Woman arrested for threatening to shoot Trump at Florida rally claims she was joking

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A woman was arrested on charges of threatening to shoot President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday night, but she claimed the social media post in which she made the threat was a “joke.”

Allison Albro, 21, faces charges of written threats to kill and unlawful use of a communications device, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced on Friday ahead of the rally.

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