Posted on 11/20/2016 3:46:00 PM PST by RummyChick
We all make choices in life, some of them are dumber than others. This former CEO however, takes the cake. He is likely not going to get too much sympathy from anyone other than George Soros or the underbelly of the Democrat Party…
The former CEO of a local cybersecurity firm is talking first to 10News – about his threat to shoot President-elect Donald Trump.
Team 10 Investigator Allison Ash sat down with Matt Harrigan Tuesday afternoon. He tells Allison he’s been getting death threats since the posts went viral and he and his family have relocated until the storm settles.
Harrigan was the CEO of PacketSled until he resigned his position Tuesday morning. He said he’s sorry for his words, and he wants his side of the story told.
Harrigan wrote the series of Facebook posts on election night. They were words that he thought only his friends would see. He wrote, “I’m going to kill the president. elect” and “Bring it, secret service.” He even mentioned getting a sniper rifle and targeting the White House once Donald Trump was living there.
Harrigan said his Facebook friends shared the post on Twitter and that’s how it went viral. He says, he’s ashamed of what he wrote.
“I’m incredibly apologetic, for that. I don’t know,” Harrigan said. “It was [a] very, very dumb thing to do, and I regret it very much… and I would take it back if I could.”
Harrigan said he was drunk when he wrote the “absurd comments” on election night before Donald Trump won the election. He said most of his friends knew he was just being “over the top” with his “distasteful joke”.
At least one of those friends wasn’t amused, sharing the disturbing messages outside their circle of Facebook friends. “It started to trend very, very quickly and started spiraling and I was blown away,” Harrigan admitted
The Secret Service spent two hours interviewing Harrigan inside his Del Mar home. They did not say whether criminal charged would be filed against the married father of two.
Harrigan said his family has been forced out of their home by death threats from people unhappy with his remarks. Although he said the threats he made against Donald Trump were “a joke”, he is taking the threats against his family seriously. –ABC 10 News
They’re not threats, they’re promises.
Really dude, they are just joking with you. No one wants to kill you. They are just having a little drunken fun man. I'm sure in the morning they will regret their jokes.
It was so funny, we all forgot to laugh. Is your wife laughing about it? Didn’t think so.
Nothing to fear for your family; it's all in good sport. Just jokes.
The guy who turned him in posts on Reddit in The Donald section. Can’t remember his name. I think he said Matt was a friend..and maybe a mentor..dont’ remember exact words
Not good enough.
He should be someone’s girlfriend in the Crossbar Hotel by now.
ooohhh.... a joke... It wasn't a funny joke until he got investigated by the Secret Service, faces possible federal charges, lost his CEO job, and everyone knows he is a jackass.... Now it's funny!
WHY ISN’T MATT HARRIGAN IN JAIL!!??
He apparently cannot handle his liquor. Liberals should never ever drink, nobody with a mental disorder should drink.
Just another safety-pin wearing liberal hit square in the nose with REALITY.
Suck it up, Mr. Harrigan!
The internet doxed the guy on twitter. posted his address and google pics of his home.
Awwww Snap!
We are supposed to feel sorry for this idiot? Sorry, I just can’t seem to get my “give a durn!” meter to move at all.
He was drunk! so what.
He is sorry! So what.
He could take it back if he could. So what!
I agree, why isn’t he in jail with Bruno!
How the hell did such a dumbass rise to CEO? Even a low level manager knows there is no such thing as private electronic communications. Anything you put out on email or social media has potential to be seen by the whole world.
How the {expletive} did someone that stupid become CEO?
TS.
Excellent. The replacement CEO may not have such a big mouth.
One worrying thing about his remarks is that the comments were fully thought out and made into a plan of operation.
This was beyond angry talk to the bartender while nursing a warm beer.
This was someone who knew exactly how to make this happen, and he didn’t care who knew what he was saying.
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