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The ‘free speech’ app used by US Capitol rioters is an unsettling place where the far right interacts with mainstream conservatives

“Civil war is coming.” I saw this message on the social media platform Parler in November, about two weeks after the election was called for Joe Biden. The ominous post followed an even more harrowing message from a different user. “[O]ur people have guns too … it’s time for us to use it!!! Just like in old days.” The poster embedded a photograph of a noose. Parler, which has since been banned by Apple’s app store and from Amazon, has billed...

Gloating on Parler over DC Violence as Trump Tries to Calm Mob He Unleashed On 1/6/21 at 4:39 PM EST Conservatives on the social media platform Parler encouraged demonstrators engaged in Wednesday protests over the certification of the Electoral College votes at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Members of Congress were gathered in a joint session to certify the Electoral College presidential victory of President-elect Joe Biden. Some Republicans had previously announced their intent to challenge...

Its eposticy. we reemed out to jerry falwell junior, president mike pence and the rnc. we got no response at all. we had pat robertson who declined to comment. we did get one comment from somebody who asked whether this was okay with them. robert jeffress said if i thought president donald trump was trying to equate himself with the only true mess sayah, jesus christ, i would be the first to speak out. however, thats not what hes doing. trump has been a friend of mine for four years and i can as...

Watching s.e. cupp on your show and i couldnt believe shes saying that the president said this because its a woman and hes against women? first hes against jews -- >> i didnt say hes against anything. im saying hes saying stupid things. >> youre challenging me on wayne root -- >> you jumped to the defensive. i was going to leave root alone. i was going to do you a favor. you jumped into that mud. now you got it on you. thats not on me. >> youre saying things that wayne root should defend. >> you...

Maybe even stop at aipaying tax >> were coming to tear it down. were coming to rip it out. were coming to kick your ass. >> reporter: the incendiary rhetoric is being echoed now by some trump supporters. >> if it actually happened, are you saying we cant? isnt that what d.c. is for, to breath our frustration? >> reporter: this man telling the "wall street journal" he would take matters into his own hands if clinton is elected. >> there is going to be probably a movement to where we will go and t...

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