Article in Media Matters by Eric Hananoki, 10/15/24
Headline: ” ‘Your time is coming when Trump wins’: MAGA media figures claim FEMA committed treason”
Subhead: “One commentator said: ‘Hang them by the necks till they’re dead … I believe it’s way past time for an armed revolution.’ “
Article lists commenters and their opinions about retribution for perceived “treason”
“Numerous Trump-aligned media figures have accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its officials of committing treason over its handling of Hurricane Helene.
“Those right-wing figures have said that ‘whoever is running FEMA is guilty of treason your time is coming when Trump wins’; that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ‘should be in prison for the treason he has perpetrated against this country’; and that someone should ‘hang’ government officials “by the necks till they’re dead and let their dead bodies rot while people see what is done to treasonous government. … I believe it’s way past time for an armed revolution.’ ”