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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:21 PM Jul 2017

Trump fan known for 'Pizzagate' rants beaten up while trolling Philly impeachment rally

Last edited Mon Jul 3, 2017, 03:04 PM - Edit history (1)

TRAVIS GETTYS
03 JUL 2017 AT 13:09 ET

A Trump supporter who interrupted a Christmas Mass to rant about “Pizzagate” was beaten up over the weekend by anti-fascist activists during a Philadelphia political demonstration.

Howard Caplan — a 48-year-old self-professed conspiracy theorist who gained notoriety by carrying “Hillary 4 prison” signs around the city — went Sunday to protest a demonstration calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, reported the Philly Voice.

The slogan was popularized by Alex Jones’ InfoWars website, and Caplan promotes “Pizzagate” and other conspiracy theories discussed by the Trump-backing broadcaster.

Caplan said he was attacked by three men he identified as members of Antifa, after they asked him “in a really nice way” about the Trump 2020 he was carrying to “troll” the protesters.

“Next thing I know, I’m on the ground,” Caplan told the Voice. “Felt like they hit me in the head with a bottle. They were stomping me a bit while I was fighting them off. They scattered. I looked around, disoriented, thought they stole my backpack but they didn’t.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/trump-fan-known-for-pizzagate-rants-beaten-up-while-trolling-philly-impeachment-rally/

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Trump fan known for 'Pizzagate' rants beaten up while trolling Philly impeachment rally (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
I'm going to need a lot more proof than this loon's word for it. Squinch Jul 2017 #1
Yeah, not known for his credibility or integrity emulatorloo Jul 2017 #4
Yeah, it sounds like he tripped over his own two feet Warpy Jul 2017 #9
"They were stomping me a bit." How do you stomp someone "a bit?" My guess: Squinch Jul 2017 #13
While I am skeptical, I must observe he is not a girl. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #2
Attention seeker all the way around Jim Beard Jul 2017 #5
Are you sure he didn't just fall down the stairs, drunk? louis-t Jul 2017 #3
False flag superpatriotman Jul 2017 #6
Suuuure it was Antifa, asshole. hadEnuf Jul 2017 #7
Considering Antifa is largely anarchists and not liberals Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #8
He wasn't beaten, He was invited for tea Vogon_Glory Jul 2017 #10
There's no 'B' in Antifa Brother Buzz Jul 2017 #11
Ha! Excellent! Solly Mack Jul 2017 #12
Is that a diaper on his head? angstlessk Jul 2017 #14
If true, that's not a good thing mythology Jul 2017 #15
Another winner from the winner's circle Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #16
Fuck him if he was attacked. Fuck him if he wasn't. Just fuck him. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #17

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
9. Yeah, it sounds like he tripped over his own two feet
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:50 PM
Jul 2017

or otherwise hit the ground under his own power.

POIDH, asshole, you know people had their cell phones out.

Squinch

(50,956 posts)
13. "They were stomping me a bit." How do you stomp someone "a bit?" My guess:
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 03:04 PM
Jul 2017

he fell and someone tripped over him.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
3. Are you sure he didn't just fall down the stairs, drunk?
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:29 PM
Jul 2017

I remember a roommate I had who swore he got in a fight the night before. My neighbor came over the next day and told me he was standing in the back of a pickup in a drunken stupor and fell off.

hadEnuf

(2,195 posts)
7. Suuuure it was Antifa, asshole.
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:45 PM
Jul 2017

Probably beaten up by his wife who's had enough of his obnoxious insanity.

Trump is the empowerer of assholes everywhere.

Docreed2003

(16,865 posts)
8. Considering Antifa is largely anarchists and not liberals
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:48 PM
Jul 2017

He'd be hard pressed, that is if this "assault" even happened, to pin that on the left.

Vogon_Glory

(9,120 posts)
10. He wasn't beaten, He was invited for tea
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 02:51 PM
Jul 2017

Someone misunderstood as to whether he wanted some lumps.

Maybe next time James O'Keefe can have some germ tea.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
16. Another winner from the winner's circle
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 05:01 PM
Jul 2017

edited to add: I don't condone violence in any way, of course, however I assume anyone who goes on and on about shit like "pizzagate" has a default setting of full of shit, until proven otherwise.

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