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Trump targeted Philly City Commissioner Al Schmidt, who oversaw the Philly count, by name after 2020 election.
60 Minutes
After the race in Pennsylvania was called for Joe Biden in 2020, then-President Trump targeted Al Schmidt, who oversaw the Philadelphia count, by name on Twitter. Violent threats from Trump’s supporters followed, even listing Schmidt’s children's names.
Video in tweet below
7:16 PM · Oct 13, 2024
After the race in Pennsylvania was called for Joe Biden in 2020, then-President Trump targeted Al Schmidt, who oversaw the Philadelphia count, by name on Twitter. Violent threats from Trump’s supporters followed, even listing Schmidt’s children's names.
Video in tweet below
7:16 PM · Oct 13, 2024
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmidt#City_Commissioner
Schmidt refused to cooperate with the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election by publicly refuting claims of voter fraud and resisting calls from within his own party to stop counting mail-in ballots. He called some of President Donald Trump's claims "fantastical" and "completely ridiculous allegations that have no basis in fact at all."
On November 11, 2020, Trump directly attacked Schmidt on Twitter by claiming he "refuses to look at a mountain of corruption & dishonesty" in Philadelphia. After Trump's tweet, Schmidt testified that "my wife and I received threats that named our children, included my home address and images of my home, and threated [sic] to put their 'heads on spikes.'"
Schmidt refused to cooperate with the attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election by publicly refuting claims of voter fraud and resisting calls from within his own party to stop counting mail-in ballots. He called some of President Donald Trump's claims "fantastical" and "completely ridiculous allegations that have no basis in fact at all."
On November 11, 2020, Trump directly attacked Schmidt on Twitter by claiming he "refuses to look at a mountain of corruption & dishonesty" in Philadelphia. After Trump's tweet, Schmidt testified that "my wife and I received threats that named our children, included my home address and images of my home, and threated [sic] to put their 'heads on spikes.'"
Link to tweet