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Overview

Craig Deleeuw Robinson FBI Raid refers to an FBI raid in early August 2023 on a Utah resident named Craig Robinson, which followed Robinson posting murder threats against United States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Facebook, during which Robinson was killed by authorities. In the days following the raid, it became a viral subject of discussions and memes on social media.

Background

On August 9th, 2023, ABC News[1] reported that at 6:15 a.m. EST that morning, the FBI performed a raid on a Utah man, ultimately killing him. The man was later identified as 75-year-old Craig Deleeuw Robinson, a Provo resident who repeatedly posted murder threats against U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, District Attorney Alvin Bragg and others. The raid was carried out in anticipation of Biden's visit to Utah on August 10th.

Later that day, Twitter[2][3] news accounts @disclosetv, @Breaking911 and others tweeted about the story. A tweet by @disclosetv received over 3,900 reposts and 16,800 likes in one day (shown below).

Disclose.tv @disclosetv JUST IN - FBI kills Utah man, who made threatening online posts against Joe Biden, during raid - ABC 2:24 PM - Aug 9, 2023 4.1M Views

In the following hours, Facebook posts made by Craig Robinson in which he threatened to kill Joe Biden during his visit to Utah, among other threats against public figures, were widely circulated on social media (examples shown below).[4][5] Many of the posts used Facebook Custom Background Posts, resulting in murder threats being combined with laughing emoji backgrounds.

X IN MY DREAM I SEE JOE BIDEN'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. HOORAH!!! Craig Robertson Craig Robertson about 3 years ago ... X 03 ENTER IN MY DREAM I SEE JACK SMITH'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. SO SAD!!!
Craig Robertson 2d 1 Craig Robertson July 27 at 7:01 PM HEY FBI, YOU STILL MONITORING MY SOCIAL MEDIA? CHECKING SO I CAN BE SURE TO HAVE A LOADED GUN HANDY IN CASE YOU DROP BY AGAIN. 1 1 comment
1 Craig Robertson 18h Craig Robertson 18h. PERHAPS UTAH WILL BECOME FAMOUS THIS WEEK AS THE PLACE A SNIPER TOOK OUT BIDEN THE MARXIST ... 2 comments

Additionally, photographs of Robinson in combat gear and his weapons, shared by Robinson on Facebook, have also been posted by users on Twitter, Facebook and by the media (shown below).[6]

Frank Figliuzzi @FrankFigliuzzi1 This is the Facebook profile photo of Craig Deleeuw Robertson, shot and killed today in Utah by FBI agents working the case on his threats to kill president Joe Biden, DA Alvin Bragg and others: 3:48 PM - Aug 9, 2023 2.6M Views B 69
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Online Reactions

The news of the raid and the FBI killing Robinson became a viral subject of discussions on Twitter, with multiple posts going viral, and on 4chan. Some users sympathized with Robertson and criticized the FBI for killing him after Twitter[7] user @JWhitebread1 made two tweets in which they claimed that Robinson "could barely walk with a cane" and "took care of his disabled adult son" (screenshot shown below, left).

For example, on August 9th, political commentator Benny Johnson made a tweet[8] about Robinson's photographs being widely circulated immediately following the incident, with the post gaining over 9,300 reposts and 30,100 likes in one day (shown below, right).

J. Whitebread @JWhitebread1.5h I can't believe this has happened. I will get more details soon. This guy was a threat to no one. He was an elderly 300lb guy who could barely walk with a cane. Took care of his disabled adult son. Liked to make furniture. My God what is this country coming to?! 14 163 17 823 J. Whitebread @JWhitebread1.5h Neighbor says it was not the police but the FBI. WHAT THE EVERLOVING F*CK??!! How is an elderly man who can barely walk a threat to ANYONE??!! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON??!! 814 il₁ 56.2K ↑ 160 ₁36.9K ↑
D Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson Isn't it odd when the FBI murders an elderly 300lb handicapped Trump voter in cold-blood we IMMEDIATELY get menacing pictures of him and his life story and every social media post he ever made but when a transgender murders Christian children in cold-blood we get NOTHING New York Post @nypost. 12h Armed Trump supporter Craig Robertson shot dead in FBI raid linked to threats against Biden, top Dems trib.al/3kpj009 STEEL WORKS IN 9:57 PM - Aug 9, 2023 1.2M Views : 1114M

