‘I just fell to the ground’: Some of Trump and Musk’s most public supporters targeted in a wave of swatting incidents

[RamsayBolton]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/media/trump-musk-conservative-influencers-swatting/index.html

Taunton, who has more than 177,000 followers on X and more than 140,000 YouTube subscribers, is one of at least a dozen influencers who have been “swatted” in the last two weeks. Swatting is a crime that involves making a bogus emergency call claiming a horrific emergency is taking place – often a shooting – to draw police and first responders to a person’s home.


Almost all the influencers who have publicized their recent swattings are conservative supporters of President Donald Trump. Many have also interacted with top Trump adviser and donor Elon Musk on X over the years, with Musk either replying to them or reposting their X posts. The swattings are happening as Tesla owners and dealerships are experiencing a wave of vandalism in backlash against the company’s billionaire CEO, and his Department of Government Efficiency.


The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security say they’re investigating this latest rash of swattings, which these influencers say could easily turn deadly.

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

This is stupid. If it's in fact leftists behind this, they're just making martyrs of them.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's an inside job to make themselves look like victims and giving them clout.