Hannity Falsely Calls Trump’s Would-Be Assassins ‘Democrats’ : news

[–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 81 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Not a democrat, not really a republican either. Mostly just crazy.

Supports Trump 2016
Supports anyone but Trump 2020 - Briefly likes Bernie but then mainly has a parasocial relationship with Tulsi Gabbard (offers to write speeches, sends speeches to their email). Eventually gets on board with Biden Harris.
Somehow likes Kim Jong Un, has another parasocial relationship inviting to Hawaii and asking to be an ambassador.
Latches onto George Floyd protests supporting police reform.
Latches onto Hong Kong supporting independence. Again reaching out to be a kind of diplomat in a parasocial relationship with Carrie Lam and including his phone number and email. He does that a lot.
Latches onto supporting Ukraine. Has a parasocial relationship with Zelenskyy. Goes there and volunteers to help recruit eventually but people thought he was nuts over there. Kept offering to provide thousands of Afghan soldiers?
Asks Elon Musk about selling him a rocket to attack Putin...
Latches onto Taiwan supporting independence. Again offering thousands of Afghan soldiers.
Writes a book telling Iran they should assassinate Trump.
Believes China has a pneumonia bioweapon it's using to silence democracy
This election his dream ticket was Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley (and yet Ramaswamy is not pro Ukraine while Haley is so I'm not sure why he'd want Haley as the VP)

https://i.imgur.com/MU5PECk.png - here's a png of some of the tweets he made

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

they also called the jan 6th people "antifa".

The funniest possible outcome is if Biden pardoned the dude.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Person: Votes for Trump. Republicans: A Democrat!

Anyways even though Hannity is LYING about Assassination attempts can DEMOCRATS please tone down Their Rhetoric?

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[+] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win -42 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Isn't this new guy that was arrested a Democrat?

Records show Routh, 58, lived in North Carolina for most of his life before moving to Hawaii in 2018. In 2020, he made a social media post backing Trump’s reelection, but in more recent years his posts have expressed support for Biden and Harris.

The first one wasn't iirc so Hannity is full of it, but this attack has legs once they get the wording 'right'. Assholes (Hannity + Assassin).

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Expressing support for Biden and Harris equals Democrat. You've heard it here first, folks!

Pictured- Democrat:

[+] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win -16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

He donated money to the Democratic party 19x since 2019

Edit: citation

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You in another comment:

Is he a Democrat or a registered independent? Make up your mind.

[+] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win -24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There is no 'make up your mind'. There is only a building of evidence. Unless you're willing to declare some objective standard for what everyone considers an 'official Democrat'...

In the meantime, many people register into a party falsely to do things like manipulate primary votes and such. A common attack vector for the first would-be assassin as I recall. To say "he is or isn't" is pretty much in the eye of the beholder and we're discussing points undecideds will consider relevant.

My mind is currently leaning to 'way too many people will think he is a Democrat for this to be good for Democrats'.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This you?

So, can you answer your question? Your question was not about what people will think. Your question was whether or not he was a Democrat.

Is he a Democrat?

[+] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win -20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm no longer as certain as I was, but 19 donations over 5 years is a strong argument making me think he is.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, one of those registered independent Democrats you hear oh so much about.

You going to bat for Hannity's conspiracy bullshit is very telling.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Unless you’re willing to declare some objective standard for what everyone considers an ‘official Democrat’…

Registering as a Democrat makes someone an "official Democrat" since registering makes it official.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If the world were black and white then he would be a democrat. In actuality tho the new guy is a deranged and delluded self glorifying wreck of a weirdo. Read his/the incidendts wikipedia article.

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He voted for Trump. Not a ton of Democrats do that. Call me crazy but while I'd assume someone who ends up attempting assassination doesn't like the person they attempt assassinating, that doesn't mean they are automatically a member of the opposing political party. 1/3rd of Americans are independents.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

It's okay, they are "no longer as certain" as they were that this Trump-voting registered independent is a Democrat like the always reliable Sean Hannity says he is.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

His dream ticket was Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. He was not a Democrat.

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[–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

He is registered Unaffiliated in NC but did vote in the Democratic primary in March but for all we know it was a protest vote against Biden.

We do know he was coo-coo bananas and should not have had access to firearms.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 96 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Don't be like Hannity. If you find yourself lying to support your view, change your view.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago

Don't be like Hannity should be part of our education.

Sean Hannity is one of the worst propagandists out there and absolute going for the award for scum of the earth 2024. I fucking hate that guy with every fiber of my being.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

But then how will I support my view that I'm the world's greatest lover?

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I would maybe have believe "in Japan" squid Man, don't be greedy.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That settles it. There's only one way to prove this: take off your pants and bend over.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do I look like several salary men on a train with a funnel to you?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

...yes?

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 10 points 6 days ago

A great eye and all those soft tentacles what a catch you are. World's greatest!

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 55 points 6 days ago (1 children)

His dream ticket was Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. He was not a Democrat.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (3 children)

That too, but more importantly, he wasn't a registered Democrat. Which is what makes you a Democrat.

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 6 days ago (6 children)

That's really a terrible way to make that assessment. I'm registered as a Republican in my state so I can vote in their primary, but that doesn't reflect who I actually support.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How do you think the parties count their numbers?

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 6 days ago (5 children)

That's moderately useful for statistics purposes, but that's all. It does not mean every individual person who registers as Republican believes in Republican values and votes for Republicans. Nor is it a complete list, plenty of states don't require registration for primaries so there are lots of people who don't bother declaring either way.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago (6 children)

When you train your base to be militant whenever they don't get their way, you can be assured that you will always be on the chopping block. Look up the French revolution. Or even the fascist uprisings in Germany and Italy. I fighting will happen because you created an environment in which decent is punishable with death.

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[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks like that that dumbass Hannity forgot his tie and acted like an idiot again.

What an idiotic dumbass!

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 days ago

These fucks are bitching about this while their candidates openly encourage domestic terrorism against Haitians.

Fuck 'em.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago

The undecided voters this year have really been deciding with a vengeance

This latest guy having a ton of Ukraine posts is probably also part of them being like "he's a democrat"- there's even a picture of him with blue hair

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I just saw someone on Gab insist that Thomas Crooks was a registered Democrat...

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