

On Friday, a federal magistrate set Comiskey’s bond at $50,000. Take you down like Trayvon,” referring to the 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager, in Florida.

In a final post on 17 September 2021, Comiskey wrote: “on’t come to Florida us libs have big guns here and we stand our ground. She is a true waste of life! Someone exercise their second amendment right to her face! Since the is a failure and is incompetent at charging her for being a terrorist it’s time to do it ourselves! Pew pew Lauren.” In other posts, Comiskey encouraged others to harm Boebert, tweeting on 15 September 2021: “Someone needs to put Lauren down like a sick dog.

In one tweet posted on 31 August 2021, Comiskey wrote: “If I ever see Lauren I’d be glad to take her out and go to prison. Starting on 31 August 2021, Comiskey allegedly made several Twitter posts threatening Boebert’s life, as was first reported by the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.Īccording to court documents that were unsealed on Friday, Comiskey posted about hurting the US House representative several times. Authorities arrested Matthew Lee Comiskey of Palm Beach county, Florida, on Friday and charged him with five felony counts of making interstate threats.
