▲ 387 ▼ Donald Trump Does Not Get Post-Shooting Poll Boost (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] grue@lemmy.world 107 points 2 years ago (3 children) It's just right-on-right violence; nobody cares. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 2 years ago It's just another convicted felon getting shot outside a major city, typical gang on gang violence permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) Especially the right. If this kid had a little more left in him they'd never stop. Introspection about the normalization of political violence among conservatives is not something they're interested in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago They certainly got quieter once they found out he was a registered Republican. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago I mean, they're not going to stop regardless -- they'll be blatantly lying about the assassination's motivations to smear the left until the election and beyond. Still, from an election strategy point of view, that's definitely better than them being able to make "both sides" claims that are true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rayyy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago If the kid had been a hair left of THEIR perceived center MAGAs would had declared civil war. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 2 years ago It's just another convicted felon getting shot outside a major city, typical gang on gang violence permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) Especially the right. If this kid had a little more left in him they'd never stop. Introspection about the normalization of political violence among conservatives is not something they're interested in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago They certainly got quieter once they found out he was a registered Republican. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago I mean, they're not going to stop regardless -- they'll be blatantly lying about the assassination's motivations to smear the left until the election and beyond. Still, from an election strategy point of view, that's definitely better than them being able to make "both sides" claims that are true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago They certainly got quieter once they found out he was a registered Republican. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago I mean, they're not going to stop regardless -- they'll be blatantly lying about the assassination's motivations to smear the left until the election and beyond. Still, from an election strategy point of view, that's definitely better than them being able to make "both sides" claims that are true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago If the kid had been a hair left of THEIR perceived center MAGAs would had declared civil war. permalink fedilink source parent