88 points

I can’t be the only one who didn’t give much weight to the “registered Republican” thing, right? I’ve considered registering as Republican just to do damage control in their primaries, and I know people who’ve done just that.

That being said, if this guy really does turn out to be a Republican I fully expect conservatives to try and gaslight everyone into thinking he was actually Antifa or something.

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Republican, democrat, something else: I think it’s all plausible, we don’t know anything about the person or their motives yet.

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19 points

He was probably trying to impress Jodie Foster.

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9 points

Should’ve tried being a beautiful gay lady I guess.

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11 points

He was 20 years old. He might have registered republican just to try ways of getting closer to trump

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5 points

Voting is anonymous. He would have to tell someone how he voted for anyone to know. Unless you mean the primaries, in which case, he’d have to register for the party primary he wanted to vote in ahead of time. Having grown up in PA, I can tell you that it’s common practice to change parties depending on which party has the more consequential primary. I’ve done this myself, multiple times. Maybe he’s right wing. Maybe he’s left wing. But Lemmy propagandists aren’t going to wait to find out.

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18 points

He did attempt to kill a fascist so he literally is an anti-fascist.

We don’t know his reasoning so until that becomes clear questions remain.

He might have been brother of a child rape victim, he might have loved Stormy Daniels until she was soiled by Trump, he might just be a old school Republican tired of the crazy in charge of his party. All seem reasonable things to hate Trump for but none are reason to kill him.

I’d rather Trump face jail time than die from an assassin. Him bitching to his cellie because he isn’t allowed to have his phone and Truth Social access is a far better fate for him.

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46 points

Killing fascists doesn’t inherently make you antifascist. Fascists kill each other all the time!

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So he read about Doe 147 and got even more disgusted than I did? Which, yeah. I don’t blame him if that was his motive.

That was some of the sickest shit I’ve ever read about someone with so much power and influence.

Re: recently unsealed Epstein documents uncover who Doe 147 is (trump) and recounts some of the experiences told by the abused girls.

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This doesn’t look like the same person as Crooks. I saw a video of someone that looks similar to the dude in this picture make a troll video after the fact saying HE was the shooter and he’s “still out there”. It very much seems like either this same person made an IG account immediately after to mess with people or someone else saw that video and chose to make this account to mess with people. Either way, I don’t think this is the same person as the shooter.

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3 points

I thought I could do that, because I live in a Red county, but all the Republicans in the primary were crazy. So, I didn’t.

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127 points

Hunter Bidens laptop could have stopped this. Dark Brandon will kill again!

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12 points

But SCOTUS says that’s all cool and legal, though.

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64 points

It’s always the ones you suspect the most

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7 points

You must be the greatest detective the world never had! 😉

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2 points

Batman?

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2 points

I love when the World’s Greatest Detective just has his fully equipped crime lab AI solve the case for him

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18 points

This act of Chinese aggression will not stand!

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75 points

Maybe some 2nd amendment people still take the defending against tyranny bit seriously.

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28 points

I know I certainly do. But seriously, was the shooter a republican? I’ve been traveling for the past 48 hours and apparently missed all the fun.

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43 points

Allegedly registered republican but also allegedly donated small amount of money to Biden PAC.

Don’t count your chickens yet… Could just be another apolitical psychopath

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24 points

I mean the guy that nearly got Reagan wanted to impress an actress.

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37 points

also allegedly donated small amount of money to Biden PAC.

He donated $15 to a Democrat get out the vote PAC… On inauguration day.

One of the least useful donations ever 😂

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5 points

He was only 20, registered as a republican. But could’ve done that as part of his plan to make it look like infighting.

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12 points

The rare double false flag

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5 points

A registered Republican, back in 2020 or something. RINOs exist.

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I guess we are gonna see how well that 2nd amendment holds up against capitalists tyranny.

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