• NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Didn’t the FBI finally find a social media account of the shooter from like 2019 or so and it was full of racism? Hold on. Lemme find that article…

    The Guardian

    Abbate on Tuesday appeared alongside the acting US Secret Service director, Ronald Rowe Jr, before a US Senate panel and said: “In about the 2019, 2020 timeframe, there were over 700 comments posted from this account. Some of these comments, if ultimately attributable to the shooter, appear to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes to espouse political violence and are described as extreme in nature.”

    CNN

    FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said in a joint Senate hearing that the bureau is working to verify a social media account that appeared to reflect “antisemitic” and “anti-immigration” themes that is believed to be linked to the shooter who attempted to assassinate former President Trump

    That second one is a video.

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      Wouldn’t this dude be 15-16 at the time of those posts? That’s a lot of time for a young person to change their views. I know I basically did a 180 from conservative to leftist in that time frame.

      I’m not trying to say he wasn’t right-wing, but using what someone posted when they were in high school as evidence for political motivation 4-5 years later seems flawed to me

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        5 months ago

        In the absence of any other visible political opinions I dunno what else we’re supposed to attribute to him

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          Why obsess so much over his motivations? I can think of 1000 reasons why someone with a gun and a lack of morals might want to kill Trump. Does it really matter which one got him to the rally? Even if we found a verifiable suicide note saying “I did it for X reason” it wouldn’t change anything.

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            5 months ago

            Because it’s relevant to the conversation and the point Vance is trying to make. There’s no evidence he was a Democrat beyond one 5 dollar donation after the fucking insurrection. To me it sounds like he’s a libertarian who doesn’t like tyranny.

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        5 months ago

        Just reads like your average 15-16 year old’s comments said over the weekend playing Xbox …