• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
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    20 hours ago

    We didn’t know who shot Kirk. The last few attempts on Republicans were also conducted by Republicans.

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      Maga was spreading the news that the shooter was a liberal within minutes. The vast majority will believe that they’re under attack by liberals despite any news or facts to the contrary. Anything else will be viewed as another conspiracy.

      Reality is not a place where Maga and Fox News live.

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        Even if it turns out to be a liberal, that’d make what, 1 in 10 shooters being on the left? 1 in 100? It’s clearly a lefty gun epidemic. If only Republicans could read… Also, no one will ever be caught for this one. That way they can speculate to high heaven and never be wrong.

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        The shooter could be a live long Republican with the parents, spouse, and kids all being Republicans. They could have the dog trained to attack minorities and they could be someone that was very publicly vocal about every and all Republican talking points.

        But they’d find a single photo where they are wearing a blue shirt and say they’ve secretly been a Democrat all their life.

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        I’m aware they’ll lie about. Just saying we shouldn’t boost that narrative. Not while no one knows who did this

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        Yep. I saw someone comment on the shooting earlier today on one of the mainstream articles - first commenter says “liberal violence needs to stop”, next commenter says “both attempts on donnie were Republicans”, third commenter denies that (I’m pretty sure the shooter that broke glass near donnie was a con, not sure about the other guy that set up a backpack near one of his golf courses, but he didn’t even get off a shot).

        They already think the guy that had Taco wearing that performative bandage for weeks on end because of broken glass nearby was a liberal.

        Facts don’t matter to these clowns. At all.

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        Or brainwashed by leftists. The idea of a Republican harming a Republican seems to short-circuit them, like a robot with a paradox.