Posted on 03/17/2016 4:09:43 PM PDT by digger48
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus man got a visit from Secret Service after making an inflammatory remark on a Facebook post last week.
“Hillary and Bernie…Sunday at OSU,” was the post to WCMH’s Candice Lee’s private account on March 7.
The post got the attention of Gary Barry, a Facebook friend.
“I jokingly said, ‘where do I send the bomb?’” Barry told WCMH Wednesday evening.
His comment didn’t go unnoticed by other people responding to the news that both Democratic presidential candidates were coming to Columbus for a CNN Debate last Sunday.
“The next day I thought about it. But I was like, ‘hey, it’s the Internet. Once it’s out there, it’s out there.’ So I didn’t think no more about it till yesterday,” said Barry.
But it was no laughing matter to the Secret Service. Someone contacted them about the post and an investigation was launched. Two armed agents knocked on Barry’s door ready to talk.
“I received a phone call from my son saying there were two gentlemen at the door from the Secret Service. And I thought he was kidding. But he wasn’t and they actually waited for me to get home,” said Barry.
Barry said the agents questioned him and wife for about thirty minutes. The agents knew everything about him, his family, even his father who was firefighter.
“They were asking me if I was a racist, if I was anti-Muslim. And, do I have any thoughts of suicide or thoughts of assassinating the vice president or president,” said Barry.
WISH-TV’s sister station WCMH contacted the United States Secret Service officer here in Columbus. They confirm an ongoing investigation in the comment made by Gary Barry. They also admit to questioning him Tuesday.
Jonathan Schuck, Resident Agent In-Charge, said it is standard procedure for social media threats against the President and presidential candidates. It’s a chargeable offense with a penalty of up to five years in federal prison.
The agents left Barry with some sound advice.
“They said, ‘watch what you say on Facebook.’ And even spread that word as soon as they left,” said Barry.
So where are the SS when the left threatens to “Shut down” Trump
That sounds like a threat to me
Did somebody say ‘stabbing’?
Way back there was a Freeper who posted something stupid and got a visit from the Feds.
Ran a thread on it: agents were very professional and polite.
How about Freepathon money bombs?
Is Hillary the black one and Bernie the Muslim?
Secret agent man- “Sir, are you anti-moslem?” Me- “Very much so. Why aren’t you?”
So... which of Hillary and Bernie is black, and which is Muslim?
What do either of those have to do with Bernie and The Hildabeast?
Beat me.
Free Republic is my only social media. No FB, no MySpace. Nada.
Something tells me, they are 80/20 looking at the boyknee and hilliary threats as opposed to Trump, even though the actual number of threats are 80/20 in Trump’s favor.
And me.
Well i did and yes the agents police fire and all were very nice and I was thankful the system worked although i was not storing gasoline in sparkletts bottles in my garage to offset high prices in the summer Clown Posse still sucks
SS set me up the bomb.
Typical of Obama's "security" guys.
So when the secret service asks if you are suicidal or want to kill someone, who besides Glen Beck would answer yes ?
And the Lefto that attempted to physically assault Trump was turned loose without any charges against him.
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