Summary
An anti-Trump conservative summit in Washington, DC, was evacuated Sunday due to a “credible bomb threat” allegedly sent by an account claiming to represent Enrique Tarrio, former Proud Boys leader.
The threat, which named several high-profile attendees, remains unverified by police. Tarrio, who was arrested over the weekend, denied involvement and threatened legal action.
The event, an alternative to CPAC, featured prominent anti-Trump conservatives and ex-law enforcement officers who had clashed with Tarrio earlier.
DC tensions were heightened amid the CPAC gathering and related protests.
Read the article again; it says “an account claiming to represent Enrique Tarrio, former Proud Boys leader”. This isn’t just right wing; this guy is a straight up far right fascist and could credibly toss a bomb at the summit.
Here’s a tip: real bombers don’t call in a bomb threat. They just do it.
This. They just do the work, and then if they feel like it they do a video or whatever claiming responsibility and whatever afterward. That’s how Al-Qaeda did it on 9/11/2001. They just hijacked the planes and hit the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, then Osama bin-Laden released a statement afterwards. He didn’t announce the attack beforehand. That day would have gone much differently if he had. But this isn’t like some comic book or Saturday morning cartoon where the villains go on some monologue about their fiendish plot before they do it.