{"id":667291,"date":"2026-09-12T12:24:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=667291"},"modified":"2026-09-12T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:24:44","slug":"aoc-warns-of-racial-terror-and-widespread-modern-day-lynchings-but-dems-have-one-small-problem-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=667291","title":{"rendered":"AOC warns of \u2018racial terror\u2019 and \u2018widespread modern-day lynchings,\u2019 but Dems have one small problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sg-aoc2-1200-x-628-1200x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-facebook size-facebook wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p>There is one certainty in an election year, and that\u2019s Democrats whipping up their black base into a state of hysteria over modern-day lynchings, a cynical but predictable ploy to mobilize their voters.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/pressley.house.gov\/2026\/09\/10\/breaking-pressley-leads-nearly-60-lawmakers-demanding-investigation-into-black-people-found-hanging-invokes-legacy-of-lynching-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, chronic race baiter Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and nearly 60 other Democrat lawmakers \u2013 including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) \u2013 demanded that the Justice Department and the FBI launch a \u201cthorough, transparent, and comprehensive federal investigation into the numerous incidents of Black people found hanging across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack folks are being found hanged in America,\u201d Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepPressley\/status\/2098122677424640000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proclaimed<\/a>. \u201cThis is a national crisis and we CANNOT stand by while strange fruit hangs from trees across the country. We\u2019re demanding a federal investigation NOW so we can stop modern-day lynchings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter referenced a highly dubious <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1twIekbOTlto0wEtY0uAL_0IW__VV1Ity\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from a civil rights activist organization that alleges \u201cmore than 70 modern-day lynchings in the United States between 2000 and 2025\u201d have taken place, although some have noted that the numbers are misleading and that the \u201clynchings\u201d include suicides and homicides.<\/p>\n<p>AOC proudly touted her participation in a Thursday post to X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This year, there have already been 10 reported hangings of Black people in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud to have signed onto <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepPressley<\/a> \u2018s letter to address these widespread modern-day lynchings and put a stop to this racial terror. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISo20mbLyg\">https:\/\/t.co\/ISo20mbLyg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAOC\/status\/2098170460013834536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis year, there have already been 10 reported hangings of Black people in the U.S.,\u201d the socialist diva wrote. \u201cI\u2019m proud to have signed onto @RepPressley\u2018s letter to address these widespread modern-day lynchings and put a stop to this racial terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AOC was fact-checked by an X user note that pointed out: \u201cMost reported 2026 Black hangings were ruled suicides by police\/MEs with no foul play (e.g. Bassinga, Nzita, Jackson). One (Fortune) is a homicide probe pending autopsy, Black POI. None confirmed as lynchings or racial terror,\u201d and provided links to news reports debunking the sensationalist claims of an epidemic of black folks being strung up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInaction by the federal government is tantamount to complicity. This is part of the legacy of racial terror in the United States, and this neglect has long-term consequences,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cNot only are innocent lives lost, but lynching inflicts deep traumatic and psychological wounds on family members, neighbors, and the entire Black community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And of course there is the obligatory reference to Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy who was an actual lynching victim \u2013 in 1955 Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress enacted the Emmett Till Antilynching Act in 2022 to ensure the DOJ and FBI are empowered to fully investigate suspicious deaths and hold individuals accountable,\u201d the Democrats said. \u201cIt is incumbent upon you to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>X users broke out the firehoses on AOC and her fellow racial arsonists by sharing key details that were conveniently left out of the Democratic lawmakers\u2019 letter.<\/p>\n<p>One prominent conservative influencer pointed out that one of the \u201clynchings\u201d is just another death by black, a REAL epidemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can I read about this in the Washington Post? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H9h1QC2VSy\">https:\/\/t.co\/H9h1QC2VSy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/redsteeze\/status\/2098566379670835540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police in Jackson, Mississippi, arrested Jacques Ratliff \u2013 a black man \u2013 who was charged with homicide in the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune \u2013 a black woman \u2013 who was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in August.<\/p>\n<p>More reactions to the racial agitators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Most of the 2026 cases cited (Kyle Bassinga GA, Juliana Nzita NC, To\u2019Nea Miller FL, Justice James GA, Jerard Jackson MI, Raleigh 32yo NC, others) were officially ruled suicides with no evidence of foul play or any murderer.<\/p>\n<p>Tasia Fortune (MS) is under homicide investigation;\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grok (@grok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grok\/status\/2098289891524182342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">60 Democrats, or nearly 30% of the caucus, signed onto this letter that falsely claims there is an epidemic of racist lynchings of black people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wYmIla2dso\">https:\/\/t.co\/wYmIla2dso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/2098560133664026836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s a story of a terrible race-based lynching. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cuuVpXkrRi\">https:\/\/t.co\/cuuVpXkrRi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Horton (@scotthortonshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/scotthortonshow\/status\/2098230919307907481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is absolutely insane, because these were proven suicides, and a murder by a womans boyfriend. AOC is literally stirring up false racial hate crimes when a man was actually for no reason on a bench in Austin this week she said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Kuan Yimby (@LeeKuanYimby) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeeKuanYimby\/status\/2098283155463520439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the last \u201clynching\u201d of a Black woman, the media conveniently left out the prime suspect in the case was her Black boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Zero White people are lynching Black people in America today.<\/p>\n<p>Zero. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JVvFY2nAK1\">pic.twitter.com\/JVvFY2nAK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattvanswol\/status\/2098354854779330860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you want to know how far the Democrat party has fallen since 9\/11, consider that Polymarket thinks this shameless anti-White bigot is their leading candidate for President.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Carl (@realJeremyCarl) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realJeremyCarl\/status\/2098393725248655600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The popular Libs of TikTok account accused the two \u201cSquad\u201d members of trying to foment a race war and shouted out to community notes for foiling them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ayanna Pressley and AOC are trying to start a race war with lies about about black people being hanged<\/p>\n<p>They were all suicides. Only one is being investigated as a homicide and the person of interest is black.<\/p>\n<p>They can\u2019t get away with lying so blatantly anymore thanks to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bS46ZxwMZR\">pic.twitter.com\/bS46ZxwMZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2098445234182967338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAyanna Pressley and AOC are trying to start a race war with lies about about black people being hanged,\u201d LOTT wrote. \u201cThey were all suicides. Only one is being investigated as a homicide and the person of interest is black. They can\u2019t get away with lying so blatantly anymore thanks to community notes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis letter demands a thorough, transparent, and comprehensive federal investigation into every hanging death of a Black individual across the United States. At a minimum, each investigation, with permission of the decedents\u2019 families, should include an independent autopsy, an audit of local and state law enforcement investigations, review of physical and testimonial evidence, and a final report submitted to Congress explaining the agency\u2019s findings. The letter also calls for robust data collection that tracks the hanging deaths of Black people in a transparent and systematic manner,\u201d the race-baiting Democrats wrote in their demand letter.<\/p>\n<p>Ginning up racial animosity has long been the bread and butter for the Democrats, and they will NEVER give it up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sg-aoc2-1200-x-628-1200x630.jpg\" title=\"AOC warns of \u2018racial terror\u2019 and \u2018widespread modern-day lynchings,\u2019 but Dems have one small problem\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is one certainty in an election year, and that\u2019s Democrats whipping up their black base into a state of hysteria over modern-day lynchings, a cynical but predictable ploy to mobilize their voters. In a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, chronic race baiter Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and nearly&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=667291\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AOC warns of \u2018racial terror\u2019 and \u2018widespread modern-day lynchings,\u2019 but Dems have one small problem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":667285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=667291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/667285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=667291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=667291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=667291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}