Some users posted Fuck Around and Found Out comments about the incident. For example, on August 9th, Twitter[9] user @mmpadellan made a post that received over 960 reposts and 5,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).

BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan I have zero sympathy for clowns radicalized by trump who think they can take on the FBI and win, like that guy Craig Robertson from Utah. "Perhaps Utah will become famous" he said. The FAFO herd is thinning out daily. Craig Robertson 14h- IN MY DREAM I SEE JOE BIDEN'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. HOORAH!!! Craig Robertson 18h- Craig Robertson Jul 27- 8:20 PM - Aug 9, 2023-139.6K Views HEY FBI, YOU STILL MONITORING MY SOCIAL MEDIA? CHECKING SO I CAN BE SURE TO HAVE A LOADED GUN HANDY IN CASE YOU DROP BY AGAIN. PERHAPS UTAH WILL BECOME FAMOUS THIS WEEK AS THE PLACE A SNIPER TOOK OUT BIDEN THE MARXIST
Aetius @AetiusRF Zoomers: but I-I said "in Minecraft" Boomers on Facebook under their real names: BEN MCCULLEY @BenMcCulley. 17h Replying to @Breaking911 IN MIT DREAM FOLL JOE BIDEN'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. HOORAH!!! xCraig Robertson (DA JACK SMITH'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. SO SAD!!! 4:46 PM. Aug 9, 2023 1.6M Views DA ZN IN MY DREAM I SEE JO BIDEN'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. HOORAH!!! THERE IS ONLY ONE CREATURE IN THIS UNIVERS I HATE MORE THAN JOE BIDEN. ITS LUCIFER, BIDEN'S BROTHER!!! C A THE FBI TRIED TO INTERFERE WITH MY FREE SPEECH RIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY 45ACP WAS READY TO SMOKE 'EM!!! PERHAPS UTAH WILL BECOME FAMOUS THIS WEEK AS THE PLACE A SNIPER TOOK OUT BIDEN THE MARKIST WHOOPI GOLDBERG RACIST BIGGER NITCH DA. [ZN] 41 C QODED UTAHNS ON WEDNESDAY, AS AIRFORCE ONE FLYS IN EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHOOT THEIR GUNS IN THE AIR TO SALUTE THE BUFFOON- IN-CHIEF!!! HEY FBI, YOU STILL MONITORING MY SOCIAL MEDIA? CHECKING SO I CAN BE SURE TO HAVE A LOADED GUN HANDY IN CASE YOU DROP BY AGAIN.

Several threads about the raid were also created on 4chan's /pol/[10] and other boards. For example, a thread created by an anonymous user on August 9th, 2023, received over 290 replies before reaching the post limit (shown below).

