again mimicking firing a gun.
The charge carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Segari was sentenced to 14 months.
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I'm sorry you seem to be unable to wrap your brain around the very simple concept that is being discussed.
And now she can’t VOTE! LOL!
Go back to DU.......PLEASE!
“Are we now going to put people in prison for saying angry words on the internet?”
She crossed the line.
Anyone unsure about where the line is should consult an attorney before they post a video threatening to kill someone.
Hope she has a great time in prison
Exactly, this goes way beyond saying “Trump is a poopyhead.”
(She was convicted of a federal crime.
No parole there.)
Good
Guards draw straws
> What is she so mad about? <
It’s the relentless, nonstop liberal propaganda.
MAGA folks just aren’t wrong. MAGA folks are monsters.
Hear that often enough, and weak minds will start to absorb it.
why sad Desi?
this is true! My nephew ( 55) says I am sub human cause I do not vote like him.
We understand why Leftists are idiots.
Now we have to try to explain things to Libertarians?
Would it be accurate to say Libertarians are Leftists without the polluted principles?
Shoulda bee 14 years.
That’s the trouble. She’s not a psycho maniac.
She’s just a democrat.
That works for me 👍👍👍
Having encountered 2 rabid TDS Democrats in the last 3 days
We *should* be prosecuting people for making threats to the life of fellow Americans. That is the only way to restore the civil discourse we once had in the country, that has since been replaced with people shouting down opponents rather than debating them, using fire, mob thuggery and molotov cocktails at political protests, and doxxing each other for exercising their free speech rights.
Either that or we need to restore a right to challenge others who have gone over the line to a public duel.
Freedom of speech is not intended to protect people who make threats intended to shut down debate, it is to encourage people to debate and discuss matters rather than resort to violence and arson and intimidation. Threats to people’s lives are by definition anti-free speech whether you intend to carry them out, or just want to shut down others’ speech by making them fear you might attempt to. There is no reasonable excuse or need for anyone to make a threat to kill another citizen or to encourage others to do so, and letting people get away with it is an assault on our liberties not a respect for them.
Saying something politically incorrect is not the same thing as making a plain threat to kill others, so there is no equivalency here to the censorship used in Europe against people who have made no threats of any kind.

Yay! That’s beautiful to know. Thanks for sharing!
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