Reports of Fake 9-1-1 Calls Against Conservative Influencers Renews Concern Over Potentially Deadly ‘Swatting’ Pranks
‘If you are a public conservative figure … Do not wait,’ conservative columnist, Dustin Grage, warned over the weekend. ‘You are at risk of being swatted next.’
Conservative social media personalities across the country are reportedly getting the shock of a lifetime after being targeted by fake emergency service calls that prompt armed police officers to show up at their homes.
“It’s my birthday. My 3 kids are asleep upstairs. And someone sent armed police to my f****** house to scare me,” conservative commentator, Matt Van Swol, who previously worked as a nuclear scientist for the Department of Energy, shared on X on Sunday.
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