Daly Mail Utah man is shot dead in FBI raid after posting online he was 'digging out my hold Ghille suit and cleaning dust off M24 sniper rifle ahead of president's visit to Salt Lake City on Wednesday MORE STORIES By Now Half For Dailymail.com 15:30 0 Aug 2021 updated 2016-09 Aug 2008 696KiB, 1080x1430, Screenshot_20230809_121227_Chrome .jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Anonymous ID:sb85fGCg Wed 09 [292/48/185] Aug 2023 15:19:14 No.437387832 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>437387941 >>437387994 >>437388001 >>437388091 >>437388134 >>437388206 >>437388310 >>437388348 >>437388379 >>437388598 >>437388628 >>437388728 >>437388823 >>437388885 >>437388940 >>437389201 >>437389448 >>437390147 >>437390443 >>437390927 >>437391164 >>437391167 >>437391177 >>437391789 >>437391819 >>437391991 >>437392478 >>437392875 >>437394762 >>437394949 >>437397362 >>437397486 >>437397620 >>437398097 >>437398442 >>437398948 >>437399841 >>437402723 >>437403544 >>437406686 >>437406891 >>437407371 >>437407760 >>437408476 >>437408516 >>437409791 >>437409909 >>437410177 >>437412221 >>437412646 >>437414211 >>437414770 >>437415338 >>437416138 >>437417107 >>437417214 >>437417556 >>437419162 >>437419379 >>437420364 >>437421551 >>437422736 >>437423848 >>437425900 >>437426240 >>437427316 >>437427399 >A well regulated militi-ACK!!

Various Examples

Craig Robertson 2d 1 Craig Robertson July 27 at 7:01 PM HEY FBI, YOU STILL MONITORING MY SOCIAL MEDIA? CHECKING SO I CAN BE SURE TO HAVE A LOADED GUN HANDY IN CASE YOU DROP BY AGAIN. 1 1 comment
140KiB, 568x586, 1691633512353.jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Anonymous ID:Q8aFYTDB Wed 09 Aug 2023 22:14:08 No.437426027 [101 / 20 / 55] View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>437426094 >>437426124 >>437426329 >>437427146 >>437427329 >>437427633 >>437427659 >>437427764 >>437428425 >>437428591 >>437428659 >>437428662 >>437428776 >>437428784 >>437429676 >>437430203 >>437430475 >>437430607 >>437430608 >>437430642 >>437432832 >>437433132 >>437434577 >>437436002 >>437438503 Has Trumpism gone too far? > A Utah man accused of making threats against Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president was expected to land in the state on Wednesday, authorities said. >Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when the shooting happened at 6.15am, the FBI said in a statement. >Court documents allege Robertson referenced a "presidential assassination" and also allege threats against Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, attorney general Merrick Garland and New York attorney general Letitia James. >Robertson posted online Monday that he had heard Biden was coming to Utah and he was planning to dig out a camouflage suit and "clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle", according to court documents. >In another post, Robertson refers to himself as a "MAGA Trumper", a reference to former US president Donald Trump's "Make America great again" slogan. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/utah-man-killed-biden-visit-assassination-threat

Environmental Services Weedle @PartyWurmple "What are the FBI gonna do, shoot me?" - Quote from man shot by the FBI Aric Toler @AricToler. 18h Craig Robertson, from Provo, UT, was killed today by the FBI during a raid after he made threats against Biden. Here are some of his recent Facebook posts -- all just in the last two days. abcnews.go.com/Politics/man-k... PERHAPS UTAH WILL BECOME FAMOUS THIS WEEK AS THE PLACE A SNIPER TOOK OUT BIDEN THE MARXIST I HEAR BIDEN IS COMING TO UTAH. DIGGING OUT MY OLD GHILLIE SUIT AND CLEANING THE DUST OFF THE M24 SNIPER RIFLE. WELCOME, BUFFOON-IN-CHIEF! 2:19 AM - Aug 10, 2023 552 Views IN MY DREAM I SEE JOE BIDEN'S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. HOORAH!!! HEY FBI, YOU STILL MONITORING MY SOCIAL MEDIA? CHECKING SO I CAN BE SURE TO HAVE A LOADED GUN HANDY IN CASE YOU DROP BY AGAIN. :
ChodeMonster @TheChodeMonster A Utah man posted this meme on his facebook page and Biden sent the FBI to kill him. Do you remember Trump sending the FBI to kill Kathy Griffin? No. IT'S JOEVER 3:10 PM - Aug 9, 2023 41.3K Views
FBI GUNNED DOWN UTAH MAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING JOE BIDEN OH, I'M SORRY C I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA....

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