As Donald Trump stokes the fires of “rigged” elections and “Second Amendment remedies” at his rallies, signs are clear his supporters are taking the bait hook line and sinker. Case in point: At a Cincinnati, Ohio rally late last week, 50-year-old Dan Bowman called for Hillary Clinton’s assassination should she become president.

“I feel like Hillary needs to be taken out,” Bowman told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in an interview at the rally. “If she gets into government I’ll do everything in my power to take her out of power…which, if I have to be a patriot, I will.”

“What does that mean?” asked the WSJ reporter.

“Take it any way you want to take it,” Bowman replied.

“That sounds like a threat,” the reporter commented.

“I’m a patriot!” Bowman said.

“Is that a physical threat?” the reporter probed.

“I don’t know. Is it?” Bowman said. He added, “I won’t have to myself. There’s gonna be probably a movement to where we will go and take them out of power.”

“It sounds like you’re saying it would be acceptable to assassinate a president,” the reporter commented, getting back to the threat against Clinton’s life.

“If she’s corrupt, why should she be able to stay in office?” he said. “Answer that question.”

The Boston Globe also spoke with Bowman where he commented, “If she’s in office, I hope we can start a coup. She should be in prison or shot. That’s how I feel about it.” he added, “We’re going to have a revolution and take them out of office if that’s what it takes. There’s going to be a lot of bloodshed. But that’s what it’s going to take. . . . I would do whatever I can for my country.”

Bowman’s comments weren’t an outlier at the Ohio rally. Reporters from virtually every news organization reported the anger, tension and abhorrence of all media as the rally began. Trump continued claiming that the election will not only be rigged but that the media are complicit in that fraud.

Speaking with CNN, Boston Globe reporter Matt Viser described what can only foreshadow the telltale signs of a Trump attempt to subvert the democratic election this fall by making people question the very integrity of the democracy.

“Very quickly those conversations turned toward violence,” he said. Viser added, “We heard assassination of Hillary Clinton. A coup. A revolution sort of if Hillary Clinton ends up winning.”

He went on to comment that people there very much bought into Trump’s “Second Amendment remedies” recommendation suggesting people violently overthrow the government if Clinton wins.

“That language is sort of leading at least some of his supporters to sort of engage in some of the violent rhetoric,” Viser said.

Here’s video of Bowman calling for Clinton’s assassination:

Peacock Panache readers:

Tim Peacock is the Managing Editor and founder of Peacock Panache and has worked as a civil rights advocate for over twenty years. During that time he’s worn several hats including leading on campus LGBTQ advocacy in the University of Missouri campus system, interning with the Colorado Civil Rights Division, and volunteering at advocacy organizations. You can learn more about him at his personal website.

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