A Texas man was arrested last week in Florida after he allegedly launched a volley of antisemitic death threats against several prominent conservative activists.
Nicholas Lyn Ray, 28, of Spring, Texas, allegedly made his threats between Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 on an X account named “@zionistarescum,” according to an arrest affidavit.
His alleged victims included far-right Jewish conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and conservative Jewish political commentators Joshua Benjamin Hammer and Karol Markowicz. A fourth victim, Seth Dillon, is the Christian CEO of a conservative satire site, The Babylon Bee, according to an arrest affidavit.
The @zionistsarescum account was created in September 2025, and the first posts visible on it after Ray’s arrest respond to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder, whose killing spurred conspiracy theories about Israeli involvement. Several posts advanced that theory, while others amplify the white supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes, who had feuded with Kirk.
In a message allegedly directed at Dillon, according to the affidavit, Ray accused him of “conspiring with Israel about Charlie Kirk,” the Turning Point USA founder who was murdered in September, adding that “these receipts are going to be perfect for display when you get hung bitch.”
The affidavit also describes a threat that Ray allegedly directed toward Markowicz, who was born in the former Soviet Union. Ray allegedly wrote, “Russian genocide jew whose family escaped prosecution in America, you deserve to be hanged.”
In another threat directed towards Loomer, Ray allegedly wrote, “Why are you asking this question as if you aren’t gonna soon find out Mossad agent? You're gonna get hung from the Capitol, baby.”
Ray also allegedly referred to Hammer as a “F—t Israeli spy” and threatened to “hang you at the Capitol and take turns beating you with a piñata bat,” according to the affidavit.
Florida man faces charges over anti-Israel threat posts
While the threats appeared to have been deleted from Ray’s X account, his most recent post, dated Oct. 15, read, “When Israel is purged, it will be biblical.” On Oct. 9, he referred to Loomer as a “f—ing kyk” and wrote “Israel are the biggest lying Satanist pedophiles on the planet.”
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement launched an investigation into Ray on Oct. 12 after agents were alerted to his alleged posts.
Ray is currently facing four counts each of making a written or electronic threat to commit a mass shooting or act of terrorism, extortion, or threatening another person, and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office.
According to another court document, Ray indicated to law enforcement that he had been “watching YouTube when he became interested in anti-Israel content” prior to allegedly making the threats.