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LilElf70

(1,440 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 05:48 PM Sep 2025

Motive?

Has anyone posted anything about Tyler Robinson's motive? What was his political background? I really want the Trumps to eat their own words. Now Donny jr thinks it's the democrats fault again.

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Motive? (Original Post) LilElf70 Sep 2025 OP
Well, he's alive... lizardkingjr Sep 2025 #1
I just found this here LilElf70 Sep 2025 #2
His attorneys may tell him to keep his mouth shut. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #6
more projection from the Trumps bigtree Sep 2025 #3
Very nice LilElf70 Sep 2025 #7
MAGA on MAGA violence. Kirk wasn't trumpy enough for Fuentes and his nut-job followers and one of them ended him. pecosbob Sep 2025 #4
Let's wait this out Polybius Sep 2025 #10
We will know more soon, hopefully WarGamer Sep 2025 #5
A right wing hater hated another right wing hater sarisataka Sep 2025 #8
Sounds about right. yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #9

Irish_Dem

(80,420 posts)
6. His attorneys may tell him to keep his mouth shut.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:30 PM
Sep 2025

And it is up to LE to speculate about motive as part of the court case.

bigtree

(93,734 posts)
3. more projection from the Trumps
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:25 PM
Sep 2025
Meridith McGraw @meridithmcgraw 2h
Trump to Fox News @BrookeSingman: "He believed the rhetoric of Biden & Harris, and he acted on it...Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country, and they are the ones that are destroying the country"


...the rhetoric:

nytimes.com
The Complete List of Trump’s Twitter Insults (2015-2021)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/19/upshot/trump-complete-insult-list.html#

A timeline of hate: Trump’s history of encouraging violence, from 2015 to 2021
https://www.vox.com/21506029/trump-violence-tweets-racist-hate-speech

Donald Trump threatens to imprison Biden, Harris, Pelosi, and others.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/12/trump-prosecution-threats-political-rivals/75060866007/

Trump Steps Up Threats to Imprison Those He Sees as Foes
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/politics/trump-prison-threats-opponents.html

Trump blasts his trial judges. Then his fans call for violence.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-courts/

Judges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-judges-threats/

Trump conspiracies inspire threats against judges, jurors and election workers
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-conspiracies-inspire-threats-against-judges-jurors-and-election-workers

As Trump Prosecutions Move Forward, Threats and Concerns Increase
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/us/politics/trump-prosecutions-threats-violence.html

Trump, Escalating Attacks, Raises Specter of Violence if He Is Charged
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/politics/trump-bragg-indictment-protests.html

Chilling Threats to Trump's 'Targets' Revealed in Court Filing
https://www.newsweek.com/chilling-threats-trumps-targets-revealed-court-filing-1827519

Campaign of Fear -The Trump world’s assault on the people who administer U.S. elections
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/campaign-of-fear/

How death threats get Republicans to fall in line behind Trump
https://www.vox.com/23899688/2024-election-republican-primary-death-threats-trump

President Trump really, really likes to make threats
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/trump-threats-strategy/index.html

Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-supporters-try-doxx-jurors-violent-threats-conviction-rcna154882

Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump’s Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/nyregion/trump-gag-order-bragg.html


VP Harris' rhetoric:


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