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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts) Fri Oct 26, 2018, 10:26 PM Oct 2018

Lawyer for mail bomb suspect's family: 'He found a father in Trump [View all]

Source: The Hill

A lawyer for the family of Cesar Sayoc Jr., the man charged with mailing explosive devices to several prominent Democratic figures this week, said Friday that Sayoc "found a father" in President Trump.

Miami lawyer Ronald Lowy made the comments on CNN while discussing the arrest of Sayoc, someone he said he had represented in past cases and whom he described as a "sick individual" who seemed "lost" and needed help.

"He was looking for anything, and he found a father in Trump," Lowy said, noting that the man's father "abandoned him as a child" and "he was trying to create an identity."

Lowy said that he believes Sayoc was attracted to Trump’s messaging, which included reaching out to “outsiders” and “people who are angry at America.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/413446-lawyer-for-mail-bomb-suspects-family-he-found-a-father-in-trump

So Donnie was more of a fatherly presence to the MAGAbomber than he has been for Tiffany

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Lawyer for mail bomb suspect's family: 'He found a father in Trump [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 OP

Interesting first step of the defense PJMcK Oct 2018 #1

I find him no different than the low achievers and uneducated who blame others for their situation. olegramps Oct 2018 #23

agree, this guy Sayoc fits the demographic of the undereducated lot onetexan Oct 2018 #31

trump is as responsible for these rwnjs as manson was for those murders rampartc Oct 2018 #28

Sad and scary because I think it describes more than one of Trump's supporters. Marie Marie Oct 2018 #2

How Many More Trumpanzees Need A Daddy? Grassy Knoll Oct 2018 #3

Right Wing Extremeists outnumber Left Wing ones 9:1 BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #4

It's probably closer to 900:1... Shipwack Oct 2018 #21

Mental defect Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #5

To be fair, the guy is obviously not well. xor Oct 2018 #11

Ask Don Jr. how's that working out . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #6

He looked for a father there, too. Harker Oct 2018 #7

Eric wants to find a father too IronLionZion Oct 2018 #9

He's almost 60 years old C_U_L8R Oct 2018 #8

+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #13

I already see sympathy for him popping up on the conservative social media xor Oct 2018 #10

I feel for the guy-he was used but.... YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #12

We ALL have problems, for crying out loud. Dave Starsky Oct 2018 #25

We aren't all crazy or mentally deficient YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #27

So now that two father's have abandoned him, what will he do? ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #14

MAGAbomber DADDY keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #15

More proof that the GOP is now a religious right wing cult workinclasszero Oct 2018 #16

K&R. That was my first thought, too. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #17

"Always a charismatic leader, father/god figure..Greed, hunger for power and psychopathic behavior" workinclasszero Oct 2018 #18

I see tRump as a very vile, nasty copy of Reagan.... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #19

The phrase "Worshipping their golden idol" comes to mind. BarbaRosa Oct 2018 #29

So did Kanye West find a 'father figure' in trump. just like The MAGAbomber bonniebgood Oct 2018 #20

This is endlessly sick. truthisfreedom Oct 2018 #22

I'm sorry, but all terrorists are messed up. Oneironaut Oct 2018 #24

Tiffany should be eternally grateful lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #26

he must have been lookimg for a deadbeat dad. olddad56 Oct 2018 #30

Perhaps He Is Angling for a Presidential Pardon? TomCADem Oct 2018 #32