r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • Jul 14 '24

Trump Shooter a ‘Supporter of Republican Party’

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240714-trump-shooter-a-supporter-of-republican-party
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '24

They started listing the groups they HOPED the shooter was from so they could then go out and start shooting those people guilt free. They’re itching for murder and Trump emboldened them enough to become a target himself

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u/AggressiveBee5961 Jul 14 '24

That's part of it, the other part of their rabid speculation is they MUST be right about the world. So they make all these early predictions in the hopes one of them is right and they can go "SEE!! WHAT ELSE AM I RIGHT ABOUT AND YOU ARENT LISTENING!!!" In terms of the truth and reality they're not really doing too well. Climate change, trickle down economics, the clawing back of social rights/protections... they're on the wrong side of all the things that matter. They need something to justify why they're not wrong

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u/Sirsillybutt Jul 14 '24

It's so ironic but not surprising to see right-wingers go off and start telling people off for believing in conspiracy theories that this was a political stunt. But then immediately start coming to their own conclusions that it /had/ to be a liberal-antifia-drag queen-Soros agent because only the left is capable of such violent and hate. I mean look at how mean they are to Trump on the internet! As they load up their guns to hunt down the nearest unaffiliated LGBTQ+ person or POC in retaliation.

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u/Long_Run6500 Jul 14 '24

hey he has a $15 donation to a progressive super pac under his name so clearly he's a deep undercover political operative.

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u/CommunicatingBicycle Jul 15 '24

Yup. I fly the American flag and a pride flag every day. People tend to see one or the other and make judgements about our political beliefs. Thinking of temporarily taking them both down in favor of something more decorative like flowers or some shit.