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Brandon Griesemer was arrested for making 22 phone calls to CNN where he threatened to commit mass murder in the name of gunning down “fake news.”

CBS46 in Atlanta reported:

According to federal court documents obtained by CBS46 Monday, 19-year-old Brandon Griesemer made 22 calls to CNN earlier this month.

It began with claims of “fake news” and ended with threats of violence.

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Griesemer told a CNN operator, among other things, “Fake news. I’m coming to gun you all down.”

He then called again, saying “I’m smarter than you. More powerful than you. I have more guns than you. More manpower. Your cast is about to get gunned down in a matter of hours.”

Griesemer continued, “I am coming to Georgia right now to go to the CNN headquarters to f—ing gun every single last one of you.”

The accused also made racially motivated comments against blacks and Muslims.

Trump’s attacks on CNN could have gotten innocent people killed. A Trump supporter was willing to commit a mass shooting to silence the free press.

Trump wants to cause fear in the press

This is exactly what Donald Trump wants. He wants the United States to be an authoritarian country where journalists have to risk their lives to report the facts. Trump wants the media to be afraid because he is trying to bully them into only providing fawning Fox News style coverage of his White House.

Donald Trump has never disavowed any of the violence carried out in his name. From offering to pay the legal fees of his supporters if they attacked protesters at his campaign events to defending the white supremacists at Charlottesville as good people, Trump’s only interest has been to inflame division and violence. Trump’s Twitter rants aren’t harmless. They are inviting and inspiring people to acts of violence.

The potential CNN mass shooter was caught, but America may not be so lucky next time.

Trump’s rhetoric is going to get innocent people killed, and that blood will be on the hands of this president and his Republican enablers.