Gabbard Obama Coup Claims Fuel Far-Right Violence Threats Online

US Direc­tor of Nation­al Intel­li­gence Tul­si Gab­bard’s alle­ga­tions of an Oba­ma admin­is­tra­tion “coup” have sparked a mas­sive surge in vio­lent threats against the for­mer pres­i­dent across far-right social media plat­forms. On 22 July 2025, the Glob­al Project Against Hate and Extrem­ism report­ed that com­ments tar­get­ing Oba­ma as trea­so­nous and deserv­ing of exe­cu­tion increased by 1,100% on Truth Social fol­low­ing Gab­bard’s viral Twit­ter post alleg­ing a “years-long coup” and “trea­so­nous con­spir­a­cy,” with users call­ing for fir­ing squads, pub­lic hang­ings, and mil­i­tary tri­bunals. The report begins:

On July 18, Direc­tor of Nation­al Intel­li­gence Tul­si Gab­bard made a post on Twit­ter alleg­ing “the most pow­er­ful peo­ple in the Oba­ma admin­is­tra­tion,” includ­ing for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma, were involved in a “years-long coup” and a “trea­so­nous con­spir­a­cy” against Don­ald Trump. Her post quick­ly went viral, amass­ing over 13 mil­lion views over the week­end, and gal­va­nized the online fringe to fan­ta­size about vio­lence against their polit­i­cal ene­mies. Trump fanned Gab­bard’s flames, shar­ing a racist AI-gen­er­at­ed video of Oba­ma being arrest­ed on Truth Social, which Trump owns.

            Read more: https://globalextremism.org/post/gabbards-claims-that-obama-staged-a-coup/

Key Points

• Truth Social com­ments tar­get­ing Oba­ma for trea­son and exe­cu­tion rose from three to 36 between July 17–20, peak­ing at 56 on July 19 for a 1,767% increase
• Gab plat­form saw sim­i­lar threats increase from nine to 48 com­ments, with users mak­ing racist accu­sa­tions and call­ing for lynch­ing using rope and wood
• Telegram chan­nels asso­ci­at­ed with QAnon and Proud Boys fea­tured calls to “hang them all” and “MAKE PUBLIC HANGINGS GREAT AGAIN” ref­er­enc­ing Trump’s slogan
• The vio­lent rhetoric fol­lows Trump’s pat­tern of tar­get­ing polit­i­cal oppo­nents, with judges already expe­ri­enc­ing grow­ing threats after his attacks on the judiciary

Tulsi Gabbard and the Global National Conservative Alliance

As Direc­tor of Nation­al Intel­li­gence, Tul­si Gab­bard has become a key fig­ure in the US part of the  Glob­al Nation­al Con­ser­v­a­tive Alliance, an inter­na­tion­al coali­tion of right-wing move­ments reject­ing glob­al­ism for nation­al­ist prin­ci­ples. Appoint­ed in Feb­ru­ary 2025, Gab­bard has advanced the admin­is­tra­tion’s agen­da by declas­si­fy­ing intel­li­gence to sup­port claims of an Oba­ma-led plot to sab­o­tage the 2016 elec­tion, an asser­tion wide­ly debunked by fact-check­ers as mis­lead­ing. Her actions align with the GNCA’s strat­e­gy of under­min­ing estab­lished insti­tu­tions and pro­mot­ing a nar­ra­tive of civ­i­liza­tion­al decline caused by lib­er­al policies.

How­ev­er, this ide­o­log­i­cal align­ment is test­ed by inter­nal divi­sions; Gabbard’s non-inter­ven­tion­ist stance has caused fric­tion with­in the MAGA coali­tion, par­tic­u­lar­ly over Iran, where she ini­tial­ly con­tra­dict­ed Pres­i­dent Trump’s assess­ments before revers­ing her posi­tion. This ten­sion reflects the broad­er ide­o­log­i­cal frac­tur­ing of the move­ment as it strug­gles to uni­fy its dis­parate fac­tions behind a coher­ent for­eign policy.

Exter­nal References:

1. Tul­si Gab­bard’s jour­ney to the right has been a long time coming

2. Who is Tul­si Gab­bard? Meet Trump’s pick for direc­tor of nation­al intelligence

3. Gabbard’s Unfound­ed ‘Trea­son’ Claim Against GOP Senator

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