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00:02 Colorado Supreme Court justices faced threats on social media after ruling to remove Donald
00:06 Trump from the Republican primary ballot in the state.
00:09 Advanced Democracy, a non-profit, identified significant violent rhetoric against the justices
00:13 on platforms like Truth Social in response to Trump's posts about the ruling.
00:18 Threats called for killing the justices using various methods like guns, knives, and bombs.
00:22 The threats fit a pattern seen after other legal developments against Trump, like the
00:25 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago and the Georgia election interference indictment.
00:29 Daniel Jones of Advanced Democracy said the consistency of violent threats was concerning
00:33 and called for social media platforms and leaders to take more action against this type
00:37 of rhetoric.
00:38 Spokespeople for the Colorado Supreme Court and Trump's campaign did not comment on the
00:42 threats at the time the article was published.
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