Sarasota Woman Guilty Of Making MAGA Death Threats On TikTok: U.S. DOJ

SARASOTA, FL — A federal jury found a Sarasota woman guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure after she made death threats against MAGA supporters on TikTok, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.

Desiree Segari, 41, faces up to five years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is set for May 15.

She was indicted on Sept. 18.

Segari posted an Aug. 17 video on TikTok “calling for MAGA supporters to be shot on sight,” the DOJ said.

In the video, she said, “So, if we all get our guns and use our Second Amendment right…and you see somebody with a MAGA hat, ‘pew pew’ that’s what we do. That’s the way; it’s the only way.”

While saying “pew pew,” Segari used hand gestures mimicking the firing of a gun, the department said.

She further stated, “Put them back in their basements, make them scared again to be racist, homophobic, and terrible just awful [expletive].”

Segari added, “MAGA people deserve to be terrified and scared to walk in the streets because they should know that real Americans are gonna [expletive] kill them.”

When Segari posted the video, she included a caption that read: “#seemagapewpewmaga starting a new trend, hope it catches on. Please spread the word. Share this video. Repost it. Use the hashtag all over the internet. Let's go guys. It's time to fight back in a potentially effective manner.”

The next day, she posted another video on TikTok, in which she said, “See MAGA pew pew MAGA, see MAGA pew pew MAGA, see MAGA pew pew MAGA so these [expletive] know we ain’t here to play,” while again using hand gestures to mimic the firing of a gun, the DOJ said.

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