Violent rhetoric is up in some online spaces where supporters of former President Donald Trump are reacting to news that he is ineligible to appear on Colorado’s primary ballot.
Personal information, including phone numbers and addresses, of the Colorado Supreme Court justices who ruled against Trump are circulating on some far-right platforms. So, too, are calls for his base to take up arms.
“We saw trending the terms ‘insurrection’ and ‘civil war’ really within hours of the Colorado decision,” said Daniel Jones, president of Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest research group based in Washington, D.C.
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Article URL : https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221031783/colorado-trump-ruling-violent-online-rhetoric