That poor, cazy alleged shooter was set up.

[leftyladyfrommo]

He was the perfect choice.

Ok. I feel better now.

[underpants]

1. No. I don't think so.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Sadly, from anything we know about the man, which isn't a lot, he's mentally ill. n/t

[LeftInTX]

3. What? Who paid him? Who set him up? How was he duped?

Heck he even wrote books...

[TBF]

4. I can see how you'd come to that conclusion because

many are saying it, but I don't think we can take that as fact until we learn more.

[Kaleva]

7. Many are saying it. The very best people are saying it

And they have tears in their eyes when they say it.

[TBF]

9. The only places I've read this morning are DU,

Guardian, and Threads - so I've seen the articles about probable mental illness and quite frankly the less forgiving posts are on Threads. They are out there, though, I don't think the OP is disingenuous.

I tend to think mental illness is the biggest factor, given the statement from the guy's son, but I have been wrong before. shrug:

[sarisataka]

5. Which one

The July kid or the golf course putz?

[FarPoint]

6. Indeed....

someone may of gotten to him/ strong covert style placement of ideas...his mental state fragile....He did comit several felonys so far...so, let's see if he will talk?????

[Ocelot II]

8. Doubtful.

He had a particular obsession about Ukraine. He had a long history of minor criminal infractions, and behavior that strongly suggests mental illness. He voted for Trump in 2016 but apparently soured on him; donated small amounts to Act Blue, and more recently supported Ramaswamy and Haley. His extreme focus on Ukraine is probably why he turned against Trump, and he seems to be bonkers enough that he might have believed he had to get rid of Trump to save Ukraine. There is no evidence that anyone else was involved, and I refuse to arrive at any such conclusion without evidence. I don't do conspiracy theories.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[FraDon]

10. Very Lee Harvey Oswald-ish back story.

Rinse. Repeat. We’ll never figure it out.

[CatWoman]

11. well, when you've lost Catturd.....

Link to tweet

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. That's just my gut reaction. Not based

on anything more than feminine intuition.

Everything about that guy was so convenient. Guys like that are so easy to play.

[Ocelot II]

14. Sometimes they play themselves.

This guy had a long-standing obsession with the war in Ukraine, seemed to perceive himself as some sort of hero or at least someone with influence. But he seems to have been something of a nutter for years, and his obsession evidently led him to decide that only he could save Ukraine, and he had to eliminate Trump to do it. If someone had been working with him his attempt probably wouldn't have been so amateurish. The usual internet sleuths and conspiracy theorists are wondering how he knew Trump would be playing golf that day - but you don't have to be a brain scientist or a rocket surgeon to figure that out. You just keep an eye on Mierda-Lardo and watch where the entourage is going, which is almost certainly to the golf course. Everybody knows he golfs when he's not holding Nuremberg rallies. Just follow the entourage and hide in the shrubbery. Since he's not a sitting president he doesn't get the full complement of Secret Service agents so it's doable. No conspiracy required - just a nutball with an obsession and a gun.

[Disaffected]

13. That's a bold claim based on little evidence.

What I do find a little suspicious however is how the guy "knew" Trump would be there.

Lurking repeatedly, at a course Trump frequents, until he shows up?

Dumb luck?

Both of the above?

[Ocelot II]

15. See above. You watch Mierda-Lardo for movement of the entourage.

Since Lardass didn't have a rally scheduled the other destination would have the golf course, since all he ever does is hold rallies and play golf. You don't have to be a super-sleuth to figure that out.

[Disaffected]

16. Yeah, that might work if

he usually goes to the same course (I suppose though, as you pointed out, he could just follow the vehicles to the destination wherever it was).

[FraDon]

17. And who is this miracle, camera ready eyewitness?

In just a perfect place and time. Seems a bit convenient. They had a BOLO (be on the lookout) issued in minutes with the car make, model, color AND plate number - on an escaping car.