As chronicled at Twitchy, Obama supporters’ explicit death threats targeting Mitt Romney have proliferated since he accepted the GOP presidential nomination.
- #FUCKROMNEY: Hate and death threats greet Romney’s RNC speech
- Twitter user threatens to assassinate Mitt Romney
- Conservatives chronicle Romney death threats, face false reports
- Death threats against Mitt Romney proliferate
- Post-presidential debate, Obama supporters renew vows to murder Mitt Romney
Twitchy readers have been bringing these threatening tweets to the attention of Secret Service, but many of the Twitter users who threatened Mitt Romney are still actively tweeting. The Weekly Standard contacted the Secret Service to see if the assassination threats are being addressed.
“The Secret Service is aware of this and will conduct appropriate follow up if necessary,” Brian Leary, a spokesman for the United States Secret Service, says in an email.
Glad to hear the Secret Service will be taking appropriate actions regarding these awful threats against @MittRomney http://t.co/8dTILTaF
— Andrew Powaleny ? (@AndrewPowaleny) October 18, 2012
Some Twitter users think the Secret Service may not be doing enough. They believe there’s no question about whether follow up is necessary.
AWARE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT IT? PRAY FOR PROTECTION.Secret Service 'Aware' of Threats Against Romney http://t.co/hHwtVYZx
— KNOWLEDGE IS POWER (@1776Revisited) October 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/Lelia888/status/258921090724802560
Meanwhile, the Left side of the Twittersphere thinks the Secret Service should focus on super serious threats, like Tagg Romney telling a radio host he wanted to “take a swing” at President Obama during Tuesday night’s debate.
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Can’t the Secret Service haul away the Romney boy for making threats?
— SwedeTrap (@SwedeTrap) October 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/derickamerica/status/258772286298009600
Mitt's son Tagg went on THE RADIO and said he wanted to "rush down to debate stage and take a swing at" Obama last night #SecretService?
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) October 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/kaytruly/status/258727031422992384
https://twitter.com/DarthWeiner75/status/258725104333230080
Secret Service, FBI and CIA need to add that rich, whiny, disrespectful Tagg Romney to list of potential threats to POTUS.
— PTwitG (@PTwit0) October 18, 2012
Is the Secret Service going to do something about these threats to our President from terrorist Tagg Romney?
— (((Alexis Jiménez))) (@BernardLeCroix) October 18, 2012
Actual death threats against Mitt Romney? No biggie. Romney’s son expressing his annoyance in an offhand remark? Terrorist! Lock him up!
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