So is the Ricin story made up?

[brettdale]

Seems like an early October surprise, and put in there to get sympathy for Trump.

[soothsayer]

1. We'll never know. That's what happen when they lie so much.

You just can’t tell what’s true.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Yep.

My first reaction is to say it's a lie because Trump said it. Since everything he says is a lie, a partial truth, or an exaggeration, it's a pretty safe bet that it isn't true. I'm going to split the difference and say that the people who open his mail opened something that they thought could possibly be ricin, but wasn't.

[Thekaspervote]

2. No, I saw a post about it here last night with reliable link. It didn't get anywhere close to dotard

[ProfessorGAC]

9. That's Why I Don't Believe It

Unless one has access to very good crystalization hardware, & know-how, it's hard to get ricin with next to zero ricinoleic acids.
You & I could smell that artifact outside the envelope.
Dogs could be trained to ID it from 5 to 10 paces away.
That mail would never be cleared to the truck that goes to the WH.
And, if someone had the skills & equipment to weaponize ricin, they'd have the skills to make something much more deadly.
I don't believe their claim.
Your reliable sites are still just credible reporters of an administration we can't trust.
I don't believe ricin ever gets inside the building.

[hedda_foil]

11. It didn't get near the WH. it was found at the postal facility that checks every piece of mail.

The facility isn't in the WH. It was set up in 2001 for the anthrax scare and is still in effect. It was detected there and then double checked at a lab.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Then It Was Not A Threat To The WH

Exactly as I said would occur, did.
So, they're exaggerating the threat.
Since postal workers don't open the packages, the risk of aerosolizing the agent was near zero.
Ricin requires a fairly high concentration to be deadly. A closed box of it poses very little risk.
The WH greatly overstated the threat here.

[NCjack]

3. Looks like a trumpian hoax. Trying to panic DEMs into giving up the USPS.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Sure fits Trump's narrative of the "radical left".

That's the catch phrase of the month and this conveniently dovetails.

If it's real, they'll probably come up with a suspect.
If it's fake, we won't hear again about it except at rallys.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. All mail headed to Congress or the WH goes to a screening

post office facility first. This was put into effect after 9/11 and the anthrax scares. This letter would never even have made it to the WH or anywhere near Trump.

[2naSalit]

7. That kind of mail only ends up going to the offices of Democrats.

I think it's another attempt to claim the news cycle from all the interest in the passing of RBG. He can't stand anyone else getting attention and leaving him out of it.

[GoCubsGo]

8. That's my bet. Also, Baby needs attention.

RBG's death took the spotlight away from him, and we can't have that now, can we? It's a twofer. This alleged "Ricin attack" not only gets him sympathy, it returns the attention back on him.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Probably not. That people here have been so quick to claim fake news

makes us no better than the Fox watching nonthinkers.

There really is no reason for the Secret Service to make up something like this.

Anyone mailing anything to the White House ought to be aware that stuff addressed to the President doesn't just show up in some little office mailbox for him to look at. Everything is going to be opened and looked at.

So stop with the stupid conspiracy nonsense on this story already.

[Bev54]

12. I do not understand this either, it is reported by all the news

agencies and it was not just to the WH but to other federal agencies, primarily in Texas. We have to do better than this, it is ok to be skeptical until it is verified, but I would say it has been verified. So why is everyone so quick to think there are not people out there that would like to get at Trump?

[Mr.Bill]

13. We'll know if Trump says anything about it.

Because the truth will be the exact opposite of whatever he says.

[mitch96]

14. I would not put it past 'em.. Play to the base... nt