2w ago

GOP Silent as Mormon Church Gunman Identified as ‘Ultra MAGA’ Trump Supporter

But as photos and social media posts surfaced showing Sanford in a camouflage Trump 2020 shirt that read “Make Liberals Cry Again,” and a Trump-Pence sign still visible on his front lawn just months ago, the political implications became harder to ignore.

So far, Republican leaders have said nothing.

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BigMacHole @sopuli.xyz 2w ago
Thank GOD he was a MAGA! Otherwise this Attack on a Church would have been TERRORISM!
- partial_accumen @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Surely trump will now issue Executive Orders labeling MAGA a "Terrorist Organization" just as he did with the made-up group "antifa", right? /s
Sanctus @lemmy.world 2w ago
Not silent, I had someone freaking out in my office today saying "dammit! Hes one of us!" with the most disdained look on his face. People died and dude is only talking about how its once again his team that did it.
- spaghettiwestern @sh.itjust.works 2w ago
  Translation: "Dammit, we can't use this as an excuse to start our Maga Civil War. I hope we have better luck with the next mass shooting."
  
  UpperBroccoli @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2w ago
  5433rd time might be the charm!
- ayyy @sh.itjust.works 2w ago
  Talking about how it impacted him personally. Very conservative.
- Fedegenerate @lemmynsfw.com 2w ago
  
  Damn it's one of us. Always has been.
  I just now noticed the insensitivity of using a meme with a gun to make this point.
- fluxion @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Did he question his life decisions or worldview afterward, or immediately go back to not giving a single fuck about the people who died because it made his cult look bad?
  
  TheBenCommandments @infosec.pub 2w ago
  I think we can all assume the answer to this. I’ve given up on being hopeful for positive change.
  
  prole @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2w ago
  Hahahahahaha good one
- Lushed_Lungfish @lemmy.ca 2w ago
  As a brown guy I was thrilled to find out he was white.
- slaneesh_is_right @lemmy.org 2w ago
  Politics in america are treated like a sport and it's weird.
- RaivoKulli @sopuli.xyz 2w ago
  That's all discussion I've seen about this attack, on Reddit and on Lemmy
ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 2w ago
So far, Republican leaders have said nothing.
That's surprising. Usually when conservatives intend to do jack shit about any situation, they offer a prayer with a contrived air of empathy on their gormless faces.
If they're not praying for something or other, it would indicate that they might want to do something useful instead for a change... But I'm not holding my breath.
- kofe @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Trump has. He posted about how "they" are attacking Christians iirc (at first it was radical leftists, then he posted again with more ambiguous language, I think). Interesting, most Christians don't consider Mormons part of Christianity- and Kirks murderer was raised Mormon. Trump helped amplify fear mongering with that, too, so. Gee, I wonder why a Mormon church was targeted by a Trump supporter?
  
  PalmTreeIsBestTree @lemmy.world 2w ago
  
  Won’t be long till there is Christian denomination infighting going on in the MAGA world. A good chunk of them are all ready blaming Israel for Kirk’s death as well as Mormons. I always knew this is what would happen eventually since Christians hate other Christians almost as much as they hate gays.
- Triumph @fedia.io 2w ago
  I like that word.
  gormless /ˈɡôrmləs/ adjectiveinformal•British English lacking sense or initiative; foolish. "a constantly grinning, rather gormless boy"
  
  Eldritch @piefed.world 2w ago
  
  Gornless and gobsmacked nonce enablers
  
  prole @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2w ago
  Why isn't "gormful" a word
- chilldrivenspade @lemmy.world 2w ago
  nah they’re stuck doing the mental gymnastics necessary to blame all liberals
- Treczoks @lemmy.world 2w ago
  They are not praying for members of the LDS. They might pray for the shooter, though. After all, he is one of them.
Red0ctober @lemmy.world 2w ago
Their deafening silence is all the more damning, they support this shit.
don @lemmy.ca 2w ago
The Right is the party of murder.
slaneesh_is_right @lemmy.org 2w ago
Is that one of that antifa terrorists?
- SoloCritical @lemmy.world 2w ago
  No it’s just a republican
  
  MuskyMelon @lemmy.world 2w ago
  So normal terrorist, nothing to see here.
- grrgyle @slrpnk.net 2w ago
  Maybe the real antifa were they maga who kept killing each other along the way
merdaverse @lemmy.zip 2w ago
When is MAGA getting designated as a domestic terrorist organization?
- Qwaffle_waffle @sh.itjust.works 2w ago
  When the victors write history...
- prole @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2w ago
  They designated it themselves at CPAC several years ago
  
  brendansimms @lemmy.world 2w ago
- technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2w ago
  
