{"id":721,"date":"2026-06-23T10:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=721"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:37:30","slug":"puna-lawmaker-targeted-in-threatening-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"Puna lawmaker targeted in threatening social media post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura said she beefed up security for a campaign event last Saturday after a Facebook post called her a \u201cchild abusing domestic terrorist\u201d and advocated she be convicted of treason and \u201chung by the neck until she is dead then sent to hell where she spawned from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=719\">Another brace for Kylian Mbappe sends France to 3-0 win over Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura said she beefed up security for a campaign event last Saturday after a Facebook post called her a \u201cchild abusing domestic terrorist\u201d and advocated she be convicted of treason and \u201chung by the neck until she is dead then sent to hell where she spawned from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who votes for her or supports her should get the same treatment. Flat Out,\u201d the post dated July 16 by Daniel Robinson concluded.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post included an image of a postcard San Buenaventura said she mailed to 16,000 constituents for the free event at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie in Keaau.<\/p>\n<p>San Buenaventura said she was notified about the post by County Council member Matt Kaneali\u2018i-Kleinfelder but decided to proceed with the event \u2014 which included a band, a food truck and a no-host bar.<\/p>\n<p>For security, she engaged the Men of Pa\u2018a, a group of Hawaiian men dedicated to community service and positive action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Robinson) obviously had a copy of my postcard. Otherwise, it would not have made the post. That\u2019s what concerned me,\u201d San Buenaventura told the Tribune-Herald on Monday. \u201cAnother concern was that the post was shared, which would increase the threat of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing told about the threat a few days in advance, I chose the side of caution. Even though I didn\u2019t think the risk was that big, people needed to be informed about the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And although the postcard stated that attendance and parking was at one\u2019s own risk, San Buenaventura said that line had nothing to do with the Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, that was made before because 16,000 postcards went out, and Eagles doesn\u2019t have the capacity to hold 16,000,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to San Buenaventura, she has reported Robinson\u2019s post \u2014 which she described as threatening \u2014 to the Hawaii Police Department, the state attorney general and the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson, who is apparently not in the U.S., has since at least October has targeted online \u2014 in addition to San Buenaventura \u2014 Gov. Josh Green, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, and District Family Court judges Joanna Sokolow of Hawaii Island and Robert Brown of Oahu, officials he described as \u201ccorrupt and destroying our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the Grace of God and God alone I am going to socially engineer the end your careers and get you sent to prison,\u201d Robinson wrote about the five.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=717\">Toll booth, cultural center proposed for Maunakea Access Road<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robinson, who lost a child custody battle in a 2022 divorce, said in a Monday post he suffers from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my ex wife is not held accountable and my kids returned to me God will use me to continue this quest,\u201d Robinson wrote. \u201cAnd it will not end well for those who have sinned against God and the innocent and women and children and disabled people like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Buenaventura said she\u2019s known about Robinson since October, when she was contacted by the FBI about the posts naming her and the others.<\/p>\n<p>San Buenaventura added that she receives emails which include him from a group called Hawaii Coalition for Child Protective Reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why he\u2019s targeting me. The group emails me, because I\u2019m chair of Health and Human Services, with these mass emails requesting, I guess, bills be passed to reform child abuse laws. He said his kids were taken from him because of (Child Welfare Services).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is ironic is even though he claims to be aligned with this group, I have championed due-process reforms this group claims to advocate,\u201d San Buenaventura said.<\/p>\n<p>San Buenaventura, a Democrat who represents Senate District 2, is seeking reelection. She has a primary opponent in Tanya Yamanaka Aynassazian, while perennial candidate Fred Fogel is running as a Libertarian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrior to all of this, I was expecting about 250 or 300 \u2014 possibly more, coming and going, based on the capacity of the parking we had secured in the area. That\u2019s what I was expecting. What showed up was about half that amount,\u201d San Buenaventura said. \u201cThere were the people who showed up to talk to me about the issues affecting Puna and left. And really, that\u2019s what the forum was all about. And I gave them the ability to do that. They got to talk to me and other candidates, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those candidates include: Rep. Della Au Bellati, an Oahu Democrat running for lieutenant governor; Shannon Matson, running for County Council District 5; and Eileen O\u2019Hara, Smiley Burrows and Cyd Hoffeld, all running for County Council District 4.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson posted Monday that he is \u201cmore than 6,000 miles away on a different continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is it possible that I could possibly physically hurt her. I can\u2019t,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut her threatening me with the police for exercising my 1st Amendment rights is a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=715\">BIIF boys volleyball: Wildcats, Daggers, Cougars lead All-League selections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email John Burnett at john.burnett@hawaiitribune-herald.com.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puna lawmaker targeted in threatening social media post &#8211; Hawaii News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puna lawmaker targeted in threatening social media post - 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