The Donald, the Capitol, and the #WrongDots campaign: a campaign to end the violence against the democrats

These calls for violence are not limited to the internet. Minutes after Trump was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the former president’s supporters quickly turned on the media covering the rally.

“I guess they really do want war,” a member of the pro-Trump message board known as The Donald wrote on Saturday evening in a post that has since been deleted.

Many other members of the message board, which played a significant role in coordinating activities leading up to the Capitol riot on January 6, agreed in responses to the post.

“War now,” the user wrote. “They don’t want to live and let live. We need to finish what should have been done after the civil war: eradicate and eliminate all democrats and anyone who even thinks of being a democrat.”

The details of these posts were shared by researchers from Advance Democracy to WIRED.

“Now you left me, but I am afraid I am going to die,” tweeted a Far-Right Extremist after Trump Shooting

“They’ve been trying to take this guy out since he’s been in office,” a member of Uncle Sam’s Proud Boys Upstate NY Telegram channel wrote in response to a picture from the shooting of Trump with a raised fist and blood on his face. They missed out on a chance to be true American patriots and they will see that when they poke the bear for too long. Fuck the DNC, Fuck the RINOs, fuck the FEDs and fuck the MSM. They should all be put in the street.

One member of the Ohio branch of the Infamous Valley Proud Boys wrote in their Telegram channel: “Now you Leftist Cunts, but never forget, you will always reap what you sow.”

Jon Lewis, a research fellow at the George Washington University Program on Extremism, said there was a concerted effort to show that the attacks on the FBI field office and on Paul Pelosi were caused by left-wing rhetoric. A single clear message is being spread from the top down and the bottom up: we need to fight back.

Researchers at Advance Democracy say it is difficult to assess the scale of the online attacks, as the situation is still developing and could escalate.

The Donald had a lot of people talking about what would have happened if Trump was dead, with most of them saying that the response would have been much quicker.

Source: Far-Right Extremists Call for Violence and War After Trump Shooting

The Tech Transparency Project: How militias, militia groups, and the Capitol riot are using the three percenters (APIII) attack to recruit and train

“Fake news! This is your fault!” they yelled, according to Axios reporter Sophia Cai, who was there. “You’re next!” “Your time is near,” another shouted. A number of the attendees tried to break into the media area, but were stopped by security guards.

In the past year, APIII has made a significant recruitment push across major social media platforms, such as Facebook, X, TikTok, and even NextDoor, according to research from the Tech Transparency Project shared exclusively with WIRED. Despite featuring “Three Percenters” in its name—a clear nod to the militia movement—APIII touts a disclaimer on its website insisting that it is not a militia. That is in line with the wider trend seen since January 6, when the militia movement distanced themselves from the Capitol riot.

Katie Paul, director of the Tech Transparency Project, says that this type of rhetoric has been pretty commonplace in online spaces since 2020, especially since January 6. But she’s particularly concerned about the heightened rhetoric in tandem with aggressive recruitment efforts by militia groups, who historically have opportunistically pounced on moments of national chaos to encourage organizing and training. Paul says the confluence of militia activity and heightened rhetoric could inspire “individuals who are susceptible to online influence and acceleration” who “could be triggered to act on their own.” She believes the movement is focusing on long-term goals and growth, a sign of the militias’ emphasis on organization over calls for violence.

Seddon goes on in the video to say that he’s looking at coordinating a meeting with other militias around Pennsylvania. “This is not going to just go away. We need to become strong, strong lions. Incase of war or when shit hits the fan, reach out to people in your state that are trustworthy and know how to hold up the fort, just in case.

Militia and anti-government groups across the United States are using the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump as an opportunity to organize, recruit, and train.

In a video posted to the TikTok, the founder of the American Patriots Three Percenters (APIII) said that an attack on President Trump was an attack on people like them. The network is a militia with chapters across the US. “There comes a point in time where everybody in this group needs to start being accountable for what they’re doing to help grow the organization and building a network of like-minded people in their area. Because they’re coming for us.”