Far-right Donald Trump supporters celebrate his victory with violent memes and calls for execution
Similar comments were shared in response to former Trump strategist Steve Bannon’s victory speech, broadcast live from the rooftop of the Willard Hotel in Washington DC on election night.
“You stole the 2020 election, you mocked and mocked and put people in jail and ruined people’s lives because you said this thing was hacked,” Bannon said during his broadcast. steal”. “This whole fake thing is being swept away. Biden is being swept out. Kamala Harris is being swept out. MSNBC is being wiped out. The Justice Department is being wiped out. The FBI is being wiped out. You people are terrible, and now you will pay the price for trying to destroy this country.”
“A military tribunal awaits!” someone replied on X. “I want to see perp walk” another wrote. “Military executions are about to take place,” another post read. “The new DOJ must use armed attacks on deeply Democratic statehouses! Drag their asses into the streets, like they did to our people!!”
Many other social media posts seen by WIRED were very wrongful in nature. The gender dynamics at play in this race are especially clear, with Harris promising to protect women’s medical freedoms while Trump aggressively pursues youth. male demographics that has become increasingly culturally conservative.
A viral meme that was widely shared across platforms on Wednesday was captioned “PROJECT RELEASE 2025 RAPE DISEASE HANDMAIDS STORY.” “BREAKING: Millions of women report maid duty after Trump’s stunning win,” another wrote on Patriots.win. Some of these memes have also been shared on Telegram channels for Proud Boy chapters.
Another person on Patriots.win shared an AI meme of Trump shirtless in a boxing ring. “The first man in history to defeat two women,” the text on the meme reads. The person who posted the article wrote: “Beating two women to death.” “Considering women, I support that.” Fort Wayne Proud Boys shared an image on Telegram with a picture of Harris and the words “Projected winner; Whore of the year.”
Christopher Pohlhaus, known by the nickname “Hammer”, leader of the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe, also cheered for Trump’s victory. “Thank you Trump,” he wrote. “Cheaper gas will make it easier to spread White Power across the country.”
White nationalist Nicholas Fuentes endorsed X. “Your body, my choice. Forever,” he wrote Tuesday night. And he continued on Wednesday: “I just want to take this opportunity to thank the men who saved this country from the idiots who want to destroy the world to continue abortion.”
Lauren Witzke, a far-right activist, shared images on Telegram showing Trump posing with a group of white male college students from Iowa State University. “Shout out to men, especially white men, who use force to put women back in their place.”
In an X post to his nearly 100,000 followers, Evan Kilgore, an “ambassador” for Turning Point USA, praised a potential upcoming crackdown on minorities, LGBTQ people, immigrants and women. “Women, go back to the kitchen; Abortion, illegal; Gays, go back to the closet; Interracial marriage, prohibited; Illegal, pack your bags; Transgender people, returned to refugee camps; God, please go back to our schools,” he wrote. “We are back.”
“I was promised Hitler nonsense. I demand damn Hitler,” another wrote on Patriots.win. “When do we start rounding up all the gay people in camp?” wrote another. “I was told this would happen.”
