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Judge Cannon refuses to recuse self from case of man accused of trying to shoot Trump
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Dude's gonna get the firing squad, calling it now
(Don't take this seriously. Or do; I'm not sure it would make a difference in all the insanity in the world.)
The conspiracy theorist in me says he'll disappear into the woodwork and, effectively, go free because it was a false flag.
My 'reasoning':
Trump wasn't in the guy's line of sight.
The guy didn't shoot.
When it happened, wasn't Trump having some struggles with his publicity? I forget the details, but I wanna say he wasn't getting as much attention at the time.
Trump didn't get much lasting attention from the first attempt, and it certainly didn't cause the country to rally ~~against~~ around him. Why not stage a second one to gain sympathy?
Again, I'm only maybe 5% serious here but, if the other side gets to have their insane conspiracies, I think it's okay for me to have this one.
Edit to correct me using the opposite word I meant.
Wouldn't letting him go free be an idiotic step in this conspiracy theory of yours? Might as well announce to the world he was on their side.
No one is paying attention anymore. No one cares. For those exact same reasons it was a failure. Trump was never actually in danger with this one.
Cannon has shown herself to be inept enough in her position before; I could see her 'accidentally' messing up and needing a mistrial.
Or could take it even crazier and have him go to prison and quietly squirrel him away somewhere under a new name. (Even better if he were to "die" in some method where his remains wouldn't be pristine so as to make it easier to falsify its identity.)
Ugh. Typing that made me feel like I'm making arguments to treat this seriously; feels gross. I don't understand how people can genuinely believe conspiracy theories; if you pull at any one of the loose threads, the whole theory falls apart. My 5% has decreased. 😂
Well, I'm glad you saw the light about how bad these conspiracy theories are. No intelligent human could ever believe they would make a presidential assassin just disappear in prison. It's laughable.
Not sure if you're joking, so wanted to clarify, just in case - It's not that I "saw the light"; I was never in the dark and am not a conspiracy theorist. My initial comment was meant to not be taken seriously.
Nah, I'm seeing drawn and quartered.
I'd be shocked if the appeal took more than 5 minutes.