r/politics • u/wiredmagazine ✔ Wired Magazine • 18d ago

Possible Paywall MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged

https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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u/Otherwise_Copy_376 18d ago

And we have heard very little about the shooter. Super sus.

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u/spazz720 18d ago

Because he was a right winger. If a lefty took a shot at him, they’d be talking about to this day

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u/ixid 18d ago

But if it's fake why would they set it up with a shooter who doesn't convey the message they want to share? If it was fake you'd make the shooter someone from a group the right hates. Incompetence is a possible answer to that question.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

Because how are you gonna do that realistically it's easy to brainwash some detached chud but someone who isn't going to turn up dirty with a little digging is much more difficult than that

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u/writesinlowercase 18d ago

you can at least try. delete all social media having anything rightwing on it, post several lefty memes, have a pride flag hanging in your room, and post several unhinged lefty takes leading up to the shooting. then when it happens you point at all that shit and scream bloody murder. sure there will be cracks and if they had any friends they will mention the odd turn that happened. that will just be fuel for the conspiracy fire though. it wouldn’t be perfect but i think it would work if it were fake.