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brooklynite

(94,581 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 11:42 PM Dec 2019

Yang campaign contacts FBI over death threats in New Hampshire

The Hill

Businessman Andrew Yang's presidential campaign says it has contacted the FBI after receiving several death threats during its latest swing through New Hampshire.

Emails sent to Yang's campaign and reviewed by The Hill showed a user going by the name "HitmanYang" threatening to shoot members of Yang's camp while they were in the Granite State.

Many of the emails referenced the campaign’s tweets, threatening that if the number of tweets from the candidate reached an unspecified threshold that members of the campaign would be shot.

One of the emails suggested that more than one individual was involved and that money had been pooled to bet on how many tweets Yang's campaign would send over a span of about a week.
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Yang campaign contacts FBI over death threats in New Hampshire (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2019 OP
Jesus. redqueen Dec 2019 #1
I hope the FBI finds out who posted those and sends someone MineralMan Dec 2019 #2
 

MineralMan

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2. I hope the FBI finds out who posted those and sends someone
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 10:52 AM
Dec 2019

to his/her place of residence for a little chat.

In reality, every Democratic candidate gets death threats. Hell, everyone gets death threats these days if they make public statements in support of doing things the right way.

The far right has adopted death threats as a strategy, it seems. They're using fear to keep people silent. It's one of the ugliest phenomena currently in use for political purpose.

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primary today, I would vote for:
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