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A Minnesota man has been arrested after authorities say he posted a chilling murder-for-hire-style threat on TikTok offering a $45,000 bounty for the death of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Federal agents tracked the post, which superimposed a sniper-scope red dot over Bondi’s face and declared “WANTED: Pam Bondi — REWARD: 45,000 — DEAD OR ALIVE (PREFERABLY DEAD),” and moved swiftly to bring the suspect into custody. This wasn’t anonymous chatter — a fellow user reported the post, the FBI investigated, and charges were filed under the federal statute that criminalizes interstate threats.
Court filings identify the suspect as Tyler Maxon Avalos, 29, who was arrested on October 16 after a tip to the FBI on October 9 led agents to his address. The complaint says investigators tied the threatening TikTok account to a Samsung device and IP addresses linking back to Avalos, and the feds charged him with interstate transmission of a threat to injure — a crime that can carry prison time and fines. Law enforcement did its job here; the bigger question is why social platforms remain fertile ground for calls to political violence.
Avalos’s online profile reportedly used an anarchist symbol in the username and even linked to anarchist literature, and court records note a previous criminal history including stalking and domestic violence convictions. Those details matter because they demolish the lazy narrative that these are just “hot takes” or harmless internet taunts — this man had a record and a pattern, and he used a public platform to incite murder. Americans who actually care about safety shouldn’t be surprised when ideology plus grievance plus a megaphone produces danger.
This incident exposes the rot at the heart of our public discourse. For years, loud voices in media and politics have normalized extreme rhetoric and treated it as entertainment or a strategy, and the result is predictable: fringe actors get encouraged, platforms monetize hatred, and our leaders become targets. Responsible conservatives have warned about this for a long time — rhetoric has consequences, and those who peddle anger without accountability share part of the blame when threats like this appear.
We should applaud the FBI and local partners for tracing and arresting the suspect, but applause cannot be the end of the story. Congress and the Justice Department must take a harder line: enforce the laws to the fullest, demand social platforms shut down violent content immediately, and make clear that public calls for assassination are not speech to be defended but crimes to be punished. If judges and prosecutors coddle repeat offenders or treat these as mere misdemeanors, we will see this cycle repeat.
Patriots and public servants alike deserve protection, and Attorney General Bondi — who has stepped into one of the most contentious roles in Washington — must be defended by both law enforcement and the court system. The leftist mobs and the keyboard warriors who cheer them on should not be rewarded with silence; they must be met with the rule of law and the full force of conservative resolve. If we want to save our country from descending into normalized political violence, then it’s time to demand accountability from platforms, punish those who threaten our leaders, and restore decency to public debate.
