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Bluetus

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54. Who had motive?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:10 PM
Sep 2025

The obvious thing would be a person who was so angry and distraught with this gathering fascism and the lack of a Constitutional response, that he felt he had to act alone. That's certainly a possibility. We saw that scenario with the killing of that UHC executive. Certainly possible, but I'm not sure Kirk would be the first target.

With any killing, one has to look at personal conflicts. Lots of people are killed every year for things that have nothing to do with their day job. Love triangles and such.

But we should not ignore other possible motives. Everybody knows Trump is not living forever, and with his recent health and mental issues, there seems to be a real scramble within the MAGA world to be Trump's successor. We see real fragmentation. Look at Massie, Greene and Pence for three recent examples of people trying to define themselves separately from Trump.

The two I would look at are Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon. THese are both hard core Nazis who are certainly evil enough to orchestrate something like this. And they would very much see Kirk as a threat to their prominence in the post-Trump world. The motives are strong, but the modus operandi doesn't seem very likely. If I were Bannon and Miller, I would hire the very best professional hitman available. Instead this looks like a very amateurish job, leaving the gun and footprints behind.

So we'll just have to wait.

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Nice find n/t leftstreet Sep 2025 #1
Indeed! SheltieLover Sep 2025 #3
Charlie Kirk Backtracks on Epstein After Presidential Call Celerity Sep 2025 #39
Interesting! leftstreet Sep 2025 #41
Gosh, who had motive? SheltieLover Sep 2025 #2
wouldn't be surprised the shooter was indeed a very far right nut job who sought his justice Nimble_Idea Sep 2025 #5
...or maybe not so much of a nut job Mossfern Sep 2025 #7
That's my gut feeling, but no idea. SheltieLover Sep 2025 #8
One shot! malaise Sep 2025 #14
Fair point, well made, Malaise! sagetea Sep 2025 #49
Che k this our malaise Sep 2025 #55
Hired by Rebl2 Sep 2025 #29
With a Russian accent? Dave says Sep 2025 #33
Who had motive? Bluetus Sep 2025 #54
I hope the Q flavored MAGAts pick this up and run with it. RockRaven Sep 2025 #4
Fat chance.They are an orange ass kissing bunch. CentralMass Sep 2025 #40
Interesting bdamomma Sep 2025 #6
Krasnov's crew? BoRaGard Sep 2025 #9
He does have immunity thanks to the Supremes. tinrobot Sep 2025 #36
If Kirk was agitating for the release of the Epstein files, why would anyone in favor of that want to silence him? sop Sep 2025 #10
Yup SheltieLover Sep 2025 #13
Plenty of powerful people don't want those files released. tinrobot Sep 2025 #35
Sending a message to other MAGA influencers and pundits? hedda_foil Sep 2025 #48
Sowing usually preceeds reaping... Moostache Sep 2025 #11
Your 3rd paragraph mr715 Sep 2025 #16
The whole post is darned good Alephy Sep 2025 #30
AGREE! maddiemom Sep 2025 #32
100% oasis Sep 2025 #38
WHOA !!! uponit7771 Sep 2025 #12
Kicking SheltieLover Sep 2025 #15
K&R UTUSN Sep 2025 #17
And the FBI just released the SECOND guy they arrested as a person of interest. SunSeeker Sep 2025 #18
As my peeps would say malaise Sep 2025 #20
Indeed. It appears all the competent people have left the FBI, or Trump fired them. nt SunSeeker Sep 2025 #22
interestingly, the agent in charge in utah is new. Patel/Trump fired the previous one a month ago. drray23 Sep 2025 #26
The previous FBI person in change of that district, recently fired by Trump/Patel, was a woman Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #31
Maybe they are firing women because they are against competence Walleye Sep 2025 #52
That seems to be likely. Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #53
That article is from July, so not really from Tuesday as people think if they don't look likesmountains 52 Sep 2025 #19
I never said it was from Tuesday malaise Sep 2025 #21
I know! Not insinuating you did...but lots of people don't bother to read the article...just clarifying for them. likesmountains 52 Sep 2025 #23
Got yah n/t malaise Sep 2025 #24
Yes, he was a very powerful voice... kentuck Sep 2025 #25
If not Trump directly executing his 'enemies', he will indirectly encourage his followers to do it. Norrrm Sep 2025 #27
K&R spanone Sep 2025 #28
I think this was a professional hit Bayard Sep 2025 #34
Russian hit? roamer65 Sep 2025 #37
I think that is very possible. kentuck Sep 2025 #42
You would think there are easier ways to kill someone misanthrope Sep 2025 #43
And its working Bayard Sep 2025 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Sep 2025 #45
have you made this pellucidly clear? Nimble_Idea Sep 2025 #46
If not, maybe go for a syn ? BoRaGard Sep 2025 #47
LOL malaise Sep 2025 #50
Sealed his fate. marble falls Sep 2025 #51
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