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MerrilyMerrily

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Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:10 AM Jul 2024

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FB posts and they can prove otherwise. LizBeth Jul 2024 #1
I saw sometime around 8 with a credit card the other day. Ms. Toad Jul 2024 #17
I thought the actblue story sounded fishy. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #2
i just read a headline describing the shooter as a "Biden donor" CatWoman Jul 2024 #3
They have nothing else except lying to the extreme. hadEnuf Jul 2024 #18
Good Grabnar the Wanderer Jul 2024 #4
They have already done their damage. edisdead Jul 2024 #7
The fact someone took the time and effort to scrounge around one link... Hugin Jul 2024 #5
Epstein and Project 2025? JanMichael Jul 2024 #12
I saw that too. NoveltySocks Jul 2024 #6
Whichever Thomas Crooks in that area donated right after the 2020 election results. haele Jul 2024 #8
A credit card is not the only way to make a donation to ActBlue. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2024 #9
Someone is posting on threads that the donation came from someone with a CA address? Alice B. Jul 2024 #10
It's a common name. However, this guy has the same address as the shooter LeftInTX Jul 2024 #13
Thank you - that was what I thought I read here! Alice B. Jul 2024 #23
They have the same address. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #11
TY - Dang, back to square one MerrilyMerrily Jul 2024 #14
It is. But he was 17, so who knows? Maybe he was inspired on that day. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #16
Kid's parents are Democrats--probably had the kid donate to ACT BLUE when living at home at age 17 andym Jul 2024 #15
The fact is he is a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN. hadEnuf Jul 2024 #19
Occam's Razor won't happen. Reverse gish gallop will. It will be the only thing the GOP will harp and the media will AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #20
His alleged ActBlue donation is irrelevant FrankBooth Jul 2024 #21
He became a Republican after the donation was made. nt Quixote1818 Jul 2024 #22
Im sure MFM008 Jul 2024 #24

LizBeth

(11,108 posts)
1. FB posts and they can prove otherwise.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:13 AM
Jul 2024

So a man and party that has promoted hate and violence for 8 yrs has a Republica gun nut wearing a gun nut org tshirt on shoots an AK15 that Dems want to eliminate to protect all people are blaming Biden and the one woman in a team of four SS detail Sounds about right.

Also, prove the 15 came from the kid. Inauguration night, after electi0on done. Piddly 15 dollars. On a credit card, what 17 yr old has cr card. No middle name. Registered Republican a couple months later. Sounds like a prank to me. Prove otherwise.

Ms. Toad

(36,072 posts)
17. I saw sometime around 8 with a credit card the other day.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:04 PM
Jul 2024

I was annoyed, because I picked the shortest line, and one family split into the separate tickets - with what turned out to be the slowest cashier ever.

The kid bought a pink Hubba Bubble bubble gum tape. With a credit card she pulled out of a little cross the body purse. (Could have been a debit card - I wasn't watching closely enough to see if she typed in a PIN).

Think. Again.

(21,460 posts)
2. I thought the actblue story sounded fishy.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:13 AM
Jul 2024

CatWoman

(79,904 posts)
3. i just read a headline describing the shooter as a "Biden donor"
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:13 AM
Jul 2024

these people just won't quit

hadEnuf

(3,003 posts)
18. They have nothing else except lying to the extreme.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:54 PM
Jul 2024

Everybody needs to watch their backs. They are cornered rats.

4. Good
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:16 AM
Jul 2024

If the Actblue donation story falls apart, there will be nothing left for the media to use to insist this asshole was on the left.

edisdead

(3,359 posts)
7. They have already done their damage.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:19 AM
Jul 2024

The lie is in the ether. Thats all that matters to them.

Hugin

(35,775 posts)
5. The fact someone took the time and effort to scrounge around one link...
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:17 AM
Jul 2024

To someone vaguely associated with a $15 dollar donation and won’t report at all on clear and unambiguous links between Epstein and Project 2025 with Trump tells me all I need to know.

JanMichael

(25,475 posts)
12. Epstein and Project 2025?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:06 PM
Jul 2024

I may have just misread it.

NoveltySocks

(408 posts)
6. I saw that too.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:18 AM
Jul 2024

The other guy is decades older than the shooter, and he appears to have given modest amounts to other Democratic campaigns dating back to ~2012. It seems more likely to me that the reporter mistook this guy for the shooter than the shooter actually donated to ActBlue at age 17. Idk.

haele

(13,985 posts)
8. Whichever Thomas Crooks in that area donated right after the 2020 election results.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:19 AM
Jul 2024

That from the gossip reports being made this is coming from.
If it was the shooter, chances are he lost a bet.
And a 17 year old can have a credit/debit card; our Credit Union has had parent-monitored cards for 13 to 18 year olds for nearly 20 years.
Wouldn't put much into that as it was apparently only once, and only that time. And it's still gossip.

Haele
(Peering over her newspaper, sadly sighing, then going back to reading)

WhiskeyGrinder

(24,399 posts)
9. A credit card is not the only way to make a donation to ActBlue.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 11:21 AM
Jul 2024

Alice B.

(430 posts)
10. Someone is posting on threads that the donation came from someone with a CA address?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:03 PM
Jul 2024

LeftInTX

(32,618 posts)
13. It's a common name. However, this guy has the same address as the shooter
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:08 PM
Jul 2024

Alice B.

(430 posts)
23. Thank you - that was what I thought I read here!
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:58 PM
Jul 2024

LeftInTX

(32,618 posts)
11. They have the same address.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:05 PM
Jul 2024

I saw the act blue receipt with his actual address. I got his address earlier from a background check program. I would share the image, but it has his parents' address on it. So I'll share the link.

See this post:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19151917

MerrilyMerrily

(203 posts)
14. TY - Dang, back to square one
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:51 PM
Jul 2024

The donation is confusing given everything else they are reporting about him.

LeftInTX

(32,618 posts)
16. It is. But he was 17, so who knows? Maybe he was inspired on that day.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:01 PM
Jul 2024

The guy probably had mental health issues.

Maybe he liked Biden, then soured? Who knows?

andym

(5,879 posts)
15. Kid's parents are Democrats--probably had the kid donate to ACT BLUE when living at home at age 17
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:00 PM
Jul 2024

attending high school. After he left home at 18 after a conflict with his father, did he assume his own political identity as a Republican. Inferred from his voter registration and the following source:

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/presidential-election/2024/07/14/6693d31a268e3e414c8b458f.html

hadEnuf

(3,003 posts)
19. The fact is he is a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:56 PM
Jul 2024

AZLD4Candidate

(6,472 posts)
20. Occam's Razor won't happen. Reverse gish gallop will. It will be the only thing the GOP will harp and the media will
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:59 PM
Jul 2024

allow them. That one donation will become the narrative and "he was a Democrat."

Please prepare for it. Reverse gish gallop.

FrankBooth

(1,818 posts)
21. His alleged ActBlue donation is irrelevant
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:01 PM
Jul 2024

This wannabe assassin was a registered Republican gun nut who had access to an AR-15. His paltry fucking $15 donation 3.5 years ago MEANS NOTHING.

Repeat: He is a Registered Republican Gun Nut. Democrats need to mention that every time they speak about him, and they need to be ANGRY that this happened because this idiot had access to a fucking AR-15. Democrats need to stop fucking apologizing and equivocating.

Quixote1818

(30,792 posts)
22. He became a Republican after the donation was made. nt
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:04 PM
Jul 2024

MFM008

(20,036 posts)
24. Im sure
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:34 PM
Jul 2024

And he was Obamas chief of staff at 10........

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