  When USA owns up to its disgusting history, disavows the fascists, and provides reparations for the millions of victims.
  AKA never. That's literally what USA is.
kmartburrito @lemmy.world 2w ago
ExtremeDullard @piefed.social 2w ago
“Make Liberals Cry Again”
MLCA?
I can see why they went with Make America Great Again instead.
- madjo @feddit.nl 2w ago
  it's not fun to stay at the MLCA...
lack @lemmy.world 2w ago
These libs are crazy the way they go deep undercover as lifelong conservatives
- CharlesDarwin @lemmy.world 2w ago
  That shows you just how deep the conspiracy goes!
mfed1122 @discuss.tchncs.de 2w ago
Incredible that the trans liberal mind virus is now so powerful it infects even true patriots like this man. SAD!
- postmateDumbass @lemmy.world 2w ago
  At least he took out those extreme Mormons. Out there, riding bikes, talking to.people, being violently polite, dangerously normal. Endangering the childrens by their being made up of atoms.
kylie_kraft @lemmy.world 2w ago
So MAGA is a terrorist group. I'm sure the EO is coming any day now.
CharlesDarwin @lemmy.world 2w ago
Gosh, that's so weird. If this was someone they could claim was trans, they'd be crying about how xtianity is "under attack" from the "radical left".
- collapse_already @lemmy.ml 2w ago
  I am pretty sure they only tolerate Mormons as "xtians" to the extent that they're useful idiots and donors. I imagine they'll eventually purge them too.
  
  CharlesDarwin @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Oh yes, if they get their stupid theocracy, they'll fall on each other in short order. I'm thinking most Southern Baptists are quite certain they are the only "true" xtians. Not sure if they have the numbers and firepower to prove it.
buttnugget @lemmy.world 2w ago
The traitor lunatics on Twitter certainly aren’t silent! Lol
They immediately started in with the “that’s not the truck of a right winger” and all this other stuff. They are absolutely insane.
partial_accumen @lemmy.world 2w ago
Whose broadcast license is the MAGA FCC secretary going to threaten over this one?
radio @sh.itjust.works 2w ago
Incoming "it was one mentally ill dude, he doesn't represent us" defense. If they bother to cover it all.
ghosthacked @feddit.uk 2w ago

S'ok it's one of their own.
Malsocialized whiteboi pass.
When enough of them grow up awkward because they've been tweaked out the ass on 4chan, social media outrage algos, and pedo-adjacent anime, their mothers think something is wrong with society.
Nope. Society works fine for lots of people. No one told you to raise an awkward fucking basement predator.
But then white guy pass comes along and it's "muh raaaaycee" must save "muh raaaaycee"
When you were cranking your 3 incher to anime porn for decades you weren't thinking about your race then
Formfiller @lemmy.world 2w ago
TheReturnOfPEB @reddthat.com 2w ago
at one point i thought that it was decided to focus on the victims because fuck giving free press to the terrorist.
that seems to have been completely abandoned.
- KairuByte @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2w ago
  I wholeheartedly agree, bar one fact. If that was still the case, conservatives and conservative media would continue to focus on any non conservative perp or conservative victims.
  Neither one is good. And both have consequences.
  Which one do we prefer? I don’t fucking know dude…
inclementimmigrant @lemmy.world 2w ago
I willing to bet a six pack of craft beer he was Charlie Kirk and that's the reason.
LoafedBurrito @lemmy.world 2w ago
So Republicans are now labeled terrorists?!?
Kurious84 @lemmings.world 2w ago
The good news is when Trump tries to remain in power he will have both sides against him. He doesn't have the support he thinks he does. Even the morons who were fooled by him will wake up
- Bizzle @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Hilarious
technocrit @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2w ago

Yeah... I mean they're fascists not "objective" journalists. Totally normal in fascist society.
Sam_Bass @lemmy.world 2w ago
Of course they are. Idiots won't badmouth their own no matter how heinous the act
F_State @midwest.social 2w ago
Mormans consider themselves Christians, but Conservatives Christians frequently don't. Unless you're protestant or charismatic, they look down on you. Hell, their nickname for the Catholic Church is "the removed of Babylon".
Dionysus @leminal.space 3d ago
We hit some new lows over the week with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this UltraMAGAt who murdered 4 Church goers as anything other than one of them
Let's see if this gets Kimmel cancelled again.
AshCircuit @lemmy.zip
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