Man arrested for threatening to kill Obama

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 August 26, 2024

A mentally disturbed man from Tennessee was arrested for threatening to kill Barack Obama, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.

Kyle Alton Hall, 37, was charged with two counts of threats to a sitting President and Vice President and one count of a threat to a former President. Each count carries up to five years in federal prison.

Threats against Obama

The threats appeared on July 27 on X, where Hall threatened to "kill, assassinate, shoot, and crash the plane of President Biden, assassinate Vice President Harris, and assassinate former President Obama."

Hall's family said he has a history of homelessness and mental illness. His mother told WREG that Hall hears the voices of Obama and Biden.

“It hurts us what he’s going through mentally, there’s nothing we can do for him. We tried. try to get him on meds, sent him to the hospital and stuff so he can get help. There’s not much more we can do,” said Sharron Hall.

Hall's father said he has been to jail before, and it is not the place for him.

“He doesn’t need to spend time in jail he’s done that and that’s done nothing but make things worse for him,” said his father Kenneth Hall.

Demonizing Trump

Police arrested Hall on July 30, days after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt. After the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, politicians on both sides condemned political violence and agreed to dial down their rhetoric.

But tensions have returned, as last week's Democratic National Convention made clear. Democrats demonized Trump repeatedly, mentioning him more often than the economy and the border.

Prosecutors returned an indictment against Hall on August 20, the second day of the DNC. Obama used his convention speech to take a vulgar swipe at Trump's manhood, despite rare praise from Trump earlier that day.

"I happen to like him. I respect him and I respect his wife," Trump said before Obama's remarks.

Nancy Pelosi doubled down on calling Trump a threat to democracy, likening him to King George III and the Confederacy - just weeks after Trump survived an assassin's bullet.

An Arizona man and registered sex offender was charged last week with threatening to kill Trump as the former president visited the southern border.

Hall is due back in court Wednesday on unrelated charges of False Pretense, receiving stolen property, contempt of court, and being a fugitive from justice.

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