it probably chaps Trump's ass that this has gotten so much more attention than his assassination attempt
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Attempts are boring. If he really wanted attention he should have committed.
MAGA pitches a fit every day of the week that ends in y.
People like Megyn Kelly and Nancy Mace have always been a voice supporting the 1% and .01%. Obviously they will rally in support of the people that make it possible for them to get healthcare and earn a comfortable living.
I think donvict supporters can be expected to pitching a fit over a lot of things, if the 2016 result was any indication. They got even more angry after their "win".
I think nothing will make that type happy, TBH, but I think what really got to them was that not everyone started treating them like they were special or something. If anything, people treated them even worse - tried to avoid them, cut them out of their lives, etc....
Very true. They won the election and they're still bitching and complaint about anything and everything.
This guy seemed a little iffy in his background - I would think quite a few of the right are celebrating this guy. It would make sense the elitists are trying to pacify that bunch, and try to paint this guy as some kind of leftist, though...they probably don't want the base that has been groomed for violence to suddenly get ideas about a mass movement of vigilantes like this guy stalking and killing the billionaire class.
MAGA worship their billionaire overlords. And private Healthcare. Because the socialized programs many of them benefit from are from the devil.
Which makes absolutely no sense considering the fact that Red States are widely more dependant on government assistance than Blue States.
They cannot stand the idea that people they hate might benefit, too.
I bet if they could find some way of justification via other means, for instance, over arguments of "socialism" vs. "capitalism", they would find ways to make sure POC, liberals, women, gays, etc., do not benefit from the current system as well.
Of course, they really pine for someone - maybe donvict - that will let them do it out in the open, w/o the facade of "socialism" vs. "capitalism".
Yeah ... That'd be terrible.
Honestly, I think about the only outcome would be that the C-suites, the billionaire class and their apparatchiks just step up security. It's not like murdering a handful of C-suite types or even their billionaire overlords will change anything. They'll just swap in a new person that is just as willing to fuck everyone over. The billionaire overlords will just pass that money on to their foundation/offspring.
I think elmo already has a lot of security, yes? And remember how much he whined and threatened the guy that was just posting public data about elmo's jet location?
Watter's assertion that:
"He’s gonna get annihilated on the inside, and good.”
Is probably bullshit. To have the balls to walk up and ice the 21st century version of a vampire will be huge in prison. They hate corporate America just as much as we do.
Exactly, his actions are being received positively among the people who have been burned by society, which would have more representation in prison.
They frown upon murdering children and shit like that, he is probably gonna get lots of high fives.
This guy is gonna be protected on the inside if he makes it there
I don't think it is outside the realm of possibility that corporate interests would find a way to get another prisoner/guard to kill him. I doubt it would even be that difficult for them. They have so much to offer to a group of people who have been deprived of most things. solidarity to a cause only goes so far when your life is just suffering.
They absolutely have a vested interest in demonstrating to the public that people who kill members of their class will face terrible repercussions.
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