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kpete

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Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:11 AM Feb 2018

Bill Maher Nails Trump Bigly

Trump said, ‘So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed.’
Yes, we saw.
He was wearing your ‘Make America Great Again’hat.



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In the aftermath of a 14 February 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left at least seventeen people dead, the Internet brimmed over with rumors and disinformation about suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz. Was he a Dreamer? No. A registered Democrat? No. Was he pictured in an “antifa t-shirt”? No. Was he photographed in a hat bearing President Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “MAGA” (“Make America Great Again”)?

The MAGA hat rumor was based on the profile picture of Instagram account “NikolasCruzMakarov.” The account has since been deleted (you can see an archived version here) but screenshots of the page have already traveled far and wide on social media:

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https://www.snopes.com/did-shooters-instagram-picture-maga-hat/
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Bill Maher Nails Trump Bigly (Original Post) kpete Feb 2018 OP
K&R... spanone Feb 2018 #1
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #2
Wearing a MAGA hat is a declaration of ignorance randr Feb 2018 #3
No, it's a declaration of mental illness. nt The_jackalope Feb 2018 #6
Clearly both Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #7
Thanks. RoBear Feb 2018 #4
All part of the branded lifestyle Blue Owl Feb 2018 #5
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