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MerrilyMerrily

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Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:10 PM Jul 14

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

LizBeth

(10,478 posts)
1. FB posts and they can prove otherwise.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:13 PM
Jul 14

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

(35,131 posts)
17. I saw sometime around 8 with a credit card the other day.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:04 PM
Jul 14

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.

(14,922 posts)
2. I thought the actblue story sounded fishy.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:13 PM
Jul 14

CatWoman

(79,474 posts)
3. i just read a headline describing the shooter as a "Biden donor"
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:13 PM
Jul 14

these people just won't quit

hadEnuf

(2,476 posts)
18. They have nothing else except lying to the extreme.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:54 PM
Jul 14

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

4. Good
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:16 PM
Jul 14

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

(3,118 posts)
7. They have already done their damage.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:19 PM
Jul 14

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

Hugin

(34,219 posts)
5. The fact someone took the time and effort to scrounge around one link...
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:17 PM
Jul 14

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

(25,096 posts)
12. Epstein and Project 2025?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:06 PM
Jul 14

I may have just misread it.

NoveltySocks

(366 posts)
6. I saw that too.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:18 PM
Jul 14

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

(13,144 posts)
8. Whichever Thomas Crooks in that area donated right after the 2020 election results.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:19 PM
Jul 14

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

(23,296 posts)
9. A credit card is not the only way to make a donation to ActBlue.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 12:21 PM
Jul 14

Alice B.

(153 posts)
10. Someone is posting on threads that the donation came from someone with a CA address?
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:03 PM
Jul 14

LeftInTX

(28,773 posts)
13. It's a common name. However, this guy has the same address as the shooter
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:08 PM
Jul 14

Alice B.

(153 posts)
23. Thank you - that was what I thought I read here!
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:58 PM
Jul 14

LeftInTX

(28,773 posts)
11. They have the same address.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:05 PM
Jul 14

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

(145 posts)
14. TY - Dang, back to square one
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 01:51 PM
Jul 14

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

LeftInTX

(28,773 posts)
16. It is. But he was 17, so who knows? Maybe he was inspired on that day.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:01 PM
Jul 14

The guy probably had mental health issues.

Maybe he liked Biden, then soured? Who knows?

andym

(5,550 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, 02:00 PM
Jul 14

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

(2,476 posts)
19. The fact is he is a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 02:56 PM
Jul 14

AZLD4Candidate

(6,092 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, 02:59 PM
Jul 14

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

Please prepare for it. Reverse gish gallop.

FrankBooth

(1,709 posts)
21. His alleged ActBlue donation is irrelevant
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:01 PM
Jul 14

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

(29,865 posts)
22. He became a Republican after the donation was made. nt
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 03:04 PM
Jul 14

MFM008

(19,943 posts)
24. Im sure
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 04:34 PM
Jul 14

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

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