• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    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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      1 hour ago

      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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      3 hours ago

      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.