Sarasota Woman Sentenced For TikTok Threats Targeting MAGA Supporters

SARASOTA, FL — A Sarasota woman will spend 14 months in federal prison after she was convicted of threatening "Make America Great Again" supporters on social media.

Desiree Doreen Segari, 41, was sentenced on May 5, four months after a jury found her guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe.

According to evidence presented at her trial, on Aug. 17, 2025, Segari posted a video on TikTok calling for MAGA supporters to be shot on sight.

In the video, Segari stated, “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.

She went on to say, “Put them back in their basements, make them scared again to be racist, homophobic, and terrible just awful [expletive],” and “MAGA people deserve to be terrified and scared to walk in the streets because they should know that real Americans are gonna [mouths expletive] kill them.”

When Segari posted the video, she included a caption: “#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.”

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Sinacore.