President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were among the top US government officials who were evacuated from the Washington Hilton after shots were fired near the ballroom.
A mainstream liberal social media diet, with no prior history of endorsing illegal direct action
He appeared to support stricter gun control and viewed widespread gun ownership negatively
He had taken up shooting at some point in the recent past
He believed the President was a pedophile who protected other pedophiles
He saw Ukraine’s resistance to Russia as part of a broader global struggle for democracy
He viewed Trump and MAGA as an existential threat to democratic governance
He concluded that legitimate political action could no longer save democracy>
This doesn’t fit the profile of someone who radicalized gradually by falling down an increasingly extreme online rabbit hole until reaching a fringe community that encouraged violence – nothing like an 8chan pipeline at all.
What we know so far about the gunman:
A mainstream liberal social media diet, with no prior history of endorsing illegal direct action
He appeared to support stricter gun control and viewed widespread gun ownership negatively
He had taken up shooting at some point in the recent past
He believed the President was a pedophile who protected other pedophiles
He saw Ukraine’s resistance to Russia as part of a broader global struggle for democracy
He viewed Trump and MAGA as an existential threat to democratic governance
He concluded that legitimate political action could no longer save democracy>
This doesn’t fit the profile of someone who radicalized gradually by falling down an increasingly extreme online rabbit hole until reaching a fringe community that encouraged violence – nothing like an 8chan pipeline at all.