daily reminder:

#VerifiedBullies is a hashtag campaign founded by teenage entrepreneur CJ Pearson to expose verified Twitter users who bully, harass users or send threats towards other people. The hashtag gained traction as a backlash to an online controversy surrounding a viral video involving students from Covington High School engaging with a Native American activist and has been promoted by the conservative media startup company Culttture.

On January 18th, 2019, Instagram user @ka_ya11 posted video footage of a Covington High School student wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat and smiling in front of Native American veteran Nathan Phillips drumming while singing a prayer chant

On January 20th, Pearson created a Google Doc[2] form titled "Verified Bullying – MAGA Youth," calling for viewers to submit instances of verified Twitter users who posted tweets attacking the Covington High School students

That evening, Pearson posted a video of the database, claiming it was "1800+ tweets strong". Within 72 hours, the video gained over 22,800 likes and 10,100 retweets.

The following day, Twitter user Ali Alexander posted a tweet promoting the hashtag #VerifiedBullies along with a Change.org[3] petition titled "The Students Of Covington Catholic Are Facing Expulsion and Need Our Help"

Meanwhile, the @Culttture[4] feed posted a tweet directed to @TwitterSafety, featuring a tweet by Twitter user @HouseShoes calling for fans to "fire on any of these red hat bitches when you see them" (shown below, left). That same day, Pearson tweeted[5] a screenshot of a tweet by Twitter user Jack Morrissey saying "#MAGAkids go screaming, hats first, into the woodchipper"