Thread by @DrDenaGrayson

🚨“Operation Occupy the Capitol"

The seditionists made little secret of their violent plot in Instagram and Facebook posts in December, and there were MANY warning signs on extremist sites and mainstream social media that were ignored by law enforcement.

nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…

On the fringe right-wing site 8kun (popular with QAnon followers), users talked for WEEKS about a "siege of the Capitol," some as if it were a foregone conclusion. Others debated how violent the uprising should be, and if police should be exempt.

This is DOMESTIC TERRORISM.🤬

An 8kun user posted just 1 day before the coup attempt: "You can go to Washington on Jan 6 and help storm the Capitol. As many Patriots as can be. We will storm the government buildings, kill cops, kill security guards, kill federal employees and agents, and demand a recount.”🤬

Some users responded: “Why kill cops and security guards? I was under the impression *the enemies were the high government officials* and the rest are uninformed masses?”

Trump knowingly incited these violent seditionists, while leaders were INSIDE the Capitol.

#RemoveTrump

Before the violent insurrection, there was a substantial uptick in insurrectionist hashtags both on extremist sites and on the open web, specifically a large bump in traffic around the hashtags “1776” and “Occupy” in the night before the rally.

WHY WAS THE THREAT IGNORED⁉️

‼️After the arrest of the Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio by DC police in the aftermath of the siege of the Capitol, members of the group **threatened online to “burn down” the Capitol**.

The Proud Boys should be designated as a domestic terrorism organization.🤬

Trump, the Seditionist-in-Chief, urged his violent supporters to join his DC rally in the days before the siege. Once at the rally, he urged his supporters to march on the Capitol just before the violent insurrection.

REMOVE TRUMP NOW.🤬

#RemoveTrump #GOPSedition