• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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      1 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.

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        1 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.

      • Vandals_handle@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

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

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          1 month ago

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

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        1 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 …”

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        1 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

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        30 days ago

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

        God I hate this place.