Kiernan Hennessy

As of December 2020, Hennessy used the name “K.P. Hennessy” on Facebook.  

Gun Enthusiast

On November 16, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a photo of a sniper rifle, an assault rifle, a pistol, multiple ammunition clips, a bullet-proof vest and a gas mask, with the comment: “Stay prepared.”

On November 12, 2017, Hennessy posted to Facebook a photo of himself aiming an assault rifle. The photo had the caption: “BAD GOY.”

The term “goy” in modern Hebrew and Yiddish is traditionally used to refer to a non-Jew.

Spreading Anti-Semitism

On April 14, 2019, Hennessy tweeted an anti-Semitic meme called the Happy Merchant. The meme suggested the “JEWISH MEDIA” was demonizing white American Christians as a “problem that must be stamped out” in America while ignoring the threat of violence from Black, Latino and Muslim people. 

The Happy Merchant is an anti-Semitic cartoon caricature of a Jew with a black beard, long hooked nose, a hunched back, crooked teeth and wrung hands. The cartoon is often used in memes by white supremacists to spread conspiracy theories and harass Jews online.  

On February 22, 2019, Hennessy posted on Facebook an image showing a Star of David and the phrase: “NAMING IS HALF THE BATTLE.”

On November 14, 2018, Hennessy tweeted an image using the anti-Semitic meme the Happy Merchant that suggested Jewish control over the media and internet. He tweeted at CNN’s White House reporter and wrote: “You are mine and everyone else who lives in America's enemy.”

On November 4, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a graphic of the anti-Semitic meme the Happy Merchant, sweating in fear, while being pointed at by a neo-Nazi skinhead. The graphic’s caption read: “This is not your country.” 

The image was a screenshot from a 1992 film called: “Romper Stomper,” where an Australian neo-Nazi said [00:01:06]: “This is not your country,” at an Asian woman and then punched [00:01:14] her, [00:01:23] repeatedly.

On October 31, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a meme of a Nazi combat cameraman on a boat peering through the lens of a camera, with a caption that read: “Yep, das juden [the Jew].” 

Hennessy was responding to a tweet from the host of a show MSNBC, that read: “- A devoted fan of the president tried to blow up George Soros last week. - The GOP is running ads that depict mayhem with the looming image of Soros behind stacks of money - A Nazi murdered 11 Jews in a synagogue, bc, he said, he was sick of the Jews funding a migrant invasion.” 

On October 24, 2018, Hennessy tweeted the same “Yep, das juden [the Jew]” meme in response to a tweet by David Duke, which suggested Jews call out anti-Semitism only as a “trick.” 

David Duke is aformer Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. He is also a Holocaust denier, an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist and a convicted felon.

On October 15, 2018, Hennessy shared to Facebook a caricature of a religious Jew with a hook-nosed, sidelocks and a black hat typically worn by ultra-Orthodox Jews, with a caption that read: “Your autism level has increased.”

On September 27, 2018, Hennessy responded to a tweet by David Duke by posting an image of the anti-Semitic meme the Happy Merchant, depicted in the style of a Picasso painting.

On September 18, 2018, Hennessy tweeted an image of the anti-Semitic meme the Happy Merchant caricature, in response to a tweet by David Duke that read “‘Chosen.’” Duke’s tweet featured a photo montage of Orthodox Jewish men near piles of garbage and a photo of giggling women. 

Bigotry

On August 3, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a photo montage showing various parts of a black man’s face and head. The image was titled: “The ‘how to spot a criminal’ starter pack.” 

On May 21, 2018, Hennessy tweeted: “Apparently your comment was so pathetic I didnt notice till today lol now, slit your own testicles so you don't reproduce and infect the world with your faggotry.”

Glorifying the Unabomber

On August 4, 2019, Hennessy’s Twitter profile photo featured an image of Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber [FBI shorthand for “University and Airline BOMBER]. Underneath Kaczynski’s face was the text: “NO FEAR.”

On September 5, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a graphic showing a photo of Kaczynski. The graphic’s text said: “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.”

Kaczynski murdered three people and injured another 23 between 1978 and 1995, with letter bombs. He also attempted, unsuccessfully, to blow up a passenger airliner in 1979. Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 and was sentenced to eight life sentences, in 1998. 

On August 5, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a meme showing an image of Kaczynski next to an image of Canadian Psychology Professor Jordan Peterson.

The meme quoted Kaczynski as saying: “The university intellectuals play an important role in carrying out the System’s trick. Though they like to fancy themselves independent thinkers, the intellectuals are the most oversocialized, the most conformist, the tamest and most domesticated, the most pampered, dependent, and spineless group today.” 

Promoting White Nationalism

On February 21, 2019, Hennessy tweeted a cartoon that said: “It’s time to AGITATE white man! Let’s face it...you’ve tried the so-called ‘legitimate’ route of voting-in propositions that serve your race and nation...only to have them ALL ruled ‘unconstitutional’ by some queer Marxist federal judge...It’s time to step up and boldly speak YOUR mind...stop cowering...start towering! REMEMBER: PATIENCE = DEATH.” 

The cartoon showed a man pointing to signs that said “Stop Aid to I$rael,” “Illegals Out Now” and “Hang the Washington Criminals.”

On November 1, 2018, Hennessy’s Twitter profile photo showed him wearing a shirt bearing the Nazi symbol known as the Black Sun, with an assault rifle through it.

On August 1, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a graphic with the text: “Save Bees Not Refugees and the Othala Rune symbol.
  
The Othala Rune was adopted by the Nazis “as part of their attempt to reconstruct a mythic ‘Aryan’ past. Following World War II, white supremacists in Europe, North America, and elsewhere began using the othala rune,” according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Hate Symbols Database.  

On June 7, 2018, Hennessy posted to Facebook a photo of himself framed within a Black Sun symbol, often employed by neo-Nazis and some occult subcultures.

On May 30, 2018, Hennessy tweeted a graphic featuring a coiled rattlesnake wrapped around the Fasces, a symbol associated with Hitler’s fascist dictatorship.

On May 7, 2018, Hennessy posted to Facebook an image featuring the logo of the Greek neo-Nazi group, Golden Dawn.

Spreading Hatred of Israel

On March 26, 2019, Hennessy tweeted: “Calling Israel fascist is offensive to fascists.”

On January 20, 2019, Hennessy tweeted: “We need to...stop being israels bodyguards. They start shit, they can deal with it.”

On the same day, Hennessy tweeted: “Because god forbid Syria defend themselves and their land against the (((chosen))) people…”

Proud Boys Activism

On June 10, 2017, Hennessey tweeted a photo of himself and two videos from an anti-Muslim rally in Denver, Colorado, in which he indicated the Proud Boys participated. A tweet that contained one of the videos included the hashtag: “#MarchAgainstSharia.”

On June 11, 2017, Hennessy tweeted a photo of himself at the same rally, with the caption: “I think it's a nice pic they got of me.” 

On June 15, 2017, Hennessy again tweeted a photo of himself and others from the rally, writing: “Some of the Colorado Proud Boys in Denver.”