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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump AG hopeful says he wants to drag Democrats’ ‘political dead bodies through the streets and burn them’

A Republican lawyer thought to be in the running to be Donald Trump’s Attorney General has said he wants to drag Democrats’ “dead political bodies” through the streets and “burn” them in a graphic social media post.

Mike Davis, a former Supreme Court clerk and Senate aide, shared the violent post on X on November 6, shortly after Trump surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

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