A far-left extremist has resigned from his elected position as a state trooper in Pennsylvania after expressing thoughts on social media of assassinating former President Donald Trump and killing some of his supporters, but he now claims he was simply misled.
Meet Matt Croyle: ‘The Far-Left Weirdo’
Until just over a week ago, Matt Croyle was the 1st District constable of Oil City, Pennsylvania, about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh. He also had accounts on X and Facebook using his real name and implying elected office, according to screenshots shared by a Republican voter registration activist. Scott Pressler.
“Prepare to die”
But just before the Fourth of July holiday, Croyle appeared to use his social media accounts to slam Trump, his supporters and even the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Reportedly The methods employed are crude and violent.
- “Hit the fucking bully in the fucking mouth. Hard. No restraints. Locked.” [Trump] “Stop it now. If it’s official, jail the goddamn Supreme Court. Save us from ourselves.”
- “Remember when political assassinations used to happen all the time? I’m not saying it should happen here, I’m saying it could happen here and most people wouldn’t cry about it.”
- “If you have friends or family who support Trump, when it comes down to it, you may literally have to kill them before they kill you. This is where it all begins. This is a 50-alarm conflagration.”
- “The only thing I want at this point is for some enraged far-left weirdo to start attacking Trump while I sit here drinking my coffee.”
- “Prepare to die.”
“What if” situation: Croyle tries to clarify
After Pressler and Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec shared images of the social media posts, Croyle’s X account was temporarily suspended. Though he responded defiantly to the suspension, Croyle later released a lengthy statement explaining the context of his violent comments and blaming his critics for their poor “reading skills.”
Croyle also admitted that he wouldn’t be “mourned” if Trump “didn’t exist” – and, inexplicably, claimed that his interest in the death of a political opponent could unite the country.
“I I didn’t and Won’t “I am not advocating for murder or threatening anyone. End of story,” he wrote. “Anyone who reads the screenshots out of context… [about killing loved ones who support Trump] You need to understand that the situation I was deploring was a hypothetical situation born out of the fear that our country might again descend into civil war, a situation that I hope will never become a reality.”
In a statement, Croyle acknowledged that he “wouldn’t be sad” if Trump “didn’t exist.” Then, inexplicably, he argued that his interest in the death of a political opponent could bring the country together. “We are all human beings,” he wrote in the same paragraph about Trump’s hypothetical death, “but we are all Americans and we don’t have to be enemies.”
While apologizing for any “confusion” he may have caused, Croyle continued with more shallow references to American unity, insisting that “we all want the same things,” just that “we have different paths to get there.” “I just hope that we can start to find a way. [sic] Let us see in each other what we see in ourselves.”
Enraged leftists accuse others of “political extremism”
But the rambling apology did little to assuage public concerns, and Croyle soon deleted his X and Facebook accounts, claiming that his personal information had been leaked and he had received death threats, and also resigned from his position as constable, having only been elected in November.
Notably, he said he was running to monitor the election, and brought a Kurt Vonnegut novel to the swearing-in ceremony to avoid putting his hand on the Bible. Apparently Prefers both “he/him” and “they/them” pronouns simultaneously.
In an interview published Tuesday, Croyle said: Explore Venango He said he regrets some of his social media posts. “It was a huge mistake on my part because I’m the least frightening person in the world,” he insisted. “I’m not violent in any way. I want nothing to do with violence. If the hypothetical situations I’m talking about actually happened, I would literally leave the country.”
He also lamented the over-cooling of political dialogue in the United States and on social media. “We are in a real danger of being dominated by political extremism, which is more prevalent than ever before,” he said.
“And sometimes you have to use words, within the bounds of law, to draw people’s attention to the dangers that are happening.”
Croyle maintained that he reported all threats against him to local authorities and the FBI, and reports have reported threats against him as well, though American Greatness could not confirm whether the Pennsylvania State Police or the Secret Service have opened an investigation into his case.
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