A Sarasota woman is headed to federal prison after a jury decided her social media calls for violence crossed the line into criminal activity. Desiree Doreen Segari, 41, was sentenced to 14 months behind bars by U.S. District Judge Katheryn Kimball Mizell following her conviction for interstate communication of a threat to injure.
The case against Segari began with an indictment in September 2025, stemming from a series of videos she uploaded to TikTok the previous month. During her trial, prosecutors presented evidence showing that on August 17, 2025, Segari posted a video explicitly urging people to shoot MAGA supporters.
In the footage, Segari told her followers, “so if we all get our guns and use our second amendment right…and you see somebody with a MAGA hat, ‘pew pew’ that’s what we do, that’s the way, it’s the only way.” While speaking, she used hand gestures to mimic firing a weapon.
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She accompanied the video with a caption titled #seemagapewpewmaga, writing, “starting a new trend, hope it catches on. Please spread the word. Share this video. Repost it. Use the hashtag all over the internet. Let’s go guys. It’s time to fight back in a potentially effective manner.”
Segari’s recorded statements continued with calls to make certain groups “scared again,” stating that “MAGA people deserve to be terrified and scared to walk in the streets because they should know that real Americans are gonna [mouths expletive] kill them.”
The following day, Segari doubled down with a second post. She repeated the “See MAGA pew pew MAGA” chant, again using hand signals to simulate gunfire, and stated the posts were meant to show “these [expletive] know we ain’t here to play.”
U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the sentence this week after a federal jury found Segari guilty back in January. The investigation was handled by the FBI, with Assistant United States Attorney Michael Sinacore leading the prosecution. Segari’s 14-month term marks the conclusion of a case that centered on where political rhetoric ends and federal threats begin.
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