Cesar Sayoc Jr. , the 56 - year - honest-to-god Floridian apprehend in connection to a rash of pipage - bomb mailings directed at many of President Trump ’s foremost political opponents , has a considerable criminal account ( among them , a previous arrest for a pipe - bomb threat , accordingto the Washington Post . ) But Sayoc ’s chronicle of violent threat was public and sheer to see for any of the 700 or so followers of what look to be his two account on Twitter .
The account , which remain active at the fourth dimension of issue , each include photo of Sayoc alongside a slew of crude political memes and threats to high - visibility public bod .
image provided by law enforcement of Sayoc ’s van — shellacked with pro - Trump propaganda stickers — call forth an ideological image of a man corroborate by look at his digital history : one who believes Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg to be part of afalse sword lily functioning , or thatGeorge Soros(often used among the far right hand as synecdoche for some version of a spheric Jewish monetary conspiracy ) is shadowy figure behind a variety of political acts . But Sayoc also used Twitter to directly jeopardize a number of public figures , include former Attorney General Eric Holder , who would have a rudimentary pipe bomb plow to him a few short weeks afterthis tweetwas get off . CNN White House correspondentJim Acostawas also threatened in a tweet .
Other recipients of threats from either @hardrock2016 or @hardrockintlent let in : actorsJim Carey , Ron Howard , Kathy Griffin , Whoopi Goldberg , andHenry Fonda , directorRob Reiner , SenatorsJeff Flake , Sheldon Whitehouse , Elizabeth Warren , Kristen Gillibrand , and Senate Minority LeaderChuck Schumer , CongressmanLuis Gutierrez , former Vice PresidentJoe Biden , Hawaii Senate candidateMazie Hirono , antifa(all of them , I guess ) , and journalistJamie Peck .
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He also menace former congressional popular press secretaryRochelle Ritchie , who says shereported the tweet to Twitter . agree to a screenshot posted by Ritchie , the platform review the tweet and institute “ no violation of the Twitter Rules against scurrilous behavior . ”
Many of the threats informed the intended target area they ’d be taking an “ airboat ride ” in the Florida Everglade ( presumably a riff on the “ spare helicopter drive ” meme among internet fascists meant to reference the unrelenting sovereignty of Augusto Pinochet ) and to “ squeeze your loved ones real nigh every sentence you get out you menage . ” Often these were go with by picture of animal gore .
Twitter specificallyprohibits“threats of vehemence or wish for the serious strong-arm harm , death , or disease of an individual or grouping of people ” andclaimsthat “ excessively ghastly medium is subject to remotion . ” Reached for comment , a Twitter spokesperson told Gizmodo only that , “ This is an on-going practice of law enforcement investigation . We do not have a commentary . ”
Update 10/26/18 2:43pm : Shortly after publishing of this story , yet another mail bomb was discovered — addressed to billionaire Tom Steyer . In what is unconvincing to be a coincidence , Steyer is among the individualspersonally threatenedby Sayoc via Twitter .
Update 10/26/18 5:47pm : Both report have since been suspend by Twitter .
Update 10/26/18 9:48pm : Via prescribed Twitter Safety write up , the platform has personally rationalize to Rochelle Ritchie and claims to be investigating the clear lapse in judgment that let a direct threat take place the content critical review process .
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In a abide by - up tweets the weapons platform total that , “ We desire Twitter to be a place where people feel secure , and we screw we have caboodle of piece of work to do . ”
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