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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat poor, cazy alleged shooter was set up.
He was the perfect choice.
Ok. I feel better now.
underpants
(185,311 posts)Dennis Donovan
(22,276 posts)LeftInTX
(29,040 posts)Heck he even wrote books...
TBF
(33,351 posts)many are saying it, but I don't think we can take that as fact until we learn more.
Kaleva
(37,616 posts)And they have tears in their eyes when they say it.
TBF
(33,351 posts)Guardian, and Threads - so I've seen the articles about probable mental illness and quite frankly the less forgiving posts are on Threads. They are out there, though, I don't think the OP is disingenuous.
I tend to think mental illness is the biggest factor, given the statement from the guy's son, but I have been wrong before. shrug:
sarisataka
(20,359 posts)The July kid or the golf course putz?
FarPoint
(13,308 posts)someone may of gotten to him/ strong covert style placement of ideas...his mental state fragile....He did comit several felonys so far...so, let's see if he will talk?????
Ocelot II
(119,262 posts)He had a particular obsession about Ukraine. He had a long history of minor criminal infractions, and behavior that strongly suggests mental illness. He voted for Trump in 2016 but apparently soured on him; donated small amounts to Act Blue, and more recently supported Ramaswamy and Haley. His extreme focus on Ukraine is probably why he turned against Trump, and he seems to be bonkers enough that he might have believed he had to get rid of Trump to save Ukraine. There is no evidence that anyone else was involved, and I refuse to arrive at any such conclusion without evidence. I don't do conspiracy theories.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
FraDon
(524 posts)Rinse. Repeat. Well never figure it out.
CatWoman
(79,519 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(19,258 posts)on anything more than feminine intuition.
Everything about that guy was so convenient. Guys like that are so easy to play.
Ocelot II
(119,262 posts)This guy had a long-standing obsession with the war in Ukraine, seemed to perceive himself as some sort of hero or at least someone with influence. But he seems to have been something of a nutter for years, and his obsession evidently led him to decide that only he could save Ukraine, and he had to eliminate Trump to do it. If someone had been working with him his attempt probably wouldn't have been so amateurish. The usual internet sleuths and conspiracy theorists are wondering how he knew Trump would be playing golf that day - but you don't have to be a brain scientist or a rocket surgeon to figure that out. You just keep an eye on Mierda-Lardo and watch where the entourage is going, which is almost certainly to the golf course. Everybody knows he golfs when he's not holding Nuremberg rallies. Just follow the entourage and hide in the shrubbery. Since he's not a sitting president he doesn't get the full complement of Secret Service agents so it's doable. No conspiracy required - just a nutball with an obsession and a gun.
Disaffected
(4,875 posts)What I do find a little suspicious however is how the guy "knew" Trump would be there.
Lurking repeatedly, at a course Trump frequents, until he shows up?
Dumb luck?
Both of the above?
Ocelot II
(119,262 posts)Since Lardass didn't have a rally scheduled the other destination would have the golf course, since all he ever does is hold rallies and play golf. You don't have to be a super-sleuth to figure that out.
Disaffected
(4,875 posts)he usually goes to the same course (I suppose though, as you pointed out, he could just follow the vehicles to the destination wherever it was).
FraDon
(524 posts)In just a perfect place and time. Seems a bit convenient. They had a BOLO (be on the lookout) issued in minutes with the car make, model, color AND plate number - on an escaping car.