Conservative Trolls Wish Death on Californians Near Oroville Dam, But Joke’s on Them

People who want liberals to drown are misguided in more than one way

Oroville Dam
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The looming crisis at Northern California’s Oroville Dam thankfully hasn’t resulted in any deaths. But that hasn’t stopped uninformed right wing internet trolls from wishing the opposite were true – for their political opponents.

A band of heavy rainstorms have pounded Northern California in recent days, causing Oroville Dam to fill to capacity, leaving its damaged spillway in danger of destroying thousands of homes in its path. Monday afternoon, nearly 200,000 residents were ordered to evacuate.

Cue Twitter conservatives, who seem to have latched onto California’s status as the largest blue state as evidence that it’s Trump opponents who will be primarily affected, should the worst happen in Oroville.

Mean? Yes, but it’s also hilariously mistaken. California is a predominately blue state, but the area surrounding Oroville — solid red.

Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Marketing Land and Search Engine Land, tweeted a map illustrating that the afflicted area is one of California’s reddest and most conservative.

Maybe check an election map next time before making reprehensible comments on social media?

Here’s a sampling:

Watch the video here to see what the people of Oroville are faced with.

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