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Registered Republican, how about that... (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (6 children)

So this makes it I'd say 50/50 IMO that either the motive was a personal grudge against some misfortune he blames Trump specifically for a la the assassination of Shinzo Abe, or that he was a gun nut who didn't want to surrender his Common Law AR-15 nor his Common Law stash of cocaine laced LSD at a security checkpoint, and went up on the roof to watch the show until he finished off the entire stash in one go and the demons told him that there was someone charging his position through the stage or something.

I'm almost more inclined to believe the second one because the first shot that actually caused the ear bleeding is now rumored to not have actually hit Trump but instead the Teleprompter which sprayed glass Shrapnel at the felon in chief which is what actually cut his ear.

This would imply that the first shot which he'd have the most opportunity to laze the shot for was not actually aimed directly at Trump as much as in the same direction as he happened to be in relative to the shooter. Unless the teleprompter was a lot closer to Trump at this particular rally than they usually are to the stage during most rallies on either side of the aisle.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He might also have been trying to impress some young Hollywood starlet (Reagan got shot because his shooter got obsessed with Jodie Foster after watching Taxi Driver) or some other form of mental illness (besides being a gun nut and Republican, I mean)...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also a chance that he knew an attempt on Trump would make him a martyr

Quick Edit: Not saying he thought things through or was sane. After all, he used live rounds when blanks would still make noise and ensure Trump was not in danger. Just that it could have been his intent

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My favorite conspiracy theory is that the shooter wasn't trying to get Trump at all. They were trying to kill a member of the secret service and got Trump instead.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Suppose I'll vote on the grudge.

He was registered Republican, young, and so likely part of Republican family. He felt like giving to Democrats in 2021 (odd year for a political donation). So I'm imagining a close family member who was all in on Trump and anti mask and anti vaccine dying from COVID-19. In the short term he tossed a little money at Democrats as some sort of small token retribution.

As to why he'd miss, he's likely barely got experience and hitting a target from a distance is hard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Could also be a self appointed (or not) agent provocateur, who thought that a near miss would make trump a hero and his supporters even more fired up (in reality they didn't need a push - the cult members already twist anything he does or is done to him to make him a hero), and martyred himself for "the cause" (E: or believed whoever hired him that he would be spared). I really wouldn't put that past the average trump supporter.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Or he was a democrat who registered republican so that he could try to vote someone else in the primary.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

This is a real thing that people do.