Trump Assassination Attempt(s)

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McDad said:
If my 20 year old was a home body, introverted and socially awkward, I would be concerned bc it would be out of his normal routine. I would text first, then call to check in. If that was unsuccessful, I might go looking or call the police.
Of course we don't know if Crooks was those things or if his father would have same instinct as me, but i think it's worth consideration.
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Definitely possible, and the quick timeframe of parents calling police helps provide some context to his mental state. I wonder if he had been threatening suicide and that was their fear. Then the question becomes why in the world would you let him access your rifle at all? Maybe it was like, "wait, did you take the rifle?" with a lot of justified concern, and the son temporarily appeased him with a "relax dad, I'm just going to the range - i'll be back by lunch"
 
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Franklin Pierce said:

Trump Shooter used Gaming Site that features Presidential Assassination Game​


Trump shooter Thomas Crooks posted an ominous comment that appeared to foreshadow his attack on the former president on the gaming platform Steam – which features an assassination game.

Crooks, 20, wrote in a post earlier this month, "July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds."

The chilling details were disclosed late Wednesday to senators in an all-member briefing.


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Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks used gaming platform Steam, which featured the presidential assassination game Mr. President. There is no evidence he played the game. (AFP handout/Steam)

The game's protagonist, Dick "Rock-Hard" Johnson – "the best bodyguard money can buy" – is sworn to protect "the most hated presidential candidate of all time Ronald Rump," the game's description reads.
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Pinning anything on Steam is kind of ridiculous. It's like blaming Amazon for someone buying a rope they used to bind up someone in a murder.
 
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McDad said:
That suggests had nothing to do with the target and everything to do with logistics and opportunity.
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That's been my theory for a few days given comments by people who knew him that he was essentially apolitical. But we'll see.

To their credit, the Trump campaign has tamped down on claims the shooting was causes by Dem campaign rhetoric and seems like such theorizing by RNC speakers at the convention was limited.
 
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wtmvol said:
My guess is that it was his dad's gun, but his dad doesn't use it often and didn't know it was missing.

It is a little odd to me though that the dad went from thinking his son went to the range on that saturday morning to calling police concerned about his son's whereabouts later in the afternoon. Clearly they knew something was up leading into that day or perhaps saw something that raised alarm bells. Even 20 year olds who live at home are typically independent enough that being "missing" for like 8 hours isn't even noticeable to parents.
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Do we have a concrete time for when the dad called about his son missing? Like from a record? I can't keep up. Sorry if already posted
 
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lawgator1 said:
It might not have been Fox claiming it was true. Might have been a remark by one of their randoms, then picked up by the right wing bloggosphere as "reporting," to make it seem like factual news.
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That's because you elected a dementia patient for a President that really hasn't even briefed the American people, nor have they really clarified anything of value or even asked anyone for assistance.

Nutjob.

Why are they leaking stuff and briefing stuff behind closed doors?
 
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volinsd said:
Do we have a concrete time for when the dad called about his son missing? Like from a record? I can't keep up. Sorry if already posted
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I don't think I've seen that released yet. I see "hours before the ass. attempt" so I assumed some time in the afternoon.
 
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wtmvol said:
I don't think I've seen that released yet. I see "hours before the ass. attempt" so I assumed some time in the afternoon.
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Thank you @wtmvol !

That's all I have seen as well.

I use this site instead of social media for most of the information I'm looking for.

I think that makes me a low information voter doesn't it? 😎
 
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lawgator1 said:
Not that I'm aware of. I roll my eyes at her commentary almost as much as MJT's. Would probably be equal except that AOC is infinitely more attractive and I am superficial about that.
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Another main difference is that MJT believes her rhetoric, I am not so sure about AOC. I have met several Congressman from Tennessee that have met AOC and they said she was actually pretty civil to them off-camera unlike other leftists/Democrats and was very down to earth.

I really think that due to her inconsistencies, she puts on a show and can't believe half the crap she spouts. It brings her fame and $$$$ and that is what it is about.

I have personally met MJT, she is out there and definitely believes what she says.
 
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