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Mar-a-Lago gunman was scarred by Epstein Files, hurt to see 'elite get away with it': 'Evil is real' (www.wionews.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Anger over Epstein Files: Austin Tucker Martin was killed at Mar-a-Lago in Florida after entering Trump's estate. He is said to have been "obsessed" with the Epstein Files and was angry with everything that was revealed. He was reportedly frustrated to see the elite get away with it.

The man who entered Mar-a-Lago in Florida and was shot dead was obsessed with the way Donald Trump's administration was handling the Epstein Files. He also comes from a family of Trump supporters. Austin Tucker Martin was killed on Sunday morning after he entered Trump's property with a shotgun and a gas canister. His family, co-workers and a cousin said that Martin had also shown his appreciation for Trump many times.

Braeden Fields, Martin's cousin, said he was shocked to know about Austin's breaking and entering, and described him as a "quiet" kid who was scared of firearms. "We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody," Fields said, adding Austin was "real quiet, never really talked about anything." Austin's cousin said, "He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun."

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve been expecting this to happen for a while now, it’s really upsetting how long it’s taken, but the way Q-Anon and all the child related crimes its adherents were whipped up into a cultic fever was always eventually going to cause vigilantism once the files started being released and the evidence became overwhelming(even if the DOJ/Congress/courts/etc won’t do their jobs).

It would probably give me an overdose of irony if the hubris of being able to control the conspiratorial right is the undoing

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 20 hours ago

It's kind of hillarious that only right wingers are actually undertaking action against Trump.