Why have I not seen much about this story?
A man is dead following an overnight break-in attempt at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Authorities say Austin Tucker Martin, 21, breached the perimeter at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 22 carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. Two U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy spotted him near the property’s north gate and ordered him to drop his weapons.
Martin lowered the gas can but, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, raised the shotgun “into a shooting position.” The agents and deputy began to shoot, killing him.
Have we become so inured to random acts of assassination directed at Trump that we just lose interest quickly?
Oh wait:
Authorities have not said how many shots were fired, who fired the fatal round, or what — if any — connection Martin had to extremist groups or ideologies. His motive for approaching the estate armed with a shotgun and a fuel can remains unknown.
Never mind, I’m sure that all will be explained in due course. (See Page T17, right underneath the tide tables and crossword puzzle.)
As always, it is better to wait for the full information set to drop for these things. However, for what it is worth – some reports suggest he was a Trump supporter who was upset about the Epstein file information..
Hasn’t Tyler Robinson been in Federal Custody since last October?
I heard the same report that Vonz mentioned; disgruntled Trump supporter. I believe that is the standard line of the propagandists until proven otherwise
Ideology is just a pretext for grandiose-loser shit like this. To say these people are ideologically motivated is giving them way too much credit. It’s also a “radicalization” argument. True, Democrat rhetoric is irresponsible and calculated to reward the twisted morality of the casual assassin. But these people are casuals, not political actors as such.
I don’t give a rat’s ass what these late-model assassins say they believe, or even whose side they say they’re on. If a nominal right-winger does it, I’d say the same.
What Vonz & JQ said, along with the obligatory he-was-such-a-good-boy comments from the family:
“It’s mind-blowing,” said his cousin, Braeden Fields. “He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun.”
What I heard is he had delusions of being a girl.
Hard to say what launched that half baked attempt.