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GOP Silent as Mormon Church Gunman Identified as 'Ultra MAGA' Trump Supporter [View all]

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As the nation reels from another devastating mass shooting—this time at a Mormon church in suburban Michigan—Republican leaders have remained notably silent following revelations that the gunman was a devoted Trump supporter who once proudly wore the label “Ultra MAGA.”

Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old Marine veteran from Grand Blanc Township, plowed his pickup truck into a local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday before opening fire on worshippers. Ten people were shot. Four are dead. The church was later engulfed in flames after Sanford used an accelerant to set it ablaze. Two of the victims died from gunshot wounds, and two more bodies were recovered from the debris.

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.

https://dailyboulder.com/gop-silent-as-mormon-church-gunman-identified-as-ultra-maga-trump-supporter/

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GOP Silent as Mormon Church Gunman Identified as 'Ultra MAGA' Trump Supporter [View all] Swede Oct 3 OP

Shocked! I tell you. Shocked! Liberal In Texas Oct 3 #1

im not AllaN01Bear Oct 3 #27

Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 3 #2

Republicans own this church massacre Champp Oct 3 #3

They own the majority of the violence that is happening around the country. OldBaldy1701E Oct 3 #7

Yes. The numbers tell the story Champp Oct 3 #24

I'm thinking MyOwnPeace Oct 3 #40

You grok well. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Saturday #46

Bully bullets BattleRow Oct 3 #44

It's Magacide gopiscrap Oct 3 #32

So, which is less surprising? Paladin Oct 3 #4

Or their response? Delmette2.0 Oct 3 #31

picture Be Leave On Oct 3 #41

And after they stampeded to get in front of TV cameras after Kirk's murder. tanyev Oct 3 #5

They were praying for some transgender connection. sop Oct 3 #17

Why would they? They approve! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 3 #6

Oh no way! Kingofalldems Oct 3 #8

Was she trans too? durablend Oct 3 #12

Not seen on a billboard. usonian Oct 3 #9

I love that gopiscrap Oct 3 #33

Steal my graphic! Share! usonian Oct 3 #34

They are addicted to fear, hate and violence Clouds Passing Oct 3 #10

Well, over the years they have learned that it gets results. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #47

Figured he was hardcore MAGA the way Law enforcement was acting when they immediately learned of his MAGANESS. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 3 #11

DTs response was telling Cosmocat Oct 3 #13

Is that source credible? It would be nice to see the actual evidence instead of just allusions to it. xocetaceans Oct 3 #14

Oh so they didn't find bullets with leftist writings this time? IronLionZion Oct 3 #15

The FBI didn't have time to plant them. It takes a while to engrave a shelll casing Ray Bruns Oct 3 #30

His younger brother, in a recent family photo, was sporting a t-shirt that bragged: wolfie001 Oct 3 #16

"An act of targeted violence, though a motive has not been confirmed." lees1975 Oct 3 #18

That seems likely Martin Eden Oct 3 #21

OmissionLie multigraincracker Oct 3 #19

It's not just the GOP mn9driver Oct 3 #20

When a MAGA Trump supporter does it, he's a lone wolf disturbed individual Martin Eden Oct 3 #22

Of course Rebl2 Oct 3 #23

DOJ removes study on right wing violence surfered Oct 3 #25

What, nothing about rhetoric being to blame? Ohioboy Oct 3 #26

KICK orangecrush Oct 3 #28

Honestly it would be good for society NoPasaran Oct 3 #29

Brain Dead Hate Stuffed Psycho. Just Cha Oct 3 #35

It was clear to me that the media knew this a while ago ToxMarz Oct 3 #36

They're all deeply in denial Warpy Oct 3 #37

... Initech Oct 3 #38

It was "disappeared" out of the news like the antivax quack who shot up CDC buildings in Atlanta BumRushDaShow Oct 3 #39

I wouldn't be surprised if this guy watched college football on TV. Sibelius Fan Oct 3 #42

"There was a shooting? Must have been a patriot shooting at libtard Mormons. Flags at half staff for him." Wonder Why Oct 3 #43

From Republican leadership - not even two tots and one pear for the people who lost their lives 3Hotdogs Oct 3 #45