Only the sheriff who caught him (an extremely woke BLM guy) is calling it assassination, while the Trump team themselves is saying it wasn't one and that a guy was just arrested nearby without issue for having guns in his car. Which considering its Cali doesn't say much, but would fit with the easy release on bail after if that's all they had him on.
Everyone combing his internet presence is showing its mountains of Boomer level very pro-Trump stuff and a bit of schizo nonsense that is still pro-Trump. Which doesn't add up with any of these actions in the slightest.
So either the Feds set up an actual long spanning backstory for one of their guys (and forgot to actually train him for the event itself), or this more than just "another one tried!" I'm already leaning towards it being a politics minded sheriff trying to either get famous or start a "conversation" about how awesome Cali's gun control laws are by preventing this.
I've been getting mixed results when trying to learn more about the sheriff. I saw the video where he did the kneel for BLM, which is definitely a red-flag of course, but he was also an Oath Keeper, anti-covid lockdown, and Trump supporter?
His statements on being an Oath Keeper are contradictory and basically nonsense. He got caught on their mailing list after a big hack and then gave multiple different reasons for why. But by his own words, he just read their website, never went to any meetings, and seemed to only like them for being "Pro-Cop."
Same with his anti-lockdown. He is part of a group saying that local sheriffs have authority over state and federal law and that its his job to prevent tyranny from it. While admirable on its face, it seems to be entirely self-serving to grant himself more power.
Cali Sheriffs are elected, so most of this seems to be a generic sheriff power tripping to make himself The Law but still being electable in Cali. And the development of this story really pushes me further into thinking he blew all this up for his own political clout.
Not all of them. A lot of counties across the nation either appoint one or, in very small rural areas, just give it to the most fitting person.
But most do (in theory, the fact that very few ever lose re-election and the political power they wield means the election is mostly a farce), so the point was that he is still a politician and thereby anything attributed to his personality is suspect as is any statements he makes.
Only the sheriff who caught him (an extremely woke BLM guy) is calling it assassination, while the Trump team themselves is saying it wasn't one and that a guy was just arrested nearby without issue for having guns in his car. Which considering its Cali doesn't say much, but would fit with the easy release on bail after if that's all they had him on.
Everyone combing his internet presence is showing its mountains of Boomer level very pro-Trump stuff and a bit of schizo nonsense that is still pro-Trump. Which doesn't add up with any of these actions in the slightest.
So either the Feds set up an actual long spanning backstory for one of their guys (and forgot to actually train him for the event itself), or this more than just "another one tried!" I'm already leaning towards it being a politics minded sheriff trying to either get famous or start a "conversation" about how awesome Cali's gun control laws are by preventing this.
I've been getting mixed results when trying to learn more about the sheriff. I saw the video where he did the kneel for BLM, which is definitely a red-flag of course, but he was also an Oath Keeper, anti-covid lockdown, and Trump supporter?
His statements on being an Oath Keeper are contradictory and basically nonsense. He got caught on their mailing list after a big hack and then gave multiple different reasons for why. But by his own words, he just read their website, never went to any meetings, and seemed to only like them for being "Pro-Cop."
Same with his anti-lockdown. He is part of a group saying that local sheriffs have authority over state and federal law and that its his job to prevent tyranny from it. While admirable on its face, it seems to be entirely self-serving to grant himself more power.
Cali Sheriffs are elected, so most of this seems to be a generic sheriff power tripping to make himself The Law but still being electable in Cali. And the development of this story really pushes me further into thinking he blew all this up for his own political clout.
Ah, yeah that would make sense. If that's the case then this story is pretty much a nothingburger.
Aren't all Sheriffs elected?
Not all of them. A lot of counties across the nation either appoint one or, in very small rural areas, just give it to the most fitting person.
But most do (in theory, the fact that very few ever lose re-election and the political power they wield means the election is mostly a farce), so the point was that he is still a politician and thereby anything attributed to his personality is suspect as is any statements he makes.