• ALoafOfBread
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    731 month ago

    The most recent “assassination attempt” was just drummed up by the media. I haven’t seen any evidence it was anything other than a man with some guns in his car who happened to be near the rally.

    • @[email protected]
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      181 month ago

      A couple of media places did release a very short blurb in small print that the “suspect” had no plans to assassinate anyone according to law enforcement after a short investigation.

    • @1995ToyotaCorolla
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      111 month ago

      Honestly, I’d be surprised if the venn diagram of “people who would keep guns in their car” and “trump’s base” wasn’t a circle.

      There’s going to be a lot of false positives in an environment like that

      • @Shapillon
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        41 month ago

        Why can’t leftists have some guns?

        • @1995ToyotaCorolla
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          51 month ago

          They do, I have a few myself. I just don’t feel the need to constantly have one on me.

          • @Shapillon
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            21 month ago

            A long rifle strapped to an e-bike is the kind of mental picture I needed in my day, thanks.

    • @Vandals_handle
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      91 month ago

      The Riverside county sheriff is the one who first used the term assassination attempt. Media uncritically repeated what the sheriff said.

      • @barsquid
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        31 month ago

        That’s their job. You might think their job is to investigate, but that is not what they’re paid to do.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 month ago

      And when it comes to America, a man with guns in his car is a normal situation.

      God I hate this place.

    • @ATDA
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      41 month ago

      I was sitting there reading the articles thinking, “if a loaded weapon amongst Trump supporters is an assassination attempt we’re going to need a spreadsheet here …”