This is a local story I didn't have a chance to get to earlier, and it happened last week in conjunction with President Trump's big visit to Mobile, Alabama.
Everyone over there was crazy with excitement when the campaign barnstorming stop was announced, and judging by the lines outside the venue, that wasn't hype at all. They were tickled that 47 had finally come to town.
Democrats aren’t going to like this. The line to get into the Trump rally in Mobile, Alabama, is never-ending. No buses needed no gift cards like democrats —people actually want to be there. https://t.co/OyCK3qRyOA
— American Nightmare 🇺🇸 (@thewakeninq) October 3, 2026
In classic Trump fashion, he told the story of his first Mobile (newsreaders can't pronounce Mo-BEEL) visit, and how the convention center (which has since been consigned to the dustbin of history) was so swamped with requests, they had to move the venue to accommodate all the folks who wanted to see the candidate.
NEW: Trump returns to Mobile, urges Republicans to vote as if he is on the ballot “I don't know if you know, it sort of all began here [Mobile AL]! We had a little hotel and the hotels called up, I was coming to speak, and they called and they said, we can't take it, we're being inundated!” “And we packed the stadium and the rest is history!” https://t.co/AJNmf7upII
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) October 5, 2026
You could tell he relished the crowd reaction, and there was no question he had packed the house yet again.
President Donald Trump returned Friday night to the Gulf Coast city where his first stadium-size rally helped launch his rise, urging thousands of supporters to treat the November midterms as if his name were still on the ballot.
Speaking at the Mitchell Center on the University of South Alabama campus, Trump told the crowd he came to a reliably Republican state to thank voters who backed him from the start.
“I’m here really because, you know, sometimes, even though you don’t have to come here, you’ve got to pay respect to the people that have loved you right from the beginning,” Trump said.
Friday’s stop was Trump’s third visit to Mobile and his first indoor rally in the city. In August 2015, an overflow crowd at Ladd-Peebles Stadium turned an early campaign appearance into the first of the large rallies that defined his political brand. Trump reminded the audience of that night.
“It sort of all began here,” he said. “We packed the stadium and the rest was history, right here in Mobile.”
Oh, they ate that right up.
Well, everyone in the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama (USA) did.
On campus, it seems there were some disgruntled students who, judging by their degree study paths, should have at least had the intelligence not to do what they did. Particularly when you consider that the Mobile County Sheriff's Office deputies were monitoring social media feeds, and had even announced it well before the rally date - on the 28th of September.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT
Mobile County deputies monitoring social media activity ahead of Trump’s visit
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office announced they are monitoring social media and other online activities ahead of President Trump’s midterm rally set for Friday in Mobile.
According to a MCSO news release, deputies are monitoring social media for comments or posts that they deem a threat towards Trump, the rally, law enforcement or any member of the public. Officials said they will take any level of threat seriously regardless of political affiliation.
“People have every right to express their opinions, whether they support the President, oppose him or simply want to peacefully protest,” Sheriff Paul Burch said. “What we will take seriously are statements that cross the line into threats of violence or indicate that someone intends to harm another person. Those comments will be investigated and, when appropriate, forwarded to our federal partners.”
But in life there is smarts and common sense, and when it comes to TDS? Common sense has no place in the conversation.
3 College Students Arrested For Threatening President Donald Trump On Social Media Ahead of University of South Alabama Campus Visit
Yup.
Unfortunately for these kiddies, it seems federal agents have gotten better at the prep work prior to a presidential visit.
...Woods, an aerospace engineering student from Saraland, is accused of responding to a TikTok post about Trump's upcoming visit with the comment, "he gotta die bro."
Lewis, a resident assistant studying biology, is accused of making two posts on X. Court records described by WKRG included one encouraging Trump's killing and another suggesting the University of South Alabama would be remembered in the same way as Utah Valley University, where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
Smith, an elementary education student from Birmingham, is accused of responding to a TikTok post about Trump's visit with, "we only got one chance, let's take it," accompanied by an image of a person holding a gun.
Federal agents traced the social-media accounts as part of security preparations before the president's arrival.
This aspiring 'aerospace engineer' is one dumb bro, bro. Like aerohead material rather than rocket science.
After the students were arrested on Friday, the university released a statement and - oof. Let's just say you could tell you weren't dealing with Columbia communists right off the bat.
...The university released a statement about the students, the right to free speech and the rhetoric of their speeches that were depicted as threats.
“The University of South Alabama unequivocally condemns any form of threats directed at elected officials or any individual with whom we disagree. We encourage open dialogue and active civic participation, and having a difference of opinion is a natural part of any vibrant community. However, there is a clear line between exercising free expression and engaging in intimidation or unlawful conduct,” the school said in its statement.
Apparently, there won't be any university-sanctioned protests demanding the release of these three characters.
At the FBI's request, the three tough talkers stayed locked up until Monday, when they were taken to see a judge at the federal courthouse to be formally charged.
...University of South Alabama students Cameron Lewis, Kayla Smith and Amare Woods all stood before a judge after being charged with making threats on social media toward President Trump.
All three waived their preliminary hearings while their loved ones sat in the federal courtroom. A grand jury will likely review their cases within 30 days. The students were all able to go home, but all must report to a probation officer.
Waah Meter is pegged...
...While none of the suspects have commented, Woods’ attorney said his client is expecting a favorable result. He says that one comment that probably only took a few seconds to type will affect the rest of his life.
“He just turned 18 in June. They get wrapped up in all this social media stuff, and the next thing you know, he’s having the FBI literally calling him,” said Wood’s defense attorney Jason Darley. “When you’re a student at the school where the president is coming to visit, the timing was horrible. It’s a very sad situation.”
All three students are still enrolled at South Alabama. A spokesperson said they will have their own hearing with the students to determine their future at the university.
But I will agree it's sad to be so blindly and stupidly hateful.
The university is weighing their academic fate, and a federal grand jury will soon be on their cases. Given that it will be an Alabama federal grand jury, I don't think see it being as forgiving as a New York State or California panel would be of the same charges.
I hope the trio is lighting candles praying for deliverance and mercy.
The next month waiting to see if the hammer drops is going to be excruciating for these three, and it should be.
It should be for any cretin in this violence- and insanity-prone day and age.
I think the students should seriously reconsider career fields, too. If the charges stick, they'll have to.
I bet they hadn't thought of that either.
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