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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have questions...
If the suspect was staking out the golf course for 12 hours but never fired his weapon and drump was never in his line of sight, how on earth is this considered an assassination attempt?
Wouldn't we be better served by the talking heads if they turned down the rhetoric?
Words and facts matter.
oldsoftie
(13,366 posts)Why else would he have been there for HOURS waiting with a rifle?
Dont try to diminish what this whack job was doing.
2naSalit
(90,881 posts)babylonsister
(171,421 posts)he's mentally unbalanced? I think he just wanted attention. If so, it worked.
sinkingfeeling
(52,652 posts)intheflow
(28,788 posts)when the golf game was impromptu?
Island Blue
(6,072 posts)that if you sit & wait for him to play golf there, you wont have to wait more than 24 hours.
InstantGratification
(235 posts)It is common knowledge that his target golfs frequently. Often enough in fact, that he has drawn criticism for not putting more effort into his campaign. The perp rolled the dice and guessed right, but the secret service was alert and thwarted his plan.
AverageOldGuy
(1,837 posts). . . do not put facts at the top of their lists.
At the top of their lists is stirring up controversy because the dry facts don't attract viewers.
Roy Rolling
(7,114 posts)It was a concept of an assassination plan.
MiHale
(10,479 posts)Could have been Witkoff
doubt it but
babylonsister
(171,421 posts)MiHale
(10,479 posts)Maybe I watch too many detective type shows over my lifetime but learned not to assume the first thing is the correct one.
babylonsister
(171,421 posts)biophile
(214 posts)The concept of an assassination plan😀
biophile
(214 posts)The distinction is important, yes!
😀
oldsoftie
(13,366 posts)Omnipresent
(6,133 posts)They left abandoned patrol cars blocking off Congress ave, Kirk rd, and Davis rd blocked off from traffic for two days.
If there were any deputies working, I cant imagine what work they had to do?
krkaufman
(13,614 posts)Arguing against reality Is usually their thing, so Ill leave it to them.
That said, the coverage seems excessive and particularly misguided given its being done to the exclusion of covering his and Vances hate- and fear-mongering that is having actual impact on a community.
jaxexpat
(7,428 posts)They get a rest from the grind of deflecting his craziness 24/7. While they sleep, the media takes up the slack. It's like a symbiotic relationship.
TNNurse
(7,056 posts)That guy did no shooting...only the Secret Service did.