Far-right platforms were swarming with death threats against migrants after DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt: report

Venezuelan migrants stand outside St. Andrew’s Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, U. S.

September 14, 2022Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY Far-right platforms were reportedly filled with threats against migrants after Gov. DeSantis’ political stunt. The Florida governor flew dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard earlier this month.

Users on the forums suggested that the migrants should be killed at the border.   Multiple far-right platforms were riddled with death threats against migrants in the wake of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ move to transport migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, VICE reported.

The comments were made on platforms like 4chan and TheDonald, a Trump-supporting messaging board, shortly after the migrants — mainly from Venezuela– were flown to the Massachusetts island from San Antonio, Texas, earlier this month, per the report, citing research from Advance Democracy.  “You fucking idiots you just let more illegals permanently into our country. Just kill them at this point, that would actually deter them,” one user wrote on TheDonald, later adding, “Just kill the illegals.

Especially the repeat offenders,” the outlet reported. Another user on the messaging board insisted that “instead of sending migrants to blue states, I’d propose we drive them out to a barren field, give them some shovels, and tell them to start digging,” according to VICE. Per the report,  the comment continued: “Once they’ve dug a deep enough trench, armed men come up and shoot them.

The bodies are dissolved and burned, and the trench is then covered up. Rinse and repeat. “It comes after an effort from GOP-led states to send migrants to sanctuary cities as a blow at liberals and President Joe Biden’s border policies.

DeSantis took credit for sending about 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard without warning on Sept. 14, which was met with backlash from Democrats. Officials said that the migrants were eventually moved to Joint Base Cape Cod, where they will receive “shelter and humanitarian support.

” Boston-based lawyers who filed a lawsuit on behalf of the migrants said that they were left “traumatized” after being trusted into a political tug of war and are uncertain of what’s next for them.  “They’re scared, they’re traumatized, and they don’t know what’s going to happen next,” attorney Jacob Love told Insider’s Natalie Musumeci. “It’s going to take them a long time to get over this.

“People on 4chan’s “politically incorrect” /pol/ board mimicked similar violent threats against the migrants, recommending “shooting them at the fucking border,” according to VICE.   Even some members on the platform spoke about targeting Democratic politicians. “We will see a civil [war] because the left will never back down on its plan to destroy America,” the user wrote, according to the outlet.

“Just wake me when the shooting starts. I already have a list of every Democrat for miles and enough rope for them and their family. “Read the original article on Insider.