Trump ally who denies 2020 election results threatens law enforcement
Source: Washington Post
July 26, 2024 at 6:38 p.m. EDT
Patrick Byrne, who has funded efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election, said in an online forum Thursday that law enforcement would face a piano wire and a blowtorch if they did not drop a case against an ally.
Cut through the 2024 election noise. Get The Campaign Moment newsletter. Byrne, a former CEO of online retailer Overstock, used the phrase half a dozen times Thursday as he participated in a nearly three-hour-long event on X Spaces.
His remarks came amid heightened worries about political violence, and he acknowledged during the event that his references to strangling or blowtorching officials were threatening and could be considered felonies. On Friday, he downplayed his comments, saying he had been speaking metaphorically and is committed to peace. The Cyber Crisis: Saving Tina Peters event was aimed at rallying support for the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., who faces charges accusing her of tampering with election equipment three years ago. Peters has pleaded not guilty, and her case goes to trial next week.
Byrne called out law enforcement and prosecutors during the forum, saying they would face violence if they did not drop the case. If you have any brains at all, which Im not sure they do, they should be throwing in the towel and just surrendering and dropping this case against Tina because those who dont are going to end up facing a piano wire and a blowtorch before this is over if I have anything to do with it, Byrne said. So I know thats probably another felony, but f--- it threatening them like that but there we are.
Byrne, who said he was participating in the event from Azerbaijan, accused law enforcement of committing treason and claimed he had been hacking Venezuelas government for two years. I dont care how many felonies Ive committed, and I dont care that Im committing felonies by threatening you, he said of law enforcement.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/26/patrick-byrne-tina-peters-threats/
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SWBTATTReg
(23,443 posts)already under enough pressure as it is, let alone smart-a&& remarks from an idiot like this?
Aristus
(67,480 posts)has been the only good thing about that company, ever.
I miss the commercials, but I will never buy their (over) stock.
Traurigkeit
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(11,562 posts)King_Klonopin
(1,323 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 28, 2024, 03:56 AM - Edit history (1)
They have these things in common:
Rage which is visceral, primal, and targets anyone who is "different" from themselves.
They don't merely disagree; they want to destroy anyone who opposes them
Most of them love to "talk tough" but are cowardly bullies. The insane ones will act on their
violent fantasies, however, and attack the Capitol building.
They use threats, violent rhetoric, and violent imagery as if it were justified and acceptable.
They entertain fantasies of violence, bloodshed, and torture reminiscent of Nazi fascism under Hitler.
A piano wire and a blow torch ?? WTF is wrong with you??
p.s. We should take piano wire and a blowtorch to all that crap you sold on Overstock.
Nothing but junk that other stores couldn't sell.
barbtries
(29,317 posts)considering where he is it would have to be in absentia I guess, but this is stochastic terrorism. Words like this translate into dead bodies. he sounds seriously mentally impaired in this clip.
tinymontgomery
(2,608 posts)Bluethroughu
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Mawspam2
(826 posts)Playingmantis
(199 posts)Who the Hell does he think he is kidding???!!!
I am going to cut his nuts off and shove them down his throat when i see him.. all metaphorically speaking, of course!
Hekate
(93,384 posts)Zambero
(9,344 posts)Just threaten them with violent death if they have the audacity to hold caught-in-the-act criminals accountable.
Mr. Mustard 2023
(206 posts)...he's declaring himself in front of a judge. Funny how that works huh?
"On Friday, he downplayed his comments, saying he had been speaking metaphorically and is committed to peace."
Yep, the "oh so tough" white male Republicon fake "Christians" don't know how to manage disagreement and or failure because they've never had to admit to failure (when white men fail) and certainly never anticipated the consequences of their actions.
Until now.
You're not going to do a goddamn thing Mr. Patrick Burn. You're going to whimper and hide, like all "oh so tough" white male Republicon "Christians" do when they're confronted by the law, or the public sick of their shite.
No Mr. Burn, I don't believe a word you say because you're just like the Deadbeat. A coward.
Bluethroughu
(5,575 posts)Inciting violence and threatening law enforcement is against the law. Break down his door and shut him in a prison until trial.
keep_left
(2,104 posts)...apparently placed here to infiltrate various organizations, including the NRA. Naturally, being a big Trump fanboy, Byrne was also part of the January 6 plot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/business/overstock-paul-byrne-maria-butina-affair.html
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mountain grammy
(26,987 posts)the court of supremes has ruled.. the worst cimes are being poor, addicted, mentally ill or physically disabled, and homeless. The biggest criminals of them all have immunity.