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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 03:45:35 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   "As upset as the Republicans are, their outrage over this second assassination attempt on Trump has its limits. It stops at gun control."

   ~ Mehdi Hassan

   #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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   https://zeteo.com/p/trumps-assassination-attempt-banning

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 03:45:33 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Donald Trump loves violence, especially when it’s committed on his behalf."

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     ~ Mary Trump

     https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-bringer-of-violence

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 03:45:34 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Trump’s current campaign was endorsed by the NRA, who frequently opposes gun safety legislation.

     ~ Oliver Willis

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/16/2270766/-Democrats-decry-gun-violence-Trump-blames-them-for-would-be-shooter

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:46 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "No one in the MAGAsphere seems to notice or care that their own resistance to reasonable gun control enabled misfit Routh - who has dozens of previous charges - to arm himself in the first place. Routh had been pulled over by police more than 100 times and was considered 'a dangerous person,' but still legally stocked high-powered weapons and explosives."

     ~ Nina Burleigh

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://www.americanfreakshow.news/p/magas-all-american-gunners

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:47 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "The world’s richest moron Is dangerous."

     ~ David Kurtz

     #Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/welp-turns-out-police-are-investigating

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:47 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "You can condemn the wannabe assassins while also noting that Trump’s open embrace of violence is a big part of what makes him so dangerous."

     ~ Andrew Egger

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://www.thebulwark.com/p/youre-allowed-to-call-trump-a-threat

     Bill repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:48 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "When you can’t even remember the names of people who tried to assassinate a former President of the United States, something is unbalanced other than the two weirdos with the guns."

     ~ Lucian K. Truscott

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/unbalanced-is-the-new-black

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:49 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "As [Elon Musk's] words amass millions of views and thousands of shares, they also illustrate the ability of one of the world’s most influential people to spread fear, hate and misinformation during fraught political moments around the world."

     ~ Ali Swenson

     #Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x-election-voting-trump-misinformation-3479f2348f6ec47ce641ddf20fd6ce4e

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:50 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Trump has called his political opponents 'vermin,' echoed Adolf Hitler in saying immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country' and referred to himself as 'a very proud election denier.'”

     ~ Rex Huppke

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/16/trump-assassination-attempt-golf-course-shooting-violence-hypocrisy/75251537007/

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:50 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Trump's GOP is caught up in a web of violence they themselves have carefully knitted."

     ~ D. Earl Stephens

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/republican-made

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:51 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "The pair of them may reject violence when it’s directed towards them—as we all should—but they are unconcerned when anyone else is the target."

     ~ Joyce Vance

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://joycevance.substack.com/p/rejecting-violence-but-only-when

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 06:22:52 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Donald Trump just painted a target on Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s backs."

     ~ Robert McCoy

     #Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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     https://newrepublic.com/post/185997/trump-reaction-assassination-attempt-biden-harris