MAGA Forums Erupt With Calls For Violence, Civil War

August 9, 2022 Extremists, Republicans

Vice News reports:

After news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday, his supporters openly called for an armed violent response, and ultimately, civil war. “Civil War 2.0 just kicked off,” one user wrote, with another adding, “One step closer to a kinetic civil war.”

MAGA, QAnon, and far-right message boards and Telegram channels lit up Monday night with calls for a violent response to what some extremists see as a political attack directed by the Biden administration. The top comment on the main thread about the raid on Tuesday morning was: “Lock and load.”

Others said they were ready to take part: “I already bought my ammo.” These same forums also hosted similarly violent rhetoric in the buildup to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 9, 2022