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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill 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 Againhat.
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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 Trumps 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 The account has since been deleted (you can see an archived version here) but screenshots of the page have already traveled far and wide on social media: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/
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 Trumps 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 The account has since been deleted (you can see an archived version here) but screenshots of the page have already traveled far and wide on social media:
?w=678
https://www.snopes.com/did-shooters-instagram-picture-maga-hat/
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Bill Maher Nails Trump Bigly (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2018
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spanone
(135,874 posts)1. K&R...
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)2. K & R...nt
randr
(12,414 posts)3. Wearing a MAGA hat is a declaration of ignorance
The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)6. No, it's a declaration of mental illness. nt
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)7. Clearly both
But sadly, I cannot play from tweets, so I'm hoping to find this elsewhere...
Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)5. All part of the branded lifestyle
n/t