#WaysToGetShot: Obama thugs joke about shooting Romney supporters

November 24, 2016

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The hashtag #WaysToGetShot has been floating around Twitter for a while. We did a story on it in April, and occasionally it results in some pretty hilarious comedy, but it’s always generated some over-the-line activity. Today we tried combining it with political search terms and found violent references to Mitt Romney popping up every few minutes. Yes, every few minutes. Here are recent results from the search #WaysToGetShot Romney:

If you touch my Lion King movie or say you voting for Romney#WaysToGetShot

— Thug Nasty(@SeveAkaSwave) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot say u voting for Romney around a group of black people

— uckfay ouyay (@AwwHELLToTheNaw) October 15, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Voting for Romney

— Magic Conch Shell(@iFrankie4G) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot tell me you like mitt romney.

— Paige ◆ (@PaigeDoesntKnow) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Vote For Romney Lmao

— #FreeMyRightHand!!!ツ (@__TamiaSaidThat) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Voting for Mitt Romney …LITERALLY!

— Tasty _Tweets(@Roxckstarr101) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot voting for Romney Bitch Ass

— Neishaaaa’ (@xX___vintageee) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Voting For Romney

— T-Dollaz (@Annuh3_Sosa) October 16, 2012

#2chainzpresidentialelectionlyrics romney gonna find out #WaysToGetShot bein next to a G in the election spot

— Im Different(@ThannisKeyshawn) October 15, 2012

#WaysToGetShot say Mitt Romney name around me !

— Houman Azizzadeh (@TicTic_THUGGIN) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot if you ass votes for Romney over.Obama

— you want (@AlilTasteOf_E) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Vote for Mitt Romney ill shot ya ass

— YoHoeLikeMeTho ^_^ (@Drizzy_Jai) October 16, 2012

Searching “#WaysToGetShot Obama” also generated a lot of pro-Obama, anti-Romney hate tweets:

#WaysToGetShot Disrespect Barack Obama!

— DiaryOfAn..Aquarius (@Kmmi95) October 16, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Take another shot at Obama bitch!

— I SMOKE DA BEST! (@GunjhaQueen) October 15, 2012

#WaysToGetShot being white and talking bad about Obama around black people. We don’t play that

— TeflonTrone (@TeflonTrone) October 15, 2012

#WaysToGetShot Try and tell me Obama isn’t a real nigga

— Sean Johnson (@IAmKingSean) October 16, 2012

@reynoldsjosiah BANG BANG

— Sean Johnson (@IAmKingSean) October 16, 2012

Do most of these people actually plan on shooting Romney supporters? We doubt it. Still, if your idea of a joke involves race-baiting and threats of violence, you have a problem.

Make no mistake: There are some tasteless Obama-haters using the tag, too:

#WaysToGetShot voting for Obama #RomneyAllTheWay

— amanda andert (@AmandaAndert27) October 15, 2012

Saying you’re voting for Obama… #WaysToGetShot #Romney2012

— Brooke Ashley Butler (@brookebutler44) October 15, 2012

#WaysToGetShot vote for Obama #youracommunist

— Andrew Duncan (@andrewduncan16) October 16, 2012

But those are far outnumbered by sick tweets on the pro-Obama side.

Long live “progressive” new civility!

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