• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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      The most recent “assassination attempt” was just drummed up by the media. I haven’t seen any evidence it was anything other than a man with some guns in his car who happened to be near the rally.

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        A couple of media places did release a very short blurb in small print that the “suspect” had no plans to assassinate anyone according to law enforcement after a short investigation.

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        The Riverside county sheriff is the one who first used the term assassination attempt. Media uncritically repeated what the sheriff said.

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          Only one was prevented. The 3rd one, the person had no plans or interest in an assassination attempt. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

          Edited for missing critical word. Thanks to Warl0k3@lemmy for the proof read!

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            The 3rd one, the person had no plans or interest in an assassination attempt. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

            Didn’t know that, thanks for the info. I suppose not all news makes it across the pond