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submitted 1 year ago by ATQ@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world

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A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill the judge overseeing a criminal case against Donald Trump.

Abigail Jo Shry, 43, allegedly called US District Judge Tanya Chutkan a “stupid slave” and used another racial slur in a voicemail message she left at the Washington courthouse.

She is reported to have said: “You are in our sights, we want to kill you... If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you, so tread lightly, b----.

“You will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it.”

The article also includes an expectation meeting mugshot. For people that talk about violence, I’ve never been less intimidated.

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[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 152 points 1 year ago

Good, now do the same to the turds threatening violence to the jurors

[-] ATQ@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago

I’m sure they will. It just takes a little time to drive all the way out to bumblefuck and figure out which cousin was using the trailer park communal Commodore 64 at the time.

[-] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Don’t disparage the Commodore 64. It was actually a TI-99/4a.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Hey, be nice to the TI 99/4A. It was obviously a 1 kb Sinclair ZX81.

[-] davetansley@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Don't drag the Sinclair into this American mess!

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[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

A TI-99/4. The extra "a" at the end was too expensive.

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[-] flossdaily@lemmy.world 121 points 1 year ago

Republican officials, even after the insurrection, are using violent rhetoric. This is deliberate. They want the crazies from their party to engage in terrorism.

This is a party who wouldn't even impeach and remove Trump after a violent coup.

It's insanity that we're not treating these people like the full-blown fascists they keep showing us they are.

That entire party needs to be purged from every level of government.

People who still call themselves Republicans after the coup are a disgrace. They are traitors.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

Republican officials, even after the insurrection, are using violent rhetoric.

Stochastic terrorism.

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 103 points 1 year ago

My favorite part,

"The 43-year-old said she had no intention of going to Washington to carry out her threats, before adding: “If Shelia Jackson Lee comes to Alvin [a city in Texas], then we need to worry.”"

How fucking stupid can you be to say this AFTER you've been arrested?

[-] mpa92643@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

30% of Republicans believe violence may be necessary to "save" the country.

They legitimately don't think it's an issue to threaten violence against anyone who impedes Donald Trump. In their deluded minds, he's an innocent victim who only wants what's best for the country and all these evil judges and persecutors and federal employees are trying to take him down and literally destroy the country.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is what you get when you allow people with power and influence lie all the time

Yes, we need freedom of speech, blah.

You don't have true freedom of speech, not even in the US, this article literally shows that

We need more restrictions on speech. If you're a politician and you obviously lie then you need to be at least called out on that, and be forced to correct yourself publicly. Maybe some naming and shaming will make politicians slightly more honest.

All politicians lie up to some point and it's been tolerable and tolerated for a long time but Trump weaponised disinformation and lying. This needs to stop, those in power need to be held accountable. If you're the president and you startte spouting proven conspiracy theories then you need to either be forced to correct yourself and say you were staying dishonest information or you need to leave.

[-] Treefox@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Freedom of speech, but not freedom from consequences of said speech. If you go and say some ish then you better be able to handle the consequences of saying the things you're saying.

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[-] Wilshire@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

They've been doubling down on stupid their whole life.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 16 points 1 year ago

How fucking stupid can you be to say this AFTER you've been arrested?

Well given what she was arrested for, I can safely assume that thinking is not her strong suit.

[-] Xenxs@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure it's necessary to question the intelligence of anyone who is part of the Trump cult. That question answers itself.

[-] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago

Always good to see these dumbasses ruin their lives for some old racist grifter who wouldn't even piss on them if they were on fire.

I don't know how he managed to get a following of millions of people he openly hates, but somehow he has.

[-] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They hate everyone who isn't exactly like them, Trump has a similar level of entitlement and narcissism that they do, which is why they support him - because it's just another way to support themselves.

Narcissists live vicariously through Trump, because he's proven all you have to be to succeed is an entitled piece of shit (and wealthy) - which is the only quality they possess (minus the wealth).

When you're that level of narcissist, you don't actually care about the people around you, you only care that they agree with you. Which is probably why they wouldn't care if Trump low-key hates them, because they absolutely hate anyone below them on their social hierarchy, but they hate them less if they kiss the hierarchy ring.

When they have a Trump Rambo flag, it's actually them on the flag - Trump's face is just the unifying figure for their collective personality disorders.

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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

I'm going to prison for an NFT salesman

--far right scumbag and unite the right organizer Baked Alaska, on being sentenced to prison for his participation in 01/06, yet another right wing rally in which people died

[-] ineedaunion@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I'd say it's the same mental gymnastics as anyone who defends billionaire corporations.

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[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

Why would they let a woman who threatened to kill a judge oversee trump’s criminal case?

(Sorry. Had to be done)

[-] objectionist@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ah, the ol' lemmy switch-a-roo.

EDIT: as it turns out, comment links are completely and utterly broken at the moment. sorry! the switch-a-roo chain will eventually work.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Hold my recycled habits from Reddit, I'm going in!

[-] fidodo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I just woke up and that's how I read it like 3 times in a row

[-] espentan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was seriously confused for a second.. Grammar matters.

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[-] dulce_3t_decorum_3st@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

The scary thing is she probably has zero regrets and would do it again.

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

I’m sure Fox is already adding her to their lineup

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

How's she gonna manage a job at Fox while simultaneously being in Congress?

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It says she’s been jailed 30 times so that’s probably a pretty accurate statement

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[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 year ago

My favorite part is that we have to specify which criminal case in which Donald J Trump is a defendant we’re talking about because there’s THREE OF THEM.

[-] torknorggren@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago
[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

That’s what you get when you skip watching the news for a single day. Indictments come at you fast.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

(Not mine): This is only the fourth time in the history of the United States that a former president has been indicted.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 year ago

Pretty much the face I'd expect of someone who would do this.

[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's a rough looking 43

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[-] envis10n@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Remember folks, it's not okay to (jokingly) threaten violence against things like the NRA convention or the Vatican. Please save your violent threats for judges and jury members of your favorite criminally-charged politicians. Thank you.

[-] Poob@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

This is conservatism when it starts to lose

[-] Zardoz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

As much as I hate to admit it, these willfully ignorant racist fucks won't stop until they get another war.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

They won't get a war, they will get jail time.

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[-] JuzoInui@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

These choads haven’t getting over the whuppin’ they got from the last one. Make sure we hold their head in the toilet bowl for the full 3 minutes this time

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

How much meth do you think she's smoked? I don't need an exact amount... when you make your estimate, feel free to round up to the nearest ton.

[-] Chalky_Pockets@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

At least 3 catalytic converters worth

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[-] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

But remember everyone, it's not a cult!!!! /s

[-] ZooGuru@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Master race you say? Hm…

[-] ineedaunion@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

All MAGA supporters should be beaten in the streets by everyday citizens. FAFO.

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

I mean calling a federal judge stupid when you're making material threats on a recorded line... just saying.

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Quick, let's just slap her on the wrists with 2 weeks of probation and then wonder why more of this will continue to happen.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Do yous measure the distance between her eyes in inches, feet, or washing machines